amusing project from studio tjep, involving an ikea chair and lots of sandpaper… creating tension by deciding at which point you have to stop before it is so weak that it becomes unusable as a chair to sit on
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tape to tape
beautiful tape installation from berlin-based artist monika grzymala …more akin to drawing than installation, viewing the works as complex drawings that leave the walls to take over the surrounding space… …with each piece requiring a huge physical effort to create. “Whenever I leave a work, I feel as if I leave a part of me, a part of my body behind,” she says…
art in the public realm
here are a few quasi-related stories for monday morning: the common links are i suppose, tarmac and art (of the conscious or accidental sort)
the above images are of a freak phenomenon which can currently be witnessed on the street of londons west-end: a combination of unseasonal hot weather, autmnal leaves and freshly laid tarmac have created these strange and beautiful rigid patterns
also in london (shown above and below) a fella called ‘ben wilson’ has been causing a stir with his chewing gum art ben spends his time lying on the ground making these intricate and cheerful oil-paint miniatures, he apparently intends to paint his way right into the city centre working five days a week…
on a similar vein, this is also a new phenomenon which has started cropping up all over the place: connecting chewing gum dots with chalk to create solar systems on the pavement… weird
van gogh $75, ed ruscha $50, andy warhol $45
the chinese are leading the way when it comes to making fake reproductions of famous art… but europeans are leading the way when it comes to buying the stuff
this strange circle of supply and demand and the multi-million dollar industry it represents is the focus of a new book by photographer michael wolf, the title of which is: real fake art
see also this related post from 2009
in praise of prizes
amusing project from ‘lernert & sander’: a public competition to vote for the best prize… prize
the website invites you to drag the nine remaining losers to the bin, leaving the clear winner over… it is also quite a useful visual archive of the dazzling array of prizes in the arts & culture sector, do we really need them all and which are truly worthy? discuss…