Source Colossal   Since time immemorial, humans have been both awed and guided by the power of the unknown. A basis of spiritual beliefs the world over is the abiding question, why?—a probing wonderment often followed closely by, what happens when we die? Human belief systems provide structure that help us to make sense of the…

Source Colossal   “The objects I use often serve as memory keepers,” says Adrián Viajero Román. “Sometimes they find me—objects with history, decay, or presence—and I build a piece around them. Other times, I begin with a story I want to tell and seek materials that can hold that narrative.” Román finds an intuitive balance between…

Source Colossal   “I often approach my work as a form of quiet world-building, and in many ways, I think of it as a visual journal,” says Lawrence Meju, whose distinctive and vibrant collages draw on surrealism, everyday experiences, and memories. The Lagos-based artist remembers working with paper collage during some of his earliest introductions to…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  François Ghebaly New York is proud to present Fifteen Measures, Brooklin Soumahoro’s newest exhibition at the gallery’s Lower East Side location.  Los Angeles-based painter Brooklin A. Soumahoro treats color theory as both careful science and intuitive process. He achieves extraordinary technical precision in his work, incorporating rigorous chromatic…

Source Artsy Shark  Every artist has a vision, but the most successful ones also understand the vision of the people who collect their work. The post Your Collector’s Vision appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Huxley-Parlour are delighted to announce The Blue of Distance, a new exhibition of paintings by Kate Gottgens. Open at their Swallow Street gallery, it is the South African artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. In this new body of work Gottgens investigates nostalgia, journeying, and the expressive…

Source Colossal   From the now-defunct Longaberger basket company’s iconic Ohio headquarters to the distinctive Casa de Penedo — Portuguese for “boulder house” — the world has no shortage of quirky, fanciful, and just plain strange structures. Forthcoming from Hoxton Mini Press with text by Imogen Fortes, Weird Buildings celebrates more than 100 norm-busting buildings ranging…

Source Colossal   Using the wood of silk trees, ebony, and embedded copper details, Donald Wasswa conjures bold forms evocative of imagined living beings. Based in Kampala, Uganda, Wasswa explores the relationships between—and evolution of—science, technology, society, and environmental transformation. Loosely resembling tentacled jellyfish yet somewhat unsettlingly dark and sharp, his sculptures evoke a distinctive tension…