Paper Sculptures by Ching Ching Cheng

Amazing sculptures by Art Center College of Design grad, Ching Ching Cheng. The artist’s bio: “I always put myself in situations that will make the subject matter more personal for me, so my work gives an intimate and personal account of my own experiences while simultaneously encouraging the viewer to recall their own. My work [...]

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Street Safari: Hunting Trophies of Dubai by Vincent Fichard

I don’t know much about Vincent Fichard, AKA Vincent Who, but I believe in the work he’s doing. From what I gather from his bio, he is thoughtful and heartfelt – two qualities that are indispensable to an artist who makes it his mission to enlighten through narrative and inspire with strong ideas. Vincent is [...]

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Bas-Relief Sculpture by Ron van der Ende

I love discovering a new artist whose work is different, and a little fun. Ron van der Ende is a Rotterdam, NL-based sculptor who specializes in wall-mounted bas-reliefs constructed from found wood. Bas-relief is your A&O word-of-the-day and it means a sculpture in which forms extend only slightly from the background. Ron van der Ende’s [...]

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And Pretty Birds All in a Row…

Our favorite artist/taxidermist, Polly Morgan is currently showing with Haunch of Venison, London.  Her new show Psychopomps features four suspended taxidermy sculptures, each poised between metamorphosis and flight. The pieces are so extravagant and beautiful, no one would be able to mistake the pieces for roadkill (note to Courtney Love’s assistant).

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Galería de la Raza presents Mad World: Messages to the Future

Mad World: Messages to the Future, an exhibition featuring work by fourteen artists that imagine the future in 40 years through a fictional history of objects. In considering work for the exhibition, the artists were asked to ponder the statement, ‘If you’re interested in the future, invent it.” Responses range from both the artistic representation [...]

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Convergence: New Art From Lebanon

Lebanon’s civil war lasted 15 years, from 1975 to 1990, and claimed over a quarter-million casualties and lives. “Convergence: New Art From Lebanon” includes the work of 29 Lebanese artists, recounting the painful memories of the civil war while looking to the future for hope and healing. The exhibition is currently on display at American [...]

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Favorite: Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse was one of the artists who led the Postminimalist movement. She was a brilliant sculptor and painter who took such cold and unfriendly materials as latex, fiberglass, and plastic and imbued them with warmth and the pulse of a beating heart. She died before her time but not before leaving behind a prolific [...]

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The Art That Keeps on Selling…Itself

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Caleb Larsen’s “A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter” since I first learned of it via C-Monster. Initially, I dismissed the piece as the poster child for all that’s wrong with modern art. It’s just another black box in a white room, right? Wrong. So, so wrong. This [...]

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Brendan Monroe at Richard Heller October 17th

When I first began purchasing art a little over five years ago, Brendan Monroe was one of the first artist’s whose work caught my attention. His work continues to inspire, reaching new levels of craft and concept. If you’re in the LA area, be sure to go by the Richard Heller Gallery for the opening [...]

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Help Kickstart Camper Kart Project by Kevin Cyr

Artist Kevin Cyr has just launched a project on Kickstarter that you should definitely consider donating a pledge to. If you don’t know about Kevin Cyr, or the projects on Kickstarter, definitely check out the link to his project posted above. As a painter, Cyr is known for his tightly rendered paintings of graffiti bombed [...]

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