Source Colossal   When Moffat Takadiwa sees a pile of rubbish—old technology parts, personal care items, clothing—he doesn’t just see a bunch of junk. The Harare, Zimbabwe-based artist has spent the better part of two decades collecting thousands upon thousands of pieces of plastic and metals foraged from landfills near the city’s Mbare neighborhood, where heaps…

Source Artsy Shark  Enjoy the portfolio of featured artist and painter Crystal Newton, whose work celebrates the beauty of the natural world. The post Featured Artist Crystal Newton appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   Chiseled from wood, Aleph Geddis’ spindly, playful, vaguely alien wooden sculptures evoke an enigmatic tension between identity and glyph. His organic, hand-worked objects teeter between abstraction and figuration like retrofuturistic icons. The artist lives between Japan, Bali, and Orcas Island in Washington. “This split has been incredibly generative, allowing me to carry my…

Source Colossal   Archaeologists have long known that the ancient peoples of North America—not unlike us—played a lot of games. Going back millennia, cultures around the world developed myriad ways to keep entertained, and for a long time, it was thought that the first dice ever used could be traced to the ancient Eastern European and…

Source Colossal   From April 9 to 12, EXPO CHICAGO returns to Navy Pier, hosting hundreds of galleries, site-specific projects, talks, and multi-disciplinary programming both downtown and across the city. This week is one of the most exciting times for the Chicago-area art scene, and we’re excited to share our annual preview of what we’re most…

Source Colossal   When we think of somewhere we’ve been, what are the first things to come to mind? Perhaps there are memorable smells, a sense of other people being around, or a particular quality of light. But what if we remembered landscapes and experiences through plants? For Hillary Waters Fayle, flower petals, seeds, and foliage…

Source Artsy Shark  Artist Angi Cooper presents a delightful collection of animal-centric art that expresses her love of nature and whimsy. The post Featured Artist Angi Cooper appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Design You Trust  Robb is an Italian artist based in Cesenatico specializing in pyrography (wood burning). He crafts intricate and often unsettling wood-burned art, gaining recognition for his remarkable technical skill and ability to create incredible textures purely through controlled burns on wood. Robb’s work is heavily rooted in “dark art,” utilizing the monochromatic,…