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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. The reflection on social and political issues and how artists use their medium to create a message is particularly powerful. The key thing about interesting art is discovering the story it is telling.

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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). Having worked as a guard in the Egyptian and Assyrian galleries of the Louvre, the artist often referenced ancient mythology and hybridity in his figures.

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

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CHICAGO—Containing a massive paper wave, a tower of leftover fat, and a tiger-skin rug of 500,000 cigarettes, The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China encompasses 48 works from 26 contemporary Chinese artists in an exhibition on view now in Chicago. Collection of the artist, courtesy of Pace Gallery.

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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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10 Riveting Movies about Artists

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Legendary artists are often seen as larger-than-life, mythical beings. The following 10 movies about artists include fictionalized accounts of real stories, as well as some of the best art documentaries. The following 10 movies about artists include fictionalized accounts of real stories, as well as some of the best art documentaries.

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