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- Ai Weiwei Creates a Massive Metal Bird Wing From Tibetan Solar Cookers and Teakettles Fri, 26 Sep 14, 12:55amThe installation is meant to represent freedom, but is immobilized like a trapped animal inside one of the lower gun galleries of the penitentiary’s New Industries Building, and can only be seen from above...
- Bradley Hart Creates Hyper-Realistic Portraits by Injecting Recycled Bubble Wrap with Paint Thu, 23 May 13, 7:00amWhere most people see packing material to be discarded after use, artist Bradley Hart sees a blank canvas waiting to be filled with pops of color. The New York-based Toronto native has been creating astoundingly realistic...
- Dalton Ghetti Transforms Discarded Graphite Pencils into Miniature Sculptures Sat, 2 Mar 13, 4:16amRead the rest of Dalton Ghetti Transforms Discarded Graphite Pencils into Miniature Sculptures Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Art, art sculpture, art/nature, Dalton Ghetti, Dalton Ghetti miniature...
- Artist David Pan Builds Breathtaking Beasts from Scrap Metal Sun, 8 May 11, 12:28amRead the rest of Artist David Pan Builds Breathtaking Beasts from Scrap Metal Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: animal art, animal sculptures, art Canada, David Pan, eco-art, green art, Pemberton...
- Used Wine Crates Make Glowing Light Boxes Sun, 18 Oct 09, 5:00amWine makes the whole world more beautiful. Seriously, can you argue otherwise, given wine bottle cheese boards, used cork accoutrement — and now, these stunning light boxes from artist Tracey Johnson? They’re...
- Mikal Hameed Uses Trash to Make Music, Inspire Community Sun, 4 Oct 09, 1:00amWhile transforming reclaimed office chairs and stereo equipment into fully functional sound systems – the ideas behind Mikal Hameed’s work could address the disconnect that many feel towards the current Green Movement...
- The Crate Man Cometh: Recycled Milk Crate Art Sun, 20 Sep 09, 1:40amHoly leaping legos! This cratalicious creature may, at first glance, appear to be some kind of primitive transformer, but he actually deserves a lot more respect that...
- Recycled Billboard Vinyl Becomes Public Art Sat, 9 May 09, 7:00pmBillboards get all sorts of (justified) flak for polluting our mind-scapes. They are everywhere, flaunting famous people — in expensive clothes, drinking sexy beer, promising us recession-busting discounts. Unfortunately,...
- Martin Kippenberger at the MoMA Sat, 18 Apr 09, 7:00pmWay back in the late 1980’s, when American artists were awash in Colombian Marching Powder and enjoying the spoils of Reagan’s economic policy, German artist Martin Kippenberger was piloting an equally raucous artistic...
- ECO ART: SWOON’s “Junk Rafts” Sun, 5 Apr 09, 3:00amBrooklyn-based street artist, SWOON is in the midst of launching her third fleet of “junk rafts” — crafted from construction site cast-offs and recycled scraps, these eclectic floats are a cross between...
- ECO ART: Henrique Oliveira’s Urban Peels Sat, 14 Mar 09, 8:00pmArtist Henrique Oliveiraa was a student in São Paulo, Brazil when the plywood fence outside his window began to peel and fade into different layers and colors...