The name of the installation is Multiverse, and it was installed by artist Leo Villareal in a 200-foot-long tunnel in the National Gallery of Art in Washingtong DC. The entire thing features 41,000 LEDs that animate and move on their own, using randomness to ensure that no one will see the same configurations twice. Multiverse Read More …
The Burble is a massive structure reaching up towards the sky, composed of approximately 1000 extra-large helium balloons each of which contains microcontrollers and LEDs that create spectacular patterns of light across the surface of the structure. The public, both audience and performer, come together to control this immense rippling, glowing, bustling ‘Burble’ that sways Read More …
Not really an art post, but I could see where this has tremendous possibilities for the arts. Similar to the movie “Minority Report”.
I cannot find much on this artist except her cv and that she lives and works in Israel. Her body based fabric pieces are reminiscent of Janine Antoni or Rebecca Horn and are incredibly striking.
from serpentine gallery: “Gerhard Richter (born Dresden, 1932) is one of the world’s greatest living artists. Since the early 1960s he has tirelessly explored the medium of painting at a time when many were heralding its death. He has produced a remarkably varied body of work, including photography-based portrait, landscape and still-life paintings; gestural and Read More …
Gregory Crewdson was born in 1962 and received a BA at SUNY, Purchase and an MFA at Yale University. His photographs are included in numerous museums and public collections around the world. A European retrospective of his work began at Kunstverein Hannover, Germany (2005) and traveled to institutions including Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; and the Hasselblad Read More …
John Burgerman studied art foundation in Bournville, Birmingham and then Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University. His work is hand-drawn characters. He said, “Even though it’s often scanned into the computer I don’t want it looking too clean and ‘photoshopped’.” The characters are often linked together in one seemingly connected line. His influences range from Read More …
Frank was my roomie in undergrad and the guy I got into any trouble with. We have since parted ways but still keep in touch quite often. He has revamped his website from the ground up and warrants a mention here if not solely for the crazy background on his home page but more importantly Read More …
I came across Travis Millard’s site Fudge Factory Comics when researching for my super heroes project. Sort of reminds me of the old Garbage Pail Kids cards I used to collect when I was a kid.