Slavenka & Obi

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Using vintage props and costumes, a menagerie of animals, and simple lighting, Tami Bahat creates dramatic portraits and tableaux that rival portraits created centuries ago, and are enhanced by vintage gold frames.

Renaissance Portraiture for Modern Times

Spanish artist Gerard Mas, who is currently based in Barcelona, creates humorous marble sculptures that combine quirky, cheeky attitude of modern day culture with reserved behavioral traits of Renaissance era. Sculptor shows elegant 15th-century ladies picking their noses, chewing gum and blowing bubbles, or using headsets while talking on the phone.

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Cristina Córdova’s Sculptures

Cristina Córdova’s stirring ceramic sculptures explore the iconography of differing cultures and social ideas while tethering all of humankind.

Zhu Ohmu’s Ceramic

Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist Rose Wei — who works under the pseudonym Zhu Ohmu — uses art to explore the relationship between human and nature.
For the ceramic ‘Plantsukuroi’ collection, the process of the 3D printer has been mimicked by hand, unveiling a unique interpretation of machine methods.

The 7th Annual Supersonic Invitational

by Oriol Angrill Jorda

There’s a great show opening on Saturday at Spoke NYC — The 7th Annual Supersonic Invitational — curated by Zach Tutor of Supersonic Art. There are roughly a million artists in the show, you can see the entire roster and get more details over on the FB Event page.

In Limbo

Witchoria

Explosive Light-Based Installations by Adela Andea

Colorful Portraits of Adoptable Dogs

Photographer Paul Octavious casts new light on Chicago’s adoptable dogs through a collaboration with PAWS, the city’s largest no-kill animal shelter. Octavious, an editorial and commercial photographer, explained to Colossal that he was on a shoot for NBC when he thought to pair the vibrant HUE lighting setup with rescue pups that were set to be photographed with characters from a NBC TV show. Octavious ended up spotlighting the animals themselves with the HUE lighting, resulting in these colorful portraits, and he has continued to volunteer his time helping to get Chicago’s homeless pets adopted with his ResHue Dog series.

Meet Piper, a Brazilian porcupine.

She loves bananas and spending time outside. She’s very smart and will sit by the door that can access the outdoors almost every night waiting to be let out. By the morning she can always be found back inside, sound asleep in her enclosure. Her keepers say Piper is the prettiest porcupine they’ve ever had - and one of the sweetest!
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

MDK9 Dog Haus

This dog house by Los Angeles-based furniture design and manufacturing studio RAH:DESIGN looks like a contemporary home in miniature size. After searching for a suitable dog house to put in their home and finding nothing, founder Rahil Taj, who has a background in architectural design, decided to design one utilizing the techniques and materials used in modern homes today.
They partnered with Modern House Numbers to create the name plaque and Jax and Bones to develop a range of custom dog bedding.
The dog house is not cheap, costing around $3,600, but if money is no object then definitely go for this stylish addition to your home.

Vintage movie posters

Original movie posters remain one of the most vibrant sectors of the cultural antiques trade.
Produced for classic films including Psycho, Roman Holiday and The Italian Job, these original Hollywood posters from online marketplace AbeBooks are all priced in excess of £1,000 due to their age, scarcity, condition, and cultural and artistic significance.
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