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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

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Credit: Margaret Nolan Margaret Nolan has led Denomination as co-founder and Global Creative Director since 2002. I used the design from the Glasgow School of Art doors on the capsule as its sculptural form contrasted with the geometry of the bottle. I thought this was perfect for a luxury bottle of whisky encased in this shape.

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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). The article In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures appeared first on Colossal.

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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

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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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79 (2002–7), polyurethane, colophony, iron powder, silk, and cocoons. Installation view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, image © Museum Associates/LACMA. Liang Shaoji, “Chains: The Unbearable Lightness of Being” of Nature Series No.79 Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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10 Riveting Movies about Artists

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Frida (2002). Frida (2002), Julie Taymor. Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese painter, sculpture and performance artist who creates abstract pop art. Whether you dabble in ,website design or are a freelance artist, these films are bound to resonate with your creative soul: 10 riveting movies about artists. At Eternity's Gate (2018).

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