SEVEN KNOT WIND

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JR AND JOSE PARLA “THE WRINKLES OF THE CITY” IN CUBA

JR and Jose Parla are two revolutionary artists whose works blend together almost better than they stand on their own. They continue their collaboration with a new “Wrinkles of the City” project that stretches outward to Havana, Cuba. The series blends the artists’ signature styles into one seamless set of installations across an iconic part of Cuba, while coinciding with the 11th Havana Biennial 2012. The project features work from all over the duo’s experience across the country dating back to March. The selection of buildings fits Parla’s grimy style of calligraphy just as much as it does JR’s affinity for beauty in aging form, and the city itself works as well with the duo’s imagery as they do with one another. 

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Drawing Vessel by Fumiaki Goto

It may not be practical to actually use a vessel as a drawing tool, but the idea of using something other than pen or pencil is still intriguing.  Japanese artist Fumiaki Gogo combined clay with graphite to produce a ceramic vessel that are made with basically the same recipe as a pencil lead.  Therefore based on deductive reasoning, it can be used to draw as well.   

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You are not Bansky by Nick Stern

Marion Verboom.

Loess 1, 2012. 7 ceramic elements, dimensions variable.

Loess 2, 2012. Ceramic, dimensions variable.

Loess ( /ˈloʊ.əs/, /ˈlʌs/, /ˈlɛs/, or UK: /ˈlɜːs/) is an aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt, typically in the 20–50 micrometre size range, twenty percent or less clay and the balance equal parts sand and silt that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate. It is usually homogeneous and highly porous and is traversed by vertical capillaries that permit the sediment to fracture and form vertical bluffs. The word loess, with connotations of origin by wind-deposited accumulation, is of German origin and means “loose.” It was first applied to Rhine River valley loess about 1821. – wikipédia~

Loess is the title of a series of totem-like sculptures created by French artist MARION VERBOOM whose work is often inspired by the structures and forms in the built environment and topography that surrounds her.

Fabricated from ceramics with a combination of layers of textures and colors, these pieces resemble sleek, rectangular columns or pillars establishing VERBOOM‘s interest in making sculptures with dimensions that relate to the human body in ways similar to architectural barriers and monuments.

Between pure geometrical form, art historical resemblance and utopian architecture, her sculpures and drawings isolate element (any detail or ornamentation) such as cornices, flying buttresses, which become through a change of skill, layout or rendering of matter, the basic unit for her work.

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