British artist Roger Hiorns has turned the idea of sculpture inside out. Rather than present a sculpture inside an architectural space, he’s turned every surface of the architectural space into sculpture. Mixing installation art and chemistry, he’s taken an entire abandoned apartment near London’s Elephant & Castle and transformed it into a gemstone. Covering the inside with blue copper sulphate crystals, he’s created an other-worldly, mineralized, glinting mirror of an everyday apartment. Jewels literally glowing from the ceiling and lining the floors.The scale and production of “Seizure” is ambitious. After reinforcing the walls and ceiling and covering them in plastic sheeting, 80,000 litres of a copper sulphate solution was poured in from a hole in the ceiling. After a few weeks the temperature of the solution fell and the crystals began to grow. The remaining liquid was pumped back out and sent for special chemical recycling.
Brad Sloan | wbsloan (b.1977, USA) - Distortion Field / Exhausting / Churn / Prints
Calm, collected, focused, Brad Sloan is an Americain photographer from Springfield, Oregon. Contrast, lines, balance, Brad searches in his photographic work the appreciation for lines, structure and light, by looking at scenes from unique perspectives. His inspiration comes from the natural world and urban structures, but also other great photographers who put their creative work out there. You can visit his Tumblr, Flickr or shop for more work. (Interview with artist by ARTchipel Apr-2012)
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Stillness in Motion is a sculpture by Olga Ziemska. The piece is made entirely from cut willow branches that have been cut and stacked to create a human figure.
Aaron Smith “Diddy”, 2011, oil on panel, 24” x 24”
“Coterie of the Wooly-Woofter” at Sloan Fine Art, NYC
Bellagio
Photography by Kenneth Verburg.
Part of the ceiling of the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. 2,000 hand-blown glass flowers created by Dale Chihuly.
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