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      Vibrant Murals by ‘Bicicleta Sem Freio’ Burst with Pop Culture and Cartoon Characters

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      #murals
      #public art
      #street art

      October 4, 2021
      Grace Ebert

      Jerusalem. All images © Bicicleta Sam Freio, shared with permission
      Brazilian artists Douglas de Castro and Renato Reno (previously) are the duo behind Bicicleta Sem Freio, who paint large-scale murals that surround their subjects with a chaotic mix of cartoon characters, squiggly splashes, and brightly colored plants and animals. Their streetside pieces, which can be found in cities like New Dehli, Jerusalem, and Fortaleza, Brazil, balance local culture and references to popular imagery and tropical landscapes. “Our work is influenced by the ‘80s and ‘90s global and Brazilian pop culture,” they tell Colossal. “We both enjoyed watching cartoons and television shows when we were younger, and we are also deeply inspired by nature. ”
      Rendered in vibrant blocks of color, Bicicleta Sem Freio’s murals depict a range of subject matter from the native plants of New Dehli to a project honoring people with disabilities in La Solana, Spain. Prior to working on a piece, the pair immerse themselves in the contemporary and historical aspects of the community to draw in mainstream and unconventional references. “We also engage with the locals and ask them about the type of music they listen to and what are the typical animals from the region. This information is crucial for us and ultimately informs our final design… It’s a weird and fun mix,” they share.
      De Castro and Reno are currently in São Paulo working on a piece for NaLata Festival before heading to the U.S. next month. You can find limited-edition prints on JustKids, and follow the artists’ upcoming projects on Instagram.

      La Solana, Spain
      Gôiania, Brazil
      Portugal
      Goiania, Brazil
      Fortaleza, Brazil
      New Dehli

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      #public art
      #street art

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      Circular Masses of Coral and Leaves Form Sculptural Embroideries by Meredith Woolnough

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      #coral
      #embroidery
      #leaves
      #nature
      #video

      October 4, 2021
      Grace Ebert

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      From swirls of eucalyptus leaves to perfectly round bodies of coral, the sculptural pieces by Newcastle-based artist Meredith Woolnough (previously) depict a range of textured, organic shapes. Each elaborately crafted work is drawn through free-motion embroidery, which involves using the most basic stitches on a sewing machine and moving a swath of water-soluble material around the needle. Once the form is complete, Woolnough dissolves the fabric base to expose the delicate, mesh-like structure, a process filmmaker Flore Vallery-Radot follows in the studio visit above.
      The resulting works either stand alone as sprawling clusters of veins and branches or are strung into larger displays, like the “carpet of embroidery” Woolnough is working on currently that involves more than 1,000 small pieces threaded together. No matter the size, each piece contrasts thick lines with fine, sparse patches to give the leaves or rocky formations shape, and the artist describes the balance between the two methods:
      Often when I depict solid subject matter, like coral which is often quite hard, I will stitch my design with dense areas of stitching. I like to put lots of small overlapping stitches very close together to form a solid structure where you can’t clearly see the individual stitches. This dense structure is needed to help the final embroidery hold its shape once I remove the water-soluble base material I stitch onto. With this dense stitching, I can also achieve subtle colour blending as I change thread colours.
      Alongside her practice, Woolnough teaches a variety of workshops and released a book back in 2018 titled Organic Embroidery that details her processes. Some of her smaller works will be included in a group exhibition at The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, which opens online on October 16. You also can find her available pieces on her site and watch for updates on Instagram. (via The Kids Should See This)

      Eucalyptus leaves. All images © Meredith Woolnough, shared with permission
      Corallite
      Red coral
      Eucalyptus leaf
      Coral
      Corallimorph
      Coral

      #coral
      #embroidery
      #leaves
      #nature
      #video

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      New Paintings by Cinta Vidal Elude Gravity and Turn Architecture Upside Down

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      #gravity
      #oil painting
      #painting

      October 1, 2021
      Grace Ebert

      “Evenfall” (2021), oil on canvas, 28.75 × 23.62 inches. All images courtesy of Thinkspace Projects, shared with permission
      Whether depicting a floating cluster of stairs and balconies or a living space separated by differing forces of gravity, a new series of paintings by Cinta Vidal (previously) establishes multiple perceptions of reality within a single work. The artist, who lives in the small town of Cardedeu near Barcelona, favors skewed perspectives that flip domestic objects and invert architecture, and her collection of oil paintings that comprise Concrete use that same style of distortion to question notions of individual space and community and the walled structures people build in their minds.
      Rendered in a subdued color palette of grays and soft blues, the compositions precisely arrange multiple routes and manners of living into single, cement buildings. Each work “remind(s) viewers that they are not alone and to pay closer attention to the many pathways of life existing amidst the masses.”
      Curated by Thinkspace Projects, Concrete will be on view October 2 through December 26 as part of Structure, a series of solo exhibitions at the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster. Vidal is also in the process of painting a large, outdoor mural nearby to accompany her smaller works, and you can follow her progresss on Instagram.

