Source Colossal   To open a new film from Art21, artist Lenka Clayton encapsulates her way of thinking and making: “Looking at things that are supposed to behave a certain way and purposefully misunderstanding how they should be used, it’s really important to me,” she says. The Cornwall-born artist works across media, creating both meditative animations…

Source Colossal   When we think of traveling circuses, the “big top” tent likely springs to mind with its acrobats, clowns, tightrope walkers, and other entertainers and pageantry. Sometimes the traditions are controversial, such as the use of elephants and lions for performances. But visions of bedazzled animals or the swinging trapeze are nevertheless etched in…

Source Artsy Shark  Artist Mark Lembo presents a portfolio of colorful and complex mixed media works. See more of his collection by visiting his website.     Since I was a featured artist in 2023, my work has evolved to slightly larger montages and works emphasizing mark-making, called the Impressions series. Works from these two…

Source Design You Trust  Scifiscapes is the kind of project that feels less like an art page and more like a whole universe in progress. It’s built around futuristic, cinematic worldbuilding — neon, architecture, speculative cities, and those huge postcosmic environments that look like they arrived from another timeline. The worlds feel carefully designed, but…

Source Design You Trust  C.F. Payne is an American illustrator and the Director of the MFA in Illustration at Hartford Art School. His work has a strong old-school illustration backbone, but what keeps it alive is the mix of draftsmanship, paint, texture, and a playful sense of character. What hits first is how confidently the…

Source Colossal   Thousands of handmade ceramic tiles nest together like a puzzle on the facade of the Torre San Luis hotel in Guadalajara, Mexico. Abstract shapes evocative of a lush garden ecosystem burst across the outdoor wall in a collaboration between Alex Proba and the artisans of Cerámica Suro. Titled “Shape of Movement,” the large-scale public…

Source Colossal   Whether it’s a large-scale wallpaper reproduction of Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” or pages of deconstructed Artforum magazines, David Daigle’s detailed punch-cut compositions delve into the material and conceptual possibilities of layers, depth, and what is revealed or concealed. Daigle’s forthcoming exhibition, The Death of Beauty at Track 16, investigates intersections of…

Source Colossal   For Willie Cole, the convergence of material and concept are as important as emotional and even spiritual links to history. Whether repurposing salvaged musical instruments, creating enigmatic visages from stacked stilettos, or arranging hundreds of single-use plastic bottles across a surface, his imaginative sculptural assemblages tap into a range of global traditions, eras,…