#sculpture

Seaweed’s Hidden Beauty Takes Shape in Alien-Like Sculptures

Seaweed’s Hidden Beauty Takes Shape in Alien-Like Sculptures Julia Lohmann’s seaweed sculptures look like they’ve wandered out of a science fiction movie and agreed to pose for a museum photograph. Their skins curl...

Yanko Design · EN

‘It was hard coming after the shallow, egocentric YBAs’: brilliantly bolshie artist Ryan Gander lambasts practically everyone

He thinks painting is futile, the YBAs were an embarrassment, and most artists today might as well be working in carpet shops. So why is his new show full of, er, paintings? We meet the confounding British artist ‘This is so bad isn’t it?” says Ryan Gander, grinning like a naughty schoolboy. “People are going to hate me when you write this up.” The 50-year-old conceptual artist has just finished telling me why, not only does he dislike drawing or painting, he finds the very act “futile and dumb”. He explains: “Copying reality with a pencil and paper just seems completely mad to me. It’s such a

Guardian Culture · EN

Abstract Wool Compositions Cascade from Weathered Metal in Amine El Gotaibi’s Sculptures

Amine El Gotaibi's new sculptures of metal and wool speak to the tensions between the land and the state and the ways we mark change. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Abstract Wool Compositions Cascade from Weathered Metal in Amine El Gotaibi’s Sculptures appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal · EN

Toledo Museum of Art Brings Bobby Anspach Home

The late artist’s immersive sculptures invite visitors to explore perception, mindfulness, and human connection in a new exhibition

Design Milk · EN