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    Interview: Tiffanie Turner Discusses Her Evolving Understanding of Beauty and How the Climate Crisis Impacts Her Realistic Florals

     Photo by Shaun Roberts, courtesy of Eleanor Harwood Gallery San Francisco-based artist Tiffanie Turner is known for creating large-scale paper flowers that embody themes of beauty and aging. In the latest interview for Colossal Members, Turner spoke with our managing editor, Grace Ebert, about her relationship to botany, how she manages her time, and the […] More

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    Extravagant Masks by threadstories Offer Cultural Commentary on Selfhood and Social Media

     All images © threadstories, shared with permission Covered in full-face masks of fringe and knotted details, threadstories (previously) explores the tension between contemporary portrayals of public and private life. The Irish artist poses in front of gray backdrops for her self-portraits that obscure her face and only sometimes reveal a set of eyes or […] More

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    Black Trash Bags Take Control of Animal and Human Life in ‘Garb-age’ by Murmure

     “Garbage whale” (2019), black stone and pencil on paper, 70 x 100 centimeters. All images © Murmure French duo Paul Ressencourt and Simon Roche, or Murmure, highlight the nefarious nature of a commonplace object in their latest project that explores the human impact on the environment. The monochromatic pieces illustrate the ubiquity of the […] More

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    168,000 Numbers Suspended From the Ceiling in Color-Coded Installation by Emmanuelle Moureaux

     All images © Emmanuelle Moureaux In an effort to merge the past, present, and future in a single work, Tokyo-based French architect and designer Emmanuelle Moureaux (previously) hung 168,000 paper numbers in rainbow-like rows to create her latest piece, “Slices of Time.” The suspended project contains 100 hues, in addition to white, that are […] More

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    A New Book Compiles an Expansive Collection of Gaudí’s Unorthodox Architectural Works

     All images © Taschen, shared with permission Known for transforming Barcelona’s architectural landscape, Antoni Gaudí famously combined nature, materiality, religion, and influences of Orientalism into a widely recognized aesthetic that’s captured in a new book from Taschen. Throughout more than 350 pages, Gaudí: The Complete Works encompasses the Catalan architect’s projects from the Casa Batlló […] More

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    Untamed Flora and Fauna Rendered with Mud in New Multi-Level Mural by Yusuke Asai

     “The earth is falling from the sky” (2019), view from Wulong Lanba Art Festival in China. All images © Yusuke Asai, photographed by Ichiro Mishima, shared with permission Part of a solo exhibition titled Gimme Something/To Eat at Anomaly in Tokyo, a multi-level project by Japanese painter Yusuke Asai considers the structure of ecosystems and […] More

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    Picasso-Inspired Portrait Sculptures Rendered by Digital Artist Omar Aqil

     All images © Omar Aqil Pakistan-based art director and illustrator Omar Aqil (previously) continues his Character Illustrations series with more collaged portraits made from stacks of 3D objects. Using digital software including Adobe Photoshop, Cinema 4D, Octane, and Adobe Illustrator, Aqil creates Picasso-esque faces and places them into random, casual scenes. The shadows, highlights, […] More