Last year, the 606, Chicago’s highly anticipated elevated park and public trail, opened to the public. Chicago-based art duo Luftwerk, comprised of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Galler, was commissioned by the Trust for Public Land to construct a light show for the bridge. Called TransLIT, it was inspired by fauna and flora and it was a display of “motion, color, and light.” As a person who’s fascinated by rainbows and patterns this display caught my eye.
Read more about it on Architect Magazine.
I was looking at illustrators’ accounts on Intagram when I came across Mari Andrew (or @bymariandrew). Some of her illustrations I had seen before, every once in a while A Cup of Jo posts one of her works. I spent the last hour or so looking through her illustrations, which often center around love or life. Couldn’t get enough of them. Here are my favorites.
After everything we went through with last week’s election, I think it’s time for a good old cuddle. This new screenprint by Paul Thurlby carries a simple message but one we all need right about now. Called “Get It On,” the print is silkscreened in three colors with shimmering metallic gold ink used on the hair. For more info about Paul, and to buy the print online, click here.
P.S. Did you notice that my image uploader is working again. Yay!
I’ve been a fan of illustrators Tom Whalen and Dave Perillo for quite some time, so it made me super excited to see that they’ve teamed up to create a brand new batch of pop culture art. At Spoke Art, they’re putting on a new exhibition called Super Science Fair – A Pop Culture Experiment. Taking inspiration from vintage science fairs and science fiction, they’re putting their own spin on some classic movies including E.T. and Spider Man.
Here’s Spoke Art’s description of the show:
Spoke SF is pleased to present Super Science Fair – A Pop Culture Experiment by Tom Whalen and Dave Perillo. Inspired by sci-fi universes from Godzilla to Willy Wonka, Whalen and Perillo have reimagined pop culture staples in their bright, illustrative vector styles. Each nostalgically modern, limited-edition print puts a playful spin on classic favorites.
Both Tom Whalen and Dave Perillo are heavily influenced by their backgrounds in design and typography as well as a mutual love for all things sci-fi and super hero related. Each artists’ work explores the science behind their favorite films and characters from Aliens to Xenomorphs with concise and dynamic compositions.
One part mid-century advertisements, a hand full of cult classics and spiced with pop culture inspirations, Whalen and Perillo have brewed up their version of a science fair. New infographic pieces detailing planets from galaxies far, far, away, Pee Wee’s Breakfast Machine, and a spec sheet for the U.S.S. Sulaco will guide you on this science experiment.
Dave Perillo cites Mary Blair, Walt Disney, Jim Henson and Charles Schultz among his key influences. For Super Science Perillo has created a series of public service announcements, informational pamphlets and guides. Intergalactic communications, how to grow a dinosaur, and time travel through the ages each seamlessly blends sci-fi heroes with a nod to advertising of the 50’s and 60’s.
Come see the exhibition at Spoke Art starting today, November 3, at 6pm through November 26. Wish I was in SF to see this in person! You can purchase a piece after the gallery show opens this weekend on the Spoke Art online shop.
via [SlashFilm]
Starting November 11, Transition Gallery in London will be putting on a collective art show called The Classical. The group exhibition will examine contemporary painting and its relationship with art history. One of their most colorful pieces is from Freya Douglas-Morris, who created this painting called Cave of Dreams. It’a a beautiful explosion of color, isn’t it?
You can find more about the exhibition, here.
If you love watercolor and you can’t get enough of whales, you’ll want to check out these fine art prints by Rachel Byler. The Pennsylvania-based artists creates lovely paintings of whales playing just under the surface of the water.
Byler states why she loves to work with watercolor on her website, “Although I love all types of art, I am particularly drawn to watercolor because of the versatility that it allows as far as being able to pick up and paint wherever. I love having to work with the flow of the water. The most beautiful washes and blooms come about when you give more control to the movement of the water.”
Love the unfinished look of the dripping paint.
Using a tablet and Adobe Photoshop, Istanbul, Turkey-based artist Aykut Aydogdu creates beautifully surreal digital paintings. He combines humans with everything from planets to flowers, making the ordinary extraordinarily dreamy. Make sure to check out his Behance page to see more.
French street artist Oakoak is back to his clever ways. He recently put up a piece titled The little girl and the little Apple tree which shows a silhouette of a girl reaching up to grab tiny “apples.” Love how whimsical this one is.
For more works by Oakoak, make sure to check out his website.
One of my favorite paper artists, Peter Callesen, is showing new works at the Faaborg Artmuseum in Denmark. From now till March 12, 2017, come see the exhibition Suspended Death, where he interprets the artworks of three artists who are all connected to the Faaborg Artmuseum as a part of the permanent collection.
The artists Peter was inspired by are Kai Nielsen and his stone sculptures ‘Marmorpigen’ (The Marble Girl) and ‘Granittøsen’ (The Granite Lass), Anna Syberg and her watercolor paintings of flowers: ‘Blooming Phyllocactus’, ‘Wild Rose’ and ‘Apple Branch’ and finally Johannes Larsen’s delicate illustration ‘Woodpigeons’.
According to Callesen, “The exhibition thematizes death and decay, as well as it deals with oppositions between lightness and weight, between soaring and falling.”
The first work in this post, an installation of a dove flying, is my favorite.
Above: ‘Dead Dove’ 2016, Installation, Faaborg Artmuseum, Fåborg, DK. 385 x 258 x 75 cm 120 g. paper and glue. photo: Kirstine Mengel
‘Apple Blossom’ 2016, 44 x 44 x 9 cm Acid-free 120 g. paper, pencil, water colour, glue and oak frame
‘Wild White Roses’ 2016, 120 x 100 x 13 cm Acid-free 120 g, paper, glue and ash wood frame photo: Kirstine Mengel
‘Girl’ made from small notes, 2016, Installation, 200 x 200 x 155 cm, Small sheets of 34 g. Zairei Japanese paper and glue. photo: Kirstine Mengel
‘Flying and Falling Sparrows’ 2016. detail, Installation, 250 x 150 x 45 cm 120 g. paper and glue
Opening this Sunday, October 16, at Museum Sinclair-Haus in Bad Homburg, Germany, artist Su Blackwell will be presenting two ethereal works. Called The Grass Grows between her Toes and While you were Sleeping, two beautiful dresses appear intact, until you notice the shredded at the bottom. The resulting trains appear like something you’d see out of a fairy tale. Blackwell combines textile, in the form of the Victorian dresses, with her traditional papercut art, to create something extraordinary.
Here’s the meaning to one of them. “While You Were Sleeping is a dress with thousands of cut-out moths escaping from its skirts. It was based on the Burmese tradition that people’s souls turn into butterflies while they sleep and if you wake them up the soul doesn’t have time to return to the body so they die.”
These works are part of the exhibition Second Skin. It’s where international artists, explore our relationship between skin, clothing and nature. You can see these up close and personal until February 12, 2017.
Hello, I’m Alice Yoo! I’m founder and CEO of Skylar Yoo, a company dedicated to inspiring and empowering women to be bold. We sell apparel, art prints and accessories to the modern feminist.
In my former life, I was editor-in-chief of the art and culture blog My Modern Met, which I founded back in 2007. I curated and wrote about art, design and photography for more than seven years. (In fact, I published over 7,000 articles which were seen by millions of people worldwide.) I’m also co-author of a book called For Love: 25 Heartwarming Celebrations of Humanity, which is on Amazon and wherever books are sold.
I live in southern California along with my husband and my two toddler boys.
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