Volcanic Ash and Lush Tropics Inspire Brian Rochefort’s Unearthly Ceramics — Colossal

[ad_1] When Brian Rochefort travels, he’s inclined to visit remote parts of the planet. The depths of the Amazon, the volcanic island cluster of the Galápagos, and the immensely diverse ecosystem of Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater have all drawn him in and once back in his Los Angeles studio, inspired the artist’s lushly textured sculptures. Rochefort […]

Vibrant Life Emanantes from Meggan Joy’s Magical Collaged Silhouettes — Colossal

[ad_1] Thousands of individual flowers and plants grown in Meggan Joy’s Seattle garden form the contours of her ethereal figures. The artist (previously) collages perfectly trimmed photographs of each specimen into silhouettes lush with color and texture. In her most recent body of work titled Fever Dream, Joy draws on fear, loss, and the immense […]

Eric Avery’s Healing Art

[ad_1] SAN YGNACIO, Texas — For those who are not familiar with Eric Avery or his art, some background information is worthwhile. After receiving his BFA in printmaking from the University of Arizona in 1970, he entered the newly established Institute for the Medical Humanities of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, receiving […]

In the Wake of Tragedy, Thinkspace Projects Launches a Benefit Auction — Colossal

[ad_1] In 2005, Shawn and Andrew Hosner founded Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles’s West Adams District before rapidly expanding its program and collaborating with numerous projects nationally and internationally. The gallery showcases the best in New Contemporary art—or lowbrow—a movement that emerged in the 1990s on the West Coast partly in response to what was […]

In ‘Spirit Level,’ Tau Lewis’s Monumental Figures Usher in an Unearthly World — Colossal

[ad_1] At the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Tau Lewis (previously) presents a vast cosmology in which monumental, mythic beings herald in a new world. Five figures stand nearly 11 feet tall in draping garments, their hands positioned in distinctive gestures. With titles like “The Doula” and “The Reaper,” each bears a particular role […]