Source Colossal   All images © Flower Press Studio, shared with permission Knowing that flowers only blossom for a short time, there is romance in their ephemerality. Naturally, we want to preserve their characteristics; we bottle up floral fragrances, and the practice of pressing flowers dates back to time immemorial. It’s thought that the Japanese first…

Source artforum.com  It’s a well-worn truism that art can be whatever’s on the pedestal. Following this cue, Michèle Pagel takes a broad approach. Her bulky cast-concrete caryatids, resembling archaeological finds, hold up

Source Artsy Shark  Artist Oscar Esteban Martinez presents a selection of portraits intended to show the diverse nature of humanity. The post Featured Artist Oscar Esteban Martinez appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   “Water in Dripping – Group of Warblers” (2022), stainless steel, 102 3/8 x 68 7/8 x 122 inches. All images © Zheng Lu, shared with permission courtesy of HOFA Gallery Harnessing the energy of water in motion, Zheng Lu’s metallic sculptures appear frozen in time. The Beijing-based artist defies utilitarian or industrial associations…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  We are our own universes. Each of us. Life is a journey through an immeasurable collection of such universes. How this journey will go, where it will take us, is not only up to us. Hence our being lost, waiting for a helping hand or a happy…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Blum & Poe is pleased to present pedra, Los Angeles and New York-based artist Asuka Anastacia Ogawa’s fourth solo presentation with the gallery. This exhibition finds Ogawa diving further into her ongoing investigations of the spirituality that pulses though the natural world, the artist’s studies in ikebana, and the…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Five years ago, Arto and his family moved to the North Shore of Oahu where he developed a newfound passion for all things revolving around the ocean. The Slowtide x Arto Saari collection highlights a few of his favorite ocean images from his time in Hawaii. Each…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  The amount of material; physically, socially and historically, that goes into a work of Patrick Martinez is dense and incredibly immersive. It’s work that speaks to Los Angeles in both a poetic and aesthetic sense, and then as LA has the ability to take what it makes…