Der ehemalige Flakbunker in Wilhelmsburg ist zum Symbol des Klimaschutzkonzeptes Erneuerbares Wilhelmsburg geworden. Das seit Kriegsende nahezu ungenutzte Monument wurde im Rahmen der IBA Hamburg saniert und zu einem regenerativen Kraftwerk mit Großwärmespeicher ausgebaut.
Singapore-based artist Keng Lye creates near life-like sculptures of animals relying on little but paint, resin and a phenomenal sense of perspective. Lye slowly fills bowls, buckets, and boxes with alternating layers of acrylic paint and resin, creating aquatic animal life that looks so real it could almost pass for a photograph.
If a work of art was described as being „alive,“ most people probably would assume this meant it was an especially inspiring piece. Perhaps they would take it to mean the art was a stunning work of realism, or that it had the power to move in profound ways. They probably wouldn’t take the description literally.
For his Brecce collection, Italian designer Marco Stefanelli devised an ingenious way of removing fragments from sawmill scraps, tree branches, and cement fragments, and replacing them with perfectly sculpted resin embedded with LEDs.
Invisible man: Chinese artist Liu Bolin, painted from head-to-toe, stands suitably camouflaged in front of Freedom Tower, where the Twin Towers once stood, in New York. Hiding In New York, his latest exhibition, has just opened at the Eli Klein Gallery in the city.
Los Carpinteros are a Havana-based duo consisting of Marco Castillo and Dagoberto Rodríguez. Formed in 1991, originally as a trio that included Alexandre Arrechea until his departure in 2003, the Cuban collective decided to renounce the idea of individual authorship and pay homage to an older tradition of artisans and skilled laborers.
Solid Gray is the perfect way to carry and protect your personal items. The strong, but lightweight hardshell offers maximum carrying comfort and protection.
The stunning (moving) net sculptures of Janet Echelman.
If you like your public art with a dash of neon and a sci-fi aesthetic, then you’ll like what multimedia designers LuftWerk have done to Anish Kapoor‘s Cloud Gate sculpture (nicknamed The Bean), which resides in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
Anne Taintor is making smart people (and you know who you are…) smile since 1985! She takes magazine images from the late 40’s and early 50’s, then adds 90′s sensibility.
