Source Colossal   Photos by Scott Lynch. All images © Suchitra Mattai, courtesy of Socrates Sculpture Park, shared with permission Situated along the East River in Long Island City, New York, a new outdoor public installation by Suchitra Mattai invites visitors to consider how history, heritage, and cultures connect across land, oceans, and time. We are…

Source Colossal    Yoshiyuki Katayama captures the ineffable qualities of nature and time in her ongoing series Umwelt (previously), which traces myriad relationships between insects and flowering plants. The title takes its name from an ethological concept that uses the German word “umwelt,” usually translated to “self-centered world,” to describe how animals experience their surroundings. Through…

Source Artsy Shark  Featured artist Paulette Brooks presents a delightfully quirky portfolio of mixed media sculptural wearable art. The post Featured Artist Pauletta Brooks appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  “This body of work is a visual narrative of the economic policies that have eroded the stability and prosperity of America’s middle class. All that’s left are the debris and detritus of a once thriving segment of society, now navigating an increasingly precarious existence.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Deli Gallery is pleased to present Come Back As A Flower, a solo exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Brianna Rose Brooks, marking the artist’s second solo presentation with the gallery.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  “I’ve always been drawn to the forbidden—and to revealing what is forbidden.,” writes Cammie Toloui. “When I worked as an erotic dancer in the early 90s at San Francisco’s famed Lusty Lady Theatre, I decided to photograph the men and women who came to watch me strip.”

Source Colossal    “When I start an artwork, I forget I’m in prison,” says Moath al-Alwi, presumably recorded from within Guantánamo Bay in a short documentary. Directed and produced by Dara Kell and Veena Rao for The New York Times Op-Docs series, the film zeroes in on al-Alwi’s elaborate ship sculptures, complete with anchors, towering…

Source Colossal   Olivier Thomas, “Cathedral of Green.” Photos © Alan Aubry, shared with permission Along the Seine in the thicket of Roumare Forest, an installation of thirteen striking sculptures celebrates France’s woodland heritage and ongoing preservation efforts. The handful of selected works, chosen from an open call that received more than 300 applications from 33…