Source Colossal   In the 1985 film Out of Africa starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, a picturesque scene highlights the pair on a romantic picnic high above the sweeping Masai Mara National Reserve. Today, tourists are invited to recreate the iconic moment in a colonial-inspired, hillside champagne picnic experience for which “local Masaai tribesman are…

Source Colossal   In the Garden of Generations in Einbeck, Germany, a playful new installation asks park goers to find equilibrium with their neighbors. “Balance Bench” is the latest project of Berlin-based artist Martin Binder. Installed in his hometown, the interactive artwork rests on a central cylinder rather than four legs, requiring that at least two…

Source Artsy Shark  Featured artist Peggy Hicks shares a charming portfolio of human and animal portraits created in pencil and pastel. The post Featured Artist Peggy Hicks appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Rolankay’s paintings have evolved to the point where they seem to be time-traveling to keep up with themselves. They arre alluring and they are timless, and the Chilean painter captures something that is rare in this world of hyperspeed: a quiet and poetic slowing of pace. Now…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  “I care about form more than anything else,” Morteza Khakshoor told us recently, “Color is important, but it’s secondary for me. When things are not working in my paintings, I know something is wrong with the shapes and forms. Things are much easier when the shapes are…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Matthew Marks is pleased to announce Julien Nguyen, the next exhibition in his gallery at 526 West 22nd Street. The exhibition includes twenty new paintings.

Source Colossal   Through ink on hanji paper that juxtaposes deep blacks with delicate cross-hatching, surreal scenes unfold in the drawings of Seoul-based artist Moonassi (previously). Through the dramatic use of chiaroscuro and simple yet elegantly delineated faces, hands, and limbs, the artist constructs dreamlike worlds in which figures commune and explore. Moonassi’s use of meok, a…

Source Colossal   When you think of an orange safety cone, you might imagine rows of the small reflective objects placed around temporarily parked vehicles or, say, next to potholes. But a stroll through GAFFA’s recent exhibition, Level Up at Kunsthalle Arbon, and the everyday sight took the form of an unmissably imposing, monumental structure. GAFFA…