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RISD Project Open Door, Fall 2013

A fabulous collection of Ernst Haeckel prints, both in colour and monochrome. These 20th-century marine life illustrations are works of art.

Ernst Heinrich Haeckel (1834-1919) was renowned as one of the foremost early exponents of Darwinism. His work was credited with having caused the acceptance of Darwinism in Europe, and his popular studies ― preaching the continuity of all life, organic and inorganic, from prehistoric time to the present ― converted tens of thousands of readers all over the world. Today, although no one is greatly interested in Haeckel the biologist-philosopher, his work is increasingly prized for something he himself would probably have considered secondary. These are the remarkable plates with which his work was illustrated, particularly his famous Kunstformen. The Kunstformen contains 100 beautiful lithographic plates which show a multitude of unusual life forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, and other forms of microscopic life; jellyfishes, starfishes, calcareous sponges, star corals, barnacles, and other sea life; mosses, lichens, red algae, ferns, fungi, orchids, and other plants; and turtles, moths, spiders, bats, frogs, lizards, hummingbirds, and antelope. With many drawings on each plate, each carefully drawn from nature, the subtle details of nature's art forms are easily compared and appreciated. In addition to being marvelous renderings, these plates have long been noted for the peculiar emotional appeal that they have for most viewers, a premonition of surrealism with exotic organic life forms stretching back to their roots in the inorganic, and individual details drawn with awareness of subtle evolutionary changes and millennia-long developments.

Sketchbook refrence work, a page looking into botanical illustration from over the years. I have used a cross section of media including watercolour and fineliner. Using different paper to work on has also been an essential part of these pages as I have experimented on working on sugar paper, newspaper and others. Dimensions: Double page spread in A3 sketchbook.

In Mind of Botany is a series of drawings by artist Peter Randall-Page made at Kew Gardens & Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, Australia & exhibited at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1996.

If you are at the start of your art teaching career, the following inspiring 5 books would be a good start to your art library.

Karma is a gallery located in the East Village, New York. The gallery represents Gertrude Abercrombie, Henni Alftan, Alvaro Barrington, Dike Blair, Will Boone, Mathew Cerletty, Jean Conner, Andrew Cranston, Ann Craven, Robert Duran, Louise Fishman, Mark Flood, Marley Freeman, Robert Grosvenor, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Paul Lee, Keith Mayerson, Paul Mogensen, Thaddeus Mosley, Woody De Othello, Nicolas Party, Maja Ruznic, Kathleen Ryan, Tabboo!, Mungo Thomson, Matthew Wong, and Manoucher Yektai.

This semester I’m teaching a course for RISD Project Open Door. POD is a wonderfully unique program, whose dual mission is to “1) to increase access to high quality arts learning and careers in art…

Based in Cracow, Poland, the young and talented photographer Agnieszka Lepka made the breakthrough in 2015 when she was participating in the contest TIFF Festival in ‘DEBUTS’ section, as well as the Sputnik Photos workshop in collaboration with Filip Springer. The same year, the photographer opened her first exhibition titled ‘Emotional Landscapes’ in a small […]

Completed in 2011 in London, United Kingdom. NEX was delighted to contribute to creating a benchmark in integrated design at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, working with Buro Happold and...

xv pages, 120 preliminary leaves ; 32 cm

For a while now I’ve been admiring the work of Norwegian textile artist Hanne Friis. Her sculptures are created by gathering and bunching various materials (latex gloves, stockings, denim) into these sumptuous, undulating shapes. There’s a bodily aspect to all her sculptures, particularly her work …

They start out all fun and colorful, and the world just seems amaaaaazing and full of beautiful creatures.

Click to learn about the agile principles. The 12 agile principles are explained in this article and agile infographic.

Myths, as presented by contemporary photographers

In 2019 brak kunstenaar Kathleen Ryan internationaal door met haar opvallende sculpturen. Zij toonde namelijk uitvergrote versies van rottend fruit.

The hybrid anatomies created by Nunzio Paci,born in Bologna in 1977, encountered a growing success, and they granted him prestigious exhibitions in Europe, Asia and the US. The true miracle this…

Norwegian photographer Tine Poppe’s portraits of cut flowers, shot against landscapes ravaged by climate change, propose a new take on the still life—focusing on the industrial roots of flowers, and their role in the ecological crisis.

Bologna-based Italian artist Nunzio Paci (previously here and here) produces hauntingly detailed paintings that combine anatomical renderings with multi-colored blossoms and leaves. His latest series, Mimesis, is inspired by the idea of species evolving together over time, and the similarities shared by different organisms in order to better adapt to predators and climate. “The concept, deriving from Plato and Aristotle’s theory on reality and imitation, draws inspiration from the natural phenomenon of mimicry in evolutionary biology and gives it a broader meaning,” Paci explained to Colossal. More

This book was inspired by my love of gardening, a desire to know moreabout the structures, forms, and lives of plants, and an opportunity to spenda whole year...

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“Iedere schimmel heeft zijn eigen schoonheid.”

Artist Jason de Caires Taylor has chosen an unconventional location for his giant sculptural creations: the ocean.

The first museum survey of Tara Donovan’s sublime sculptures and installations, which are unexpected and ingenious assemblages of banal, everyday products––plastic and Styrofoam cups, wooden toothpicks, plastic drinking straws, paper…

Architect Min Hall looks at how we can increase awareness and uptake of the many forms of natural building in New Zealand.