Suspended art

Rather than considering paint as a liquid medium, San Francisco-based artist Chris Dorosz uses the traditional material as a unit of measure to form anonymous sculptural portraits. At first glance, the three-dimensional paintings read as abstract compilations of shapes, and only once the viewer looks head-on at the portrait does a human figure begin to emerge. As he writes in his artist statement, Dorosz considers the paint drop to be “a form that takes shape not from a brush or any…

Before establishing her eponymous art-and-object studio this year in Brooklyn, New York, Yuko Nishikawa dabbled in interiors for such Interior Design Hall of Fame members as Clodagh and Alexandra Champalimaud. Now the Japan-born 42-year-old is blurring disciplines with pieces like You See A Sheep, a chandelier she fittingly describes as a “dreamy, immersive environment,” just like its inspiration, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 novella The Little Prince, one of her favorite books.

Suspended birds

While Dutch artist Joris Kuipers spent years studying traditional painting and fine art techniques at both the Arnhem Academy and the Frank Mohr Institute in Groningen, his installations fly in the face of anything traditional. While borrowing from ideas rooted in expressionism as far as the application of paint and use of color, the artist constructs large-scale installations that spiral and twist off the walls, blurring the lines between painting and sculpture. Two of his most recent works…

The thing about home décor is that there is no end to the kind of ideas you can come up with, as there are more and more parts to decorate. However, among all

Installation by Jacob Hashimoto http://t.co/hKyP4SVL9m

For one to truly appreciate this new installation by artist Michael Murphy, one must view it from a specific angle. Called Damage, the sculptural work

Sculptural Installation: Ron Dearing UTC - Ino-Plaz - Bespoke Artwork Sculpture - Suspended Discs - Acrylic Manufacturing and Fabrication

Finished the supposed vessel - it somehow turned into a suspended art textile piece! Crochet and hand dyed yarn. Blogged about here: la-belle-helene-journal.blogspot.com/2010/10/sun-and-shad...

Imagine walking into a silent room where a woman is mending. Now imagine that she's sitting underneath 1,500 pairs of sharp Chinese scissors that are