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'It's out there: just go and look for it': Denomination's Margaret Nolan on finding analogue inspiration in a digital world

Creative Boom

Credit: Margaret Nolan Margaret Nolan has led Denomination as co-founder and Global Creative Director since 2002. Nolan recently sat down with Creative Boom to share more about her creative process and how she finds inspiration from fashion, art, and literature. Religious art from every culture has always used symbolism.

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Shattered Porcelain Fragments Are Elegantly Bonded in Kintsugi Sculptures by Yeesookyung

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Seoul-based artist Yeesookyung ( previously ) fuses Korean and Japanese craft traditions in her elegant, gilded sculptures. In a statement about her latest additions, she describes her fractured sculptures: To me, a piece of broken ceramic finds another piece, and they come to rely on one another.

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In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures

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It’s also an apt title for a poetic exhibition of sculptures blending beastly and botanical forms by the late Claude (1925-2019) and François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008). “It was difficult to be accepted in the art world,” Claude said.

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Ann Weber Elevates Discarded Cardboard Boxes and Staples to New Heights in Billowing Sculptures

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Exemplifying the possibilities of combining humble materials with a good dose of resourcefulness, Ann Weber ’s monumental sculptures find their beginnings in discarded cardboard boxes. “The sculptures can be viewed as a critique of contemporary consumerist culture, but that is not my sole intent,” she continues. Photo by M.

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Joel Shapiro’s New Sculptures Radiate Joy and Defy Gravity

Design Milk

My favorite Joel Shapiro sculpture is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art – an orange dancer-like structure that has made me smile since the first day I arrived in New York, now 23 year ago. Debuting here are three new massive wood sculptures – each taller than any viewer. Joel Shapiro: Out of the Blue.

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26 Contemporary Chinese Artists Explore Materiality in ‘Allure of Matter’

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Installation view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, image © Museum Associates/LACMA. Installation view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, image © Museum Associates/LACMA. Installation view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, image © Museum Associates/LACMA. Stockamp Tsai Collection, New York.

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10 Riveting Movies about Artists

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Exploring their art and biographies is always a trusted source of inspiration. This is especially true when the exploration is conducted by acclaimed directors and actors, merging the two artforms of cinema and fine art. Frida (2002). Frida (2002), Julie Taymor. At Eternity's Gate (2018). Marina Abramovi?: Maudie (2016).

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