Liu Bolin (Aka The Invisible Man) Performs “Gun Rack” @ Eli Klein Fine Art...
Words // Andrea DB Designboom On June 2nd, 2013, Designboom attended Liu Bolin‘s performance ‘Gun Rack’ at Eli Klein Fine Art in New York, a pre-show to his ‘Mask’ exhibition which opens at the...
View ArticleJim Kazanjian ‘Temporary Equilibrium’ @ Breeze Block Gallery
Words // sleepboy Arrested Motion When you first realize that the subject matter within Jim Kazanjian’s work doesn’t actually exist, you may at first be relieved that such precarious looking locations...
View ArticleiOS Map Glitches by Peder Norrby
Words // Maise Skidmore It’s Nice That iOS Maps has provided many an office worker with several consecutive hours of procrastination material – “Ooh, there’s my house! And my mum’s house! And my nan’s...
View Article13-Foot Cube Holds a Demolished Amusement Park in “Once” by James Dive
Words // Katie Hosmer My Modern Met This massive cube of trash, a sculpture entitled Once, will spark a curious sense of nostalgia for childhood summer days riding roller coasters, playing games, and...
View ArticleThe Maharam Shell Chair Project
Words // Jamie Deminger Design Milk While in New York for NYCxDesign, we visited the Carl Hansen & Son showroom to see their new collection of chairs. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hans J....
View ArticleLife-Sized Paper Sculptures in “Flower Girls” by Michelle Matson
Words // James Cartwright It’s Nice That Not to be confused with Michelle Matson the high-flying investment specialist from Cincinatti who owns the .com version of her site, Michelle Matson is an...
View Article“Work In Progress” Group Exhibition @ Above Second Gallery (Hong Kong)
Words // sleep boy Arrested Motion Coming later this week, the Above Second Gallery in Hong Kong will be curating a group exhibition featuring Vhils, Cyrcle, Meggs, Rone, Cannonball Press, Victor Ash,...
View Article“The Many Faces of David Bowie” Group Exhibition @ Opera Gallery (London)
Words // butterfly Arrested Motion Opera Gallery London is pleased to present a collection of David Bowie-inspired art, in parallel to the Victoria and Albert Museum milestone retrospective David...
View ArticleInflatable Garbage Bags in ‘Eighty Eight’ by Nils Volker
Words // Rodrigo Designboom Conceived as site specific installation for the exhibition ‘Coup de Sac!’ at the Musée de Design et D’arts Appliqués Contemporains in Lausanne, Switzerland, Berlin-based...
View Article12-Feet Tall ‘Tree Troll’ Created in 15 Days by Kim Beaton
Words // Pinar My Modern Met With the help of 25 volunteers, artist Kim Beaton constructed an enormous structure commonly referred to as Tree Troll. The figurative paper mache sculpture is composed...
View ArticleIsrael Lund Exhibition @ Eleven Rivington (LES)
Words // juggernut3 Arrested Motion Last week, Eleven Rivington (11 Rivington Street location) unveiled a new body of work from Brooklyn-based artist Israel Lund. This intriguing exhibition showcases...
View Article“Dalston House” by Leandro Erlich @ Ashwin Street, East London
Words // Pinar My Modern Met Argentine artist Leandro Erlich is at it again with another interactive installation that gives off the illusion that participants are sitting on the edge of a windowsill,...
View Article‘Velcro Fly’ Group Exhibition @ Alexis Gross Gallery (Hollywood, CA)
Words // James Oliver Slamxhype A handful of creatives working in a variety of forms of art have come together for an exciting exhibition that will open on Monday, July 1, 2013. Entitled Velcro Fly,...
View ArticleLiu Bolin Graffiti Mural @ 5Pointz Aerosol Arts Center (Queens, NY)
Words // sleepboy Arrested Motion It looks like Chinese artist Liu Bolin was back in New York again recently since the last time he was in the Big Apple when we hung out with him and JR as they worked...
View ArticleArtist Phillip Romano Turns Car into a Chalkboard
Words // Brooke Dowd Sacco Incredible Things You can cover pretty much anything in chalkboard paint, and it’s clear, because it seems nearly every hip home, store or restaurant has a wall featuring...
View ArticleSki Gondola ‘Vending Machine’ by Baker Wardlaw
Words // Nina Designboom Design Miami Basel 2013 presented the Vernier Mountain Climbers Exhibition, conceived and managed by three young entrepreneurs from Geneva – Inès Flammarion, Nicolas Bernheim...
View ArticleAli Graham’s Illustrations Examines Jay-Z’s ’99 Problems’
Words // Gavin Lucas Cool Hunting Inspired by Jay-Z’s track “99 Problems,” British artist Ali Graham has been creating an illustration every day since the first of June this year that imagines a...
View Article‘Suburban’ Exhibition by Kid Strange (Aka Ian Strange) @ National Gallery of...
Words // juggernaut Arrested Motion Our friend Kid Zoom (aka Ian Strange) has been quietly working on the large scale project over the past two years and it’s almost time for him to unveil it....
View ArticlePhoto Series Explores the Animal Instincts within in ‘Man As Beast’ by...
Words // Staff Juxapoz This series of images from French artist Charlotte Caron combine photographic portraits with the painted faces of various animals in an attempt to reconcile humanity’s duality...
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