Source Artsy Shark  Enjoy the dreamlike portfolio of artist Megan McCarthy, who is inspired by the beauty of the natural world. The post Featured Artist Megan McCarthy appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  In Sara Birns’ first solo show in the United Kingdom angels glide in celestial realms of eternal sunshine and household pets play fight their tiny, impeccant contests down below. Birns, fuelled by the words of Dolly Parton ‘you gotta work to get to heaven,’ asks us where and…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  In his book Sumo, Polish portrait and documentary photographer Tomasz Gudzowaty pursues an approach quite different from his usually rational and precise compositions. In order to capture the Japanese sport of sumo not only visually, but to get to its core, its essence, Gudzowaty adopts the Japanese…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  The idea and practice of getting away, going on vacation, emerged simultaneously with the expansion of railways across Europe and the United States in the 19th century; the American middle-class family vacation didn’t become popular until the 1950s. And yet, there is this idea that the impulse…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Take Me Away From This Lonesome Town is Euan Roberts’s first exhibition with Antler Gallery in Portland, and for such a forlorn inducing title, the show is far from friendless. Roberts gaggle of characters comprises a convivial group of creatures–a hat topped black bear, a sharp toothed…

Source Design You Trust  For over 50 years, Luigi Lineri has collected and categorized stones from the Adige River in Northern Italy by shape—human profiles, animal heads, tools, and more. More: Luigi Lineri h/t: vintag.es Born in 1937 in Albaro, Italy, Lineri now lives in Zevio, near Verona. He worked in a shoe store and…

Source Colossal   All images courtesy of David Zwirner Books, shared with permission Starting in a vast complex of studios large and small, a new children’s book written by Doro Globus and illustrated by Rose Blake introduces readers to a cast of characters with myriad approaches to making art. There’s an artist who cuts and sews…

Source Colossal   All images © Jacques Monneraud, shared with permission At first glance, you’d be forgiven for thinking that if any of Jacques Monneraud’s vessels were filled with water, they’d soak right through and split at the seams. And that’s exactly what the artist wants you to think! Incredibly, these vessels are made of clay.…