Art

Japanese artist En Iwamura has collaborated with Case Studyo on a prismatic new sculpture entitled Boy in the Cube. Typically known for his clay ceramic busts, the Kyoto-based artist created two chromatic glass cubes enclosing the heads of his latest characters, Pun and Nico.Described by Iwamura as ghosts, the two figures are encased "perfectly peaceful, full of promise and frozen in time." Entirely made in solid blue and green glass, each sculpture ascribes to Iwamura's career-long exploration into the Japanese concept of Ma — a pause in time and an emphasis on negative space. For Pun Pun and Nico Nico, as the two sculptures have been named, their faces are only a gap in material, an empitness in volume paused within the confines of the glass. Time and space is essential in understanding ...

Artificial intelligence is overwhelming current technical standards, seeing advanced software programs create unimaginable realities. Vienna's MAK Museum has taken note, tasking international designers to envision otherworldly architectural utopias using AI. MAK Museum has unveiled its IMAGINE: A Journey Into The New Virtual exhibit, which explores design concepts through an ultra-modern lens. Imagination can run wild as creatives use AI software Midjourney to create text-driven images. The show is divided into four categories: Speculative Narratives and Worldbuilding, Research Investigations, Dreamscapes, and AI and Algorithmic Variation. The first chapter analyzes the intersection between film and AI, while others merge Western control and technology. Some artists reflect their heritage ...

Following a set of massive sculptures he installed at the latest Coachella festival, Sri Lanka-born, Vietnam-based artist Kumkum Fernando has unveiled a series of new figures via Jonathan LeVine Projects. Entitled Post Colonial Rainbow Punks, the latest project tells the story of a motley crew of sorts or "intergalactic swashbucklers", as Fernando calls them, comprised of characters Softboss, Koha, Lomba, and Manike the Maniac. Part gangters, part mythical beings, the Punks travel through space and time to to find their missing Princess Izzah 281. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Jonathan LeVine Projects (@jonathanlevineprojects) View this post on InstagramA post shared by Kumkum Fernando - Studio Reborn (@kumkumfernando)Outside of the narrative that Fernando has set, the charac...

Film innovator Polaroid is preparing to celebrate the launch of its second generation Now and Now+ instant cameras this summer. To commemorate the occasion, Polaroid has tapped 15 emerging and established photographers to take their gadgets for a spin. The creatives come from all walks of life, joining hands from across the globe to showcase their limitless creativity. Polaroid captures their daily routines across its "Real Life" campaign, allowing a glimpse into what makes living unique for everyone. The photographers were spread across four categories, seeing Ry Shorosky capture enchanting American landscapes, Rayan Nohra deliver detailed Parisian narratives, and Olof Grind explore raw emotion through nature in "Real life is color you can't control." The second group entitled its practic...

MIMA museum in Brussels is showcasing the first European institutional exhibition by rising French artist, Jean Jullien. Globally recognized for his whimsical everyday doodles, the solo show will present a survey on the artist's more recent works — from sketches and watercolor portraits to paintings, sculptures and installations. The title of the exhibition, STUDIOLO, makes reference to the idea once set forth by 14th century Italian poet Petrarch, in which people should have a place within their homes where they could converse with God and the muses. Similar to the German 'Wunderkammer' — or cabinet of curiosities, the term 'studiolo' arose in the following century as a room of introspection, decorated to reflect the values and interests of the owner.For Jullien, however, the concept of t...

Later this month, Greek club Scorpios Mykonos will present a new program called In Resonance. Billed as the largest collection of AI and generative digital artists with musicians ever assembled, the summer-long program will feature a variety of live music performances, digital art drops and installations. As the headlining act, Turkish new media artist Refik Anadol worked closely with the indigenous Yawanawa people of Brazil to create an undulating architectural model that reflects the essence of their culture and relationship with the Amazon forest. Emblematic of his career, Anadol utlizes the latest in machine learning to create a rhythmic series of patterns that are facilitated by Impact One, as part of their "Possible Futures" program, which explores the deep connections between human ...

Art meets the world of skateboarding in a new set of sculptures by artists Marcel Dzama, Sage Vaughn, Lori Damiano, and Sean Cliver. Made in collaboration between furniture brand Modernica and skateboarding mainstay Girl, the sculptures feature the latter company's signature bathroom logo crafted in wood and overlaid with each artist's imprint. Sean Cliver, whose been a longtime skateboard artist, opted to repeat a set of pop art-inspired figures with the faces skulled out. Illustrator Lori Damiano has worked for a range of clients, including Nickelodeon and Stumptown Coffee and stenciled in an actual girl silhouette, while imbuing a cosmic vibe along the negative space of the figure. Floral motifs run throughout Sage Vaughn's drippy collage-like iteration, while Marcel Dzama brings a more...

Now on view at the BC Gallery in Basel, Switzerland is a collaborative exhibition between Czech visual artist Jan Kaláb and Icelandic abstract painter, Katrin Fridriks. Entitled “The Perfect Storm,” the exhibition houses a refreshing collection of paintings that amalgamates both artists’ unique artistic qualities and vision, resulting in a body of exhilarating pieces that evoke sensory stimulations.Speaking on this collaboration, Kaláb explains that “The significant similarities and clashes of our works made us think it could be an interesting match. In the beginning, we thought we would do just one or two collaborative paintings for this show, but this turned into a creative storm, and we ended up building the whole show out with more than twenty collaborative paintings.”The creative proc...