      “Eve” (2021), oil on canvas, 31.5 × 31.5 inches
      “Eventide” (2021), oil on canvas, 39.37 × 39.37 inches
      “Sunset” (2021), oil on canvas, 23.62 × 23.62 inches
      “Twilight II” (2021), oil on canvas, 36.22 × 28.74 inches
      “Nocturnal” (2021), oil on canvas tapestry, 143.70 × 70.87 inches

      #architecture
      #gravity
      #oil painting
      #painting

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      From Canine Ceramics to Abstract Constructions, a Group Show Opens Hashimoto Contemporary’s Los Angeles Space

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      October 1, 2021
      Grace Ebert

      Laura Berger, “I Remember the Smell of the Sage” (2021), oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches. All images courtesy of Hashimoto Contemporary, shared with permission
      Ranging from Dan Lam’s drippy, neon blobs (previously) to the minimal, bodily paintings of Laura Berger (previously), an inaugural exhibition at Hashimoto Contemporary highlights a diverse array of pieces from two dozen artists working today. The group show launches the gallery’s new space in Culver City and situates Katie Kimmel’s animated ceramic pups (previously) alongside Augustine Kofie’s geometric abstractions and the graffitied scenes by Jessica Hess. If you’re in Los Angeles, you can see the works in person through October 2—keep an eye on Hashimoto’s site for upcoming exhibitions at the new location—and find some of our favorites below.

      Front left: Dan Lam, “No Man Could Resist” (2021), resin, acrylic, adhesive on polyurethane foam, 23 x 21 1/2 x 17 inches. Back center: Dan Lam, “She’s So Heavy” (2021), resin, acrylic, adhesive on polyurethane foam, 18 x 32 x 30 1/2 inches. Front right: Dan Lam, “Pillar of Strength” (2021), resin, acrylic, adhesive on polyurethane foam, 32 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 27 inches
      Left: Stacey Rozich, “” (2021), watercolor and gouache on paper, framed, 22 x 17 1/2 inches. Right: Jeffrey Cheung, “Tangle II” (2019), acrylic on canvas, 72 x 60 inches
      Katie Kimmel, “Bulldog Planter” (2021), ceramic, 20 x 22 x 20 inches
      Jessica Hess, “Break Free Redux” (2021), oil and acrylic on canvas, 65 x 73 inches
      Katie Kimmel, “Bulldog Vase” (2021), ceramic, 8 x 8 x 5 1/2 inches
      Dan Lam, “She’s So Heavy” (2021), resin, acrylic, adhesive on polyurethane foam, 18 x 32 x 30 1/2 inches
      Augustine Kofie, “Disfigure of Speech” (2021), acrylic polymer on duck canvas, strip framed by artist, 48 x 51 inches

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      #sculpture

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      Momentary Movements Are Cast in Bronze in Isabel Miramontes’s Segmented Sculptures

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      September 30, 2021
      Grace Ebert

      “Rock my Heart” (2018), bronze, 23 3/4 × 11 × 7 3/4 inches
      Bisecting torsos with spirals or extending fringed ribbons from a figure’s side, Spanish artist Isabel Miramontes (previously) embeds motion within the bodies of her anonymous subjects. She casts fleeting gestures and poses in bronze, appearing to capture the twirl of a child’s dress or a deep forward bend. Each work, most of which stand between 20 and 30 inches high, contrasts the full, supple bodies of the figures with the emptiness created by the artist’s coiled interventions.
      Miramontes is currently represented by Canfin Gallery in New York, where she currently has a few pieces available, and you can find a larger collection of works on Artsy.

      “Tango” (2021), bronze, 30 7/10 × 23 3/5 × 7 1/10 inches
      “Edge of the World-Standing” (2017), bronze, 27 1/2 × 9 7/8 × 5 7/8 inches
      “Amor” (2017), bronze, 24 3/8 × 15 3/4 × 4 3/4 inches
      “Angel Passes” (2021), bronze, 24 2/5 × 10 1/5 × 8 3/10 inches
      “Glissade,” 20 x 20 x 6 inches
      “Come On” (2021), bronze, 26 3/4 x 24 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches

      #bronze
      #sculptures

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      An Eerie, Fairytale Forest