Category: Installation
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Artist creates interactive art and murals accessable by the Blind
Denver Based Artist, Detour, has always explored interactive art in his practice. He has been working with the elements of sound and color for the past 8 years. It wasn’t until 4 years ago that Detour started creating work that allowed people to touch, feel, and explore his art in a natural way. This lead…
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This Art Piece Transforms Crying Emojis From Twitter Into Beautiful Light Tears
Tears of Twitter is a real-time visualization of crying emojis posted on Twitter.
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Hilarious Before And After Illustrations By Spanish Artist Nacho Diaz
Nacho Diaz is a Spain-based artist whose work will never fail to make you smile. There is nobody else that sees the world the way Diaz does – from the gentle side to villains to quirky and witty illustrations, this artist definitely notices every small detail of our everyday lives. This time he took ordinary…
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A Rainbow of Thread Fills a Gallery at the Toledo Museum of Art
Mexican installation artist Gabriel Dawe’s most recent installation, Plexus no. 35, is a rainbow installation that appears as refracted light beams and is made out of thousands of multicolor threads. It’s housed in the Toledo Museum of Art’s Great Gallery, and will be on display through January 22, 2017. You can see more of his work on his website and Instagram. And don’t forget,…
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Huge Straw Dinosaurs Invade a Japanese Rice Field
A prefecture in Japan has one of the most interesting uses for leftover rice straw we’ve ever seen… turn it into a huge dinosaur rice sculpture! The Wara Art Festival, which is held every year at the end of August near Niigata, hire local artists to build elaborate straw sculptures over wooden frames. In addition to the Tyrannosaurs…
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100,000 Suspended Balloons Inside Covent Garden Market In London
Heartbeat is a cloud like structure assembled by artist Charles Petillon who has attached 100,000 white balloons onto a frame, and installing lights to illuminate them. The enormous display piece is located at the Covent Garden market place in London. Heartbeat is the first time French artist Charles Petillon did any of his work outside…
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Inflatable Red Ball Art Installation Gets Loose, Rolls Around Toledo
Well this certainly isn’t something you see every day… a man caught on video the moment a public art installation in Toledo, Ohio – a giant, 250-pound red ball – decided to run away and start rolling down streets lined with parked cars. Part of a Toledo Museum of Art exhibit, the RedBall Project by artist…
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An Amazing Sculptural Gun Installation by Michael Murphy
Installation artist Michael Murphy’s are a little different from most artists – to see his works ‘properly’ you must be standing at just the right angle. One of his latest works, called Damage, consists of 1,200 ping pong balls, painted black, and then suspended from a ceiling. Damage is meant as a way for us to…
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Amazing Psychedelic Sculptures That Will Blow You Away!
The remarkable sculptures before you are the work of Jen Stark, a visionary artist inspired by the intricate aspects of nature, replication, and infinity. She produces her astonishing creations through a variety of outlets such as paint, animation, metal, wood, plexi, and most notably, paper.Jen received her BFA in fibers and a minor in animation at…
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Twisted Ropes Attached to Gallery Walls Sprout like Trees
Brazil-based artist duo Janaina Mello and Daniel Landini of Mello + Landini create tree-like installations with untwisted ropes fastened to the walls of galleries. Titled Ciclotramas, the artworks have gone through 17 different iterations since 2010, each involving some form of ropes that seem to branch through the air and splay onto surfaces like fractals or a network…