Source Colossal   As Brendon Burton continues to pursue the strange corners of rural North America, the Portland-based photographer has discovered a newfound interest in the people who once inhabited them. No longer entirely devoid of human figures, his isolated landscapes step into the walls of abandoned homes and provide a setting for enigmatic narratives. Burton’s…

Source Artsy Shark  Has your art business felt slower lately? When sales slow down, it’s easy to become discouraged. Here’s what to do instead. The post Artists Who Succeed Never Stand Still appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Design You Trust  Ramy Abi Antoun is an architect and maker whose creative practice refuses to stay in one lane. He works across architecture, technology, sculpture, and education, building a body of work that feels more like a connected ecosystem than a single portfolio. What makes his approach distinctive is the deliberate bridging of…

Source Colossal   From the beaded phrases of Jeffrey Gibson’s sculptural weavings to Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s canoe series to Raven Halfmoon’s fingerprint-textured tributes, a new exhibition marks the largest presentation of American Indigenous work in the U.K. to date. Opening next week, Hold to This Earth at Yorkshire Sculpture Park features nearly 70 pieces by 38…

Source Design You Trust  Shengliang Su Prairie Ark and Nomads’ Beacon Tower are a paired architectural project in Ulanqab, China, designed by BUZZ / Büro Ziyu Zhuang. The two buildings are meant to work as a contrasting system: one is low, buried, and horizontal; the other is tall, exposed, and vertical. Prairie Ark is the…

Source Colossal   “There was a moment when I was walking between forests and mountains in Tepoztlán, Mexico, while dandelions floated across my face,” Alexis Mata says. “In that instant, I experienced a strange sensation, as if I were standing on another planet, in another time, confronted with an entirely new landscape.” As the dainty seeds…

Source Colossal   “Ice burns, and it is hard for the warm-skinned to distinguish one sensation, fire, from the other, frost,” wrote A.S. Byatt in Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice. Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami characterizes ice in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman as a capsule that preserves the past “cleanly and clearly,” but possesses no future.…

Source Artsy Shark  Artist Mariia Raskin presents a colorful collection of stunning textural collages inspired by her love of nature. The post Featured Artist Mariia Raskin appeared first on Artsy Shark.