american artist bryan nash is very much involved with wood as a material, his latest project has been bundled into a book called woodcut which simply focuses on the inherent beauty of trees
the book is deceptively simple in its premise despite the laborious process involved in the creation of these raw black impressions of tree cross sections
(once again my gratitude to the barking mad, linkmeister ‘jean louis’ for this wooden tip)
last week i spent a few days visiting the latest (and much criticised) edition of the (5 yearly) ‘documenta’ art festival in kassel, germany
some of the works which i apparently found interesting enough to photograph (and therefore blog about) included this enormous site-specific 30 meter long installation from artist geoffrey farmer: more than 50 years worth of ‘life’ magazines, whereby all of the images have been precisely cut out and mounted on dried grass shoots (complete with miniature grass frames to support the images on the reverse)
the whole installation was sorted by topic (objects, celebrities, black & white etc.) and they are all arranged by size from top to bottom, the mind boggles to think how much effort went into this project and i constantly wonder how many people were involved in it, surely not just the man himself?
of course writing about this project doesn’t come anywhere near to the experience one undergoes when actually seeing it (see also these previous related entries here)
a strikingly simple and dazzlingly content-rich site from british artist anish kapoor (via ‘peter van deursen’)
last week i spent a few days visiting the latest (and much criticised) edition of the (5 yearly) ‘documenta’ art festival in kassel, germany
some of the works which i apparently found interesting enough to photograph (and therefore blog about) included this stunning installation from london-based artist goshka macuga: an enormous black & white image of an afghan landscape filled with a diverse mix of people, a snake and a rather surreal feel
it is not untill you get closer that it transpires to be a highly intricate woven tapestry that is absolutely breathtaking in its complexity and craftsmanship
of course writing about this project doesn’t come anywhere near to the experience one undergoes when actually seeing it (see previous related entries here)
last week i spent a few days visiting the latest (and much criticised) edition of the (5 yearly) ‘documenta’ art festival in kassel, germany
some of the works which i apparently found interesting enough to photograph (and therefore blog about) included this stunning installation from romanian artist istván csákány: a deserted sweatshop full of sewing machines, steaming presses, swivel chairs/desks etc, whereby every single object has been fashioned from pine wood, no nails or other materials are visible… the whole installation is somewhere around 120% of actual size which somehow heightens the eerie effect you feel when walking around the warehouse
even the chaotic piles of random hydraulic cables, masses of looped wires and the enormous metal cage it is contained in has all been sculpted from wood, reflecting the intense manual labour that would normally take place within this environment
of course writing about this project doesn’t come anywhere near to the experience one undergoes when actually seeing it