A New Book Branches Out Across 3,500 Years to Explore Our Enchantment with Trees — Colossal

[ad_1]  Art Books History Nature Photography #plants #trees August 26, 2024 Kate Mothes Beth Moon, “Heart of the Dragon” (2010), archival pigment inks on cotton paper, 32 × 48 inches. Image © Beth Moon, courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Spanning 3,500 years of art, science, culture, and history, Tree: Exploring the Arboreal […]

This Summer, “TONO x PAMMTV Selects” Dives into Shapeshifting Video Art

[ad_1] From the cell to the pixel, TONO x PAMMTV Selects explores how bodies transform across natural, supernatural, and virtual spaces. The evocative streaming exhibition from Pérez Art Museum Miami is co-curated with TONO, a new video and performance art festival in Mexico City. Participating artists biarritzzz, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Seba Calfuqueo, Leo Castañeda, Cristóbal Cea, […]

Mevlana Lipp’s Sculptural Paintings on Velvet Glimpse Otherworldly Alternate Realities — Colossal

[ad_1]  Art #Mevlana Lipp #painting #plants #wood August 21, 2024 Kate Mothes “Overflow” (2021), wood, velvet, acrylic color, ink, sand, aluminum stretcher, 80 x 60 centimeters. All images © Mevlana Lipp, shared with permission “Velvet paintings” may evoke visions of midcentury kitsch, thanks to artists like Edgar Leetig (1904-1953) and a demand for mass-produced […]

Beth Cavener Molds Thousands of Pounds of Clay into Provocative Animals that Grapple with Trust — Colossal

[ad_1]  Art #animals #Beth Cavener #ceramics #clay #sculpture August 22, 2024 Kate Mothes “Captive.” Photos by Chris Autio. All images © Beth Cavener, courtesy of Carpenters Workshop Gallery, shared with permission In the 6th century B.C.E., Aesop wrote more than 700 fables conveying moral messages through animal characters. Fifty-one of these featured a sly […]

Slopes, Snakes, and Slides Wrap Around ‘Casa de los Milagros’ in Photographs by Naser Nader Ibrahim — Colossal

[ad_1]  Design Nature #animals #architecture #Naser Nader Ibrahim August 23, 2024 Jackie Andres All photos © Naser Nader Ibrahim, shared with permission On the outskirts of Xalapa, Veracruz in Mexico, a striking terracotta-colored dwelling sits among patches of trees. Standing before the distinctive structure, its exterior boasts fluctuating convex slopes that rise and fall […]