Canadian-born artist Andrew Salgado (previously here and here) presents a new body of work composed of towering portraits that span over eight-feet-tall. The mixed media works incorporate materials as diverse as paperback books and miniature cacti—objects that bring even more texture to the cross-hatched oil and pastel faces portrayed on each canvas. The works are included in his solo exhibition A Room With a View of the Ocean which runs through August 20 at Lauba House in Zagreb, Croatia. You can see more of Salgado’s mixed media works on his Facebook and Instagram.
In the series ‘Villa Argentina’, photographer Aruna Canevascini presents an intimate view of domestic life, influenced by the relationship she has with her mother and their Iranian heritage. Having moved to Southern Switzerland when she was just a year old, Canevascini describes her Iranian culture as a ‘ghost of a memory’.
Over the course of eight years, Californian street photographer Deanna Templeton has photographed a collection of summer skinny-dippers in her backyard pool. In usual Templeton style, the series is shot entirely on film, and aptly titled ‘The Swimming Pool’.
Artist Ronit Baranga (previously) creates ceramic sculptural works she describes as existing on the “border between living and still life”—objects guaranteed to either tickle your funny bone or haunt your worst nightmares, depending on your perspective. Baranga depicts dishware as sprouting human fingers and gaping mouths as the objects traipse across tabletops or physically cling to one another in a permanent embrace. The pieces are both silly and sinister as they come to life as if from a cartoon. A quick scroll through her Instagramreveals even darker works that give us the bonafide heebie-jeebies.
Kyoko Bowskill, the founder of Tokyo-based LINK, is working to revive the centuries-old Japanese tradition of carrying objects of all sorts in beautiful reusable squares of fabric: furoshiki. Made from smooth and lightweight cotton fabric and measuring 90cm square (about 35 inches), these furoshiki can be twisted into wine bottle carriers, folded for gift-wrapping, knotted into a quick tote bag, spread out for a picnic, or simply tossed around your shoulders as a scarf.
teamLab’s Color-Changing Spheres Respond to Human Touch
The “Homogenizing and Transforming World” exhibit created by teamLab at the Hong Kong Arts Centre demonstrates its powerful concept with a simple visualization.
Individual floating balls communicate color information to one another through a wireless connection. When one is touched, the color and sound of the entire installation will quickly change, spreading from that one sphere.
