A Trip Through Muzorama
Here’s a delightfully trippy 3-D short based on the work of French illustrator, Jean-Philippe Masson (Muzo). It’s certainly got a candy-colored shell, but the contents inside smack of something darker!
Here’s a delightfully trippy 3-D short based on the work of French illustrator, Jean-Philippe Masson (Muzo). It’s certainly got a candy-colored shell, but the contents inside smack of something darker!
Almost psychedelic, certainly kinetic bug ballet.
Charlie McCarthy’s Flight Patterns
Thanks Brian Braun!
Back in June, I was lucky enough to be in Venice for the opening of the 53rd Biennale. After 3 days of gorging on works from artists both established and emerging, I would have to say I was sucked in most fully by the work of Hong Kong’s Pak Sheung Chuen. He’s a prankster, for sure, wittily combining Sophie Calle‘s exploration of self with the Situationist mandate to expose (and sometime pick at) the seams knitting our world together. One of Chuen’s more whimsical works involved his renting of an apartment in Busan. He lived his daily there as usual, but he collected every single one of his breaths into transparent plastic bags until they completely filled the space. The project took 10 days to complete, and, by the end, Chuen felt as if, “part of his life was absorbed by the apartment.”
In today’s fascinating NYT piece on American writer/champion of the dispossessed, William Vollmann, and his new 1,300 page opus, Imperial, reference is made to his friendship with Leonard Knight, Sean Penn cohort and architect of the religious-themed folk-art sculpture, Salvation Mountain. Imagine what might happen if the Blue Meanies found Jesus Christ and needed a desert hideaway to worship in and frolic, and you’ll get a pretty good idea of what Knight’s been making out of clay for the past 25 years. He’s also, since then, launched a website packed with photos, all lovingly documenting his monument to faith, love and tenacity.
Impressive stop motion video with plasticine by samuelle3. Samuelle3 explains borrachos, ” Stop-motion animation tribute to Oskar Fishinger. Using black plasticine, paper and wire over a precarious light-box and my tripod fixed to the wall.”
Totally worth checking out!
Etsy user darkvomit sells original oil paintings, kinetic art and Christmas card sets. From his listing:
“The Pope of Trash” by Kelly Hutchison (aka “Dark Vomit”). Original oil painting… Gesso…Painted… then varnished on wood panel. Measures 26 inches by 31 inches with the gold frame (frame comes with purchase) Ready to hang on the wall as is. Signed and dated by artist.
The August issue of Vogue takes us inside the Manhattan duplex of noted photographer and conceptual artist, Cindy Sherman. Along with the usual niceties—Kippenberger sculptures, a Prada-stuffed closet—we’re likely to find, what else, “wigs, mannequin heads and fake body parts, toys and novelties, masks, insects, and racks and racks of thrift-store clothing.” For Sherman, there is, perhaps, no more loaded a notion than playing dress-up. But for a lighter look at how she resolves gender “construction,” here’s her short film from ‘75, Doll Clothes:
Junior Jacquet folds and crumples ordinary toilet paper rolls to create these clever and fantastic face sculptures.
This puts a new spin on recycling used toilet paper rolls. Who knew you could do such a thing?
Update: Commenter Brendan points out: “Funny how a few of ‘em look like Bush…unless I’m projecting?”
(via accidental mysteries)
(Sorry folks, “The Johnsons” is already sold!)
Artist Kirk Demarais explains his unique pencil drawings:
The following is a series of color pencil drawings featured in the Crazy 4 Cult 2 art show at Gallery 1988, Los Angeles. Each is a family portrait based on a family from a different cult film. The Torrences was made into a limited edition print.
So why these? As was the case with last year’s selections, it gave me another chance to create four more love letters to four of my most beloved cinematic productions. I also chose them because family plays a strong role in each of these films.
