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Last year, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum captured the public’s attention with a working, solid gold toilet installed in one of its restrooms. This year, they’re are going for something a little more subtle: A “desert” that’s acoustically soundproofed to prevent anything but the lowest of ambient sounds. PSAD Synthetic Desert III, as the installation is formally titled, is the creation of West Coast artist Doug Wheeler, who originally conceived the idea nearly 50 years ago. Working in collaboration with the museum, Wheeler is finally realizing the project after all this time.

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Warped Oil Paintings, Kei Imazu

Japanese artist Kei Imazu (b.1980) creates large-scale oil paintings that often depict artifacts that have been plundered and are currently on dispute for their return; Imazu first edits photos of these artifacts digitally and then recreates the image on canvas by hand. 

Despite working with oils, the warping Kei has added feels almost digital as though her canvases are screens melting under the weight of the paint. 

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