Sunday 31 January 2010

Room XX by Miquel Barceló







This is a giant art installation in the UN’s palace of nations in geneva. It covers the roof (a full 4,600 square feet!) with multi-coloured stalactite forms. The scale of this is incredible, something I would definitely love to see in person. It transforms the room into a giant cave, making it seem as if the world is dripping down to the floor, incredible colours, incredible scale, incredible everything!

Saturday 30 January 2010

More Strange and Surreal Sea Anemones






I adore the vibrant colours! They seem so full of life yet are stationary and barely move... just gently reaching for something just out of grasp. They have a gently glowing ambience to them which I like.

Exploring Sea Anemones






Sea anemones are unusual things, they look quite alien. However, I love their tentacles! Strangely elegant. I like how they are layered up and curve together. 

More Sculptures by Bean Finneran






They look like strange creatures from the deep sea, they are quite surreal I think. I like the fact that they have painstakingly been built up on that specific spot, it makes them feel like they belong there.

Bean Finneran's Colourful Sculptures






These are made from hundreds and hundreds of rolls of clay, and then painstakingly constructed. They remind me very much of birds nests and sea anemones. I think they are beautiful, they seem so delicate and fragile, and you can see the work and dedication that has gone into them. Because of their material and fragility, they are site specific and can never be moved.

Yaacov Agam Fountains






The first is in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, the second is in the La Défense district in Paris. I love the colours and contrasts! The colours make them seem very positive and friendly to me, which is a nice feeling. 

More Tracy Melton Tree Ring Paintings






I just adore the colours and contrasts in these... so eyecatching, i'd love to have a wall covered in them! I like looked for all the different colour and size combinations, they are all similar yet each slightly different and unique, reflecting the tree they came from.

Tracy Melton Tree Ring Art






Tracy Melton creates these from reclaimed dead elm trees, then paints into them with bright, vibrant acrylic paint. I love how the natural and the artificial sync so well in these, it retains the natural qualities of the wood, while shocking bright colours catch your eye. Very beautiful and I would love to own some!

Videos of Jack Pavlik Sculptures



There is some lovely flowing motion going on here, very elegant. They are quite surreal I think, very noticable and eyecatching. There are some interesting and very unusual sounds created, they really do involve and interact with many of your senses.

Jack Pavlik Kinetic Sculptures






These have a lovely flowing form to them. I love the geometric shapes created, not just by the sculptures themselves, but by the shadows they cast on the background. I like this relationship between the work and its background, treating it like a canvas. I will definitely look out for more like this!

Thursday 28 January 2010

Beautiful Indian Stepwells






I saw these and was astonished, they are wells built down into the ground, the descending steps are beautiful architecture. I love the patterns they make and how they lead your eye along. They remind me of M.C. Escher's work, i'd love to go see them myself~!