The only blog about animals (taxidermied), ice cream, illustrations, creepiness, Oprah Winfrey, and Mary-Kate Olsen. I have a pretty broad spectrum of interests, but there are very specific themes that string together what appeals to me, creatively. Real things that look fake. Fake things that look real. Real fake things. Fake real things. Whimsy.
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Hyper-realistic sculptures carved from a single piece of wood, by Randall Rosenthal.
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David Mach (born 18 March 1956) is a Scottish sculptor and installation artist. Mach’s artistic style is based on flowing assemblages of mass-produced found art objects. Typically these include magazines,vicious teddy bears,newspapers, car tires, match sticks and coat hangers. Many of his installations are temporary and constructed in public spaces.
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Acclaimed Indonesian artist Haris Purnomo created a series of life size babies suspended in mid-air like cocoons called ‘Visitation’.
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I am a sculptor who chooses ceramics as my primary medium. My subject matter is personal narrative through the use of animal imagery. Like Aesop’s Fables, animals are an apt vehicle to express human truths and characteristics. Using familiar animals such as rabbits dogs, frogs and crab claws, I interpret them through the filter of my own experience. While the leaping off point for the imagery is personal, I believe that the personal is universal. Joy, suffering and points in between are experienced cross culturally and I attempt to express the universal in my art through visual metaphor.
Russell Wrankle
Toquerville, UT
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” I am a multi media Canadian artist who is interested in language and communication; how knowledge is transported and transcribed between humans and other species. I am interested in inter species communication. I have chosen to sculpt and draw collaboratively with the honeybees for the past 14 years. My research has included the bee’s use of sound, sight, scent, vibration, and dance. I am studying the bee’s use of the earth’s magnetic fields as well as their use of the pheromones (chemicals) they produce to communicate with one another, with other species and possibly with the foliage they pollinate.” – Aganetha Dyck
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Sculptures by Jim Hodges.
Using manipulated, mirror-like elements — inspired by his recent trip to India — Hodges features a greater focus on color, saturation and performance. His artwork creates a space for introspection, investigating notions of time, movement, and imagination. Employing organic shapes and synthetic materials, Hodges’ sculptures exemplify the importance of cross-disciplinary creation and analysis.
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I must see these hyper-real Ron Mueck sculptures at some point in my lifetime.
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James Hopkins’ “Perspective Sculptures” may look like a random scattering of materials from one point of view, but when viewed at the right angle, its second/intended image forms.
Colette Hosmer is a contemporary naturalist who is celebrated internationally for her outdoor sculptures and installation work with organic materials.
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Wolf taxidermy sculpture and peeking sculpture installation by Nicholas Galanin.
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Israeili artist Ronit Baranga (born in 1973) uses clay and porcelain to craft some really disturbing tableware that would probably instantly make you lose your appetite.
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“Landscapes,” a conceptually brilliant interactive installation by Jennifer Rubell. Sculptures as paintings, garden gnome beer taps, a pretzel tree, and blank canvases that pour wine.
Landscapes is a series of interactive works which each explores a different facet of the way we engage the natural world: contemplation, domination, fantasy, imitation, and depiction.
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