*Probably for the best.
This is a more refined proposal for an installation based on the lunar cycle. I envisage it being situated in a city park so that viewers would come across it unexpectedly. I wanted to return the s…
I've entered quite a few sculptural competitions, my entries were always done using marker renderings, a perfect medium for presentations. A series of bronze masks based on my wooden mask carvings. Metal sculptures of dancers based on some of my brass constructions. A series of bronze sculputures based on some of my wood carvings. I didn't win the competion, but it was exciting to enter. These were proposals for the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Fail fast and often is a rhetoric we are no doubt used to hearing, and perhaps have come slightly sick of — like anything that is repeated too often. And perhaps that has to do with the fact that…
Varied reactions to the Birmingham Big Art Project to find an iconic piece of public art
The exhibition by Marko Lulić The Proposal brings together a short fragmented panorama of Lulić’s practice including works dealing with a various range of
Parsons & Charlesworth is a design studio founded in 2014 by Chicago-based British husband and wife team Tim Parsons and Jessica Charlesworth. After running independent practices they joined forces to pursue projects that explore the practical, rhetorical, poetic and speculative possibilities of object making. Working across a variety of media, they create objects, exhibits, texts and images that encourage reflection upon the current and future state of our design culture.
Wearable Structures by Tracy Featherstone is a series of artistic wooden sculptures that interact and stifle movement of the body like geometric fungi.
Raqs Media Collective: The Emperor’s Old Clothes
‘melina’ aims to combine both —the sack and the sleeping area— and to create a sense of safety and confidence when sleeping in public space, an action considered as insecure.
Read more about the objects of young designer Thomas Ballouhey, which look like artifacts from a distant past.
Parsons & Charlesworth is a design studio founded in 2014 by Chicago-based British husband and wife team Tim Parsons and Jessica Charlesworth. After running independent practices they joined forces to pursue projects that explore the practical, rhetorical, poetic and speculative possibilities of object making. Working across a variety of media, they create objects, exhibits, texts and images that encourage reflection upon the current and future state of our design culture.
Meet Christophe Machet, the man who's putting fun into sustainable design, one project at a time...
The House As A Metaphor (A series of public art proposals) Michael Jantzen © 2012www.michaeljantzen.com This series of sculptures by Michael Jantzen plays with the iconic house shape in a variety of abstracted contexts, juxtaposing the house with other recognizable symbols. Most of the...
gt2P explores how to create standard machines that generate non-standard results, mixing analog numerical control with traditional material and technique.
Damián Ortega: High
Rachel Whiteread’s Drawings
STOCKHOLM – International designers present the future of domestic environments.
Studio Makkink & Bey developed the conceptroom HuisRaad as a vision of the interior of the future commissioned by the TextielMuseum.
Michael Jantzen's "Mysterious Monuments" series of public art proposals have no actual meaning behind them, but are designed "to inspire stories in the minds of the visitors about the meaning behind the construction." The designer is known for blending elements of architecture with sustainable design and fine art. The status of this series, in particular, is unfortunately “unbuilt.”
A recreation of a sculpture destroyed by Isis and a scoop of ice cream being eaten by a fly are amongst the shortlist for the next two commissions of the Trafalgar Square sculpture programme.
The House As A Metaphor (A series of public art proposals) Michael Jantzen © 2012www.michaeljantzen.com This series of sculptures by Michael Jantzen plays with the iconic house shape in a variety of abstracted contexts, juxtaposing the house with other recognizable symbols. Most of the...
One day plastic-eating mushrooms may convert our disposable waste into nutritious egg-shaped foods.
Parsons & Charlesworth is a design studio founded in 2014 by Chicago-based British husband and wife team Tim Parsons and Jessica Charlesworth. After running independent practices they joined forces to pursue projects that explore the practical, rhetorical, poetic and speculative possibilities of object making. Working across a variety of media, they create objects, exhibits, texts and images that encourage reflection upon the current and future state of our design culture.
For most of us, a simple photography can remind us of a time and place, and has really served as the de facto method of capturing a moment. From personal
Proposal for a Civic Monument in the Form of Two Windows, 1982; Lithograph with water color on Arches Cover paper; Initialed CO and dated '82 in pencil bottom center and numbered 20/75 in pencil lower left; Published by Anthology Film Archives, NY; Printed by Maurice Sanchez, New York; Catalog Raisonne: Axsom & Platzker 179; Size - Sheet: 28" x 40", Unframed. To purchase this work or to visit the Art Gallery, CLICK HERE! Claes Oldenburg is an American sculptor living and working in New York and he is best known for his public art installations, which usually feature either very large replicas or soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Many of the works were made in collaboration with his wife of 32 years, Coosje van Bruggen; who passed away in 2009. Close up of the image of the two windows and the surrounding landscape. Oldenburg began working with with the idea of soft sculpture in 1957, when he completed a free-hanging piece made from a woman's stocking stuffed with newspaper (titled later as "Sausage"). In 1959, he began to make figures, signs, and objects out of papier-mâché, sacking, and other rough materials. This was followed in 1961 by objects created out of plaster and enamel, drawing inspiration from food and cheap clothing. In the 1960s he was very involved with the "Happenings" movement and his own productions were entitled "Ray Gun Theater." His artistic collaboration involved other members of the art scene and included: Lucas Samaras, Tom Wesselman, Carolee Schneemann, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Richard Artschwager, art dealer Annina Nosei, art critic Barbara Rose, and screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer. In December 1961, he rented a storefront on Manhattan's Lower East Side to house "The Store;" a month-long installation he had first presented at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York, stocked with rough sculptures of consumer goods. Close up of the edition number, 20/75. Close up of the initials CO (Claes Oldenburg) and the date '82 Oldenburg moved to Los Angeles, California in 1963. By 1965 he had turned his attention to drawings and projects for imagined outdoor monuments. This work, "Proposal for a Civic Monument in the Form of Two Windows" from 1982 is continuing his work that was begun back in 1965. By this time Oldenburg is at his height in his draftsman abilities, and his skill can be seen in this large format lithograph. The size of the windows is extraordinary, given the scale derived from the trees in the background and the people in the foreground. Although Oldenburg is most noted for his outdoor installations, this work showcases his immense artistic skill working in a 2-D medium. #Oldenburg #ClaesOldenburg #Popart #Warhol #CoosjevanBruggen #untitledartgallery #civicmonument #brokenwindow #sculpture
Remarkable archive includes scores of detailed proposals for public art which never happened
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