Source Colossal   The arboreal designs featured in TASCHEN’s new book aren’t your dad’s Home Depot box variety. Uniquely stunning, all 62 structures in Modern Tree Houses respond to the surrounding environment, whether a tiny, winterized pod for escaping the snow or a split-level playground complete with climbing ropes and nests. Built by architects and amateurs…

Source Colossal   The shortlist for this year’s Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition has arrived. After deliberating for a total of 20 hours on Zoom, 22 judges evaluated a record-breaking 12,557 photographs and consolidated its most promising contenders. Capturing the diversity of wildlife and nature landscapes across 11 unique categories, each photo highlights stunning close-up,…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  James Fuentes is thrilled to announce Geoffrey Holder, Saturday Night, on view November 12 through December 20 in New York. Spanning the early-1980s onward, the exhibition spotlights Holder’s recurring series of nightlife paintings, which pay homage to the artist’s youngest memories of Trinidadian dancehalls. These spaces of music, movement,…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Mario Ayala: Seven Vans is the artist’s first solo museum presentation in the United States. Expanding on his signature shaped canvases—often depicting the back of cars with technical precision—Seven Vans debuts seven life-size van paintings created specifically for Houston. Derived from the word caravan, the van bridges histories of…

Source Colossal   Throughout her practice, Renée Condo draws on the philosophical tenets of her Mi’gmaq ancestry. The Montreal-based artist works with wooden beads that she sands, paints in bold acrylic, and nests into energetic compositions depicting juicy fruits, raindrops, and brilliant, golden suns. Condo is interested in mntu, or spirit, and what she refers to…

Source Colossal   Caledonia Curry’s story of the Sibylant Sisters starts like many others in the fairytale genre, although it takes just a few words to realize that something is off: “Once upon a swampy ol’ dirt road, two sisters, Caelum and Terra, were growing up under the care of a spindly little witch by the…

Source Artsy Shark  Pastel artist Donatella Nardari creates fascinating dreamlike and symbolic paintings inspired by history and culture. The post Featured Artist Donatella Nardi appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley is the first mid-career survey devoted to artists and twin brothers Nikolai and Simon Haas (b. 1984, Austin, Texas), who founded their collaborative studio in Los Angeles in 2010. The duo is known for their artistic practice that cross-pollinates the fields of art,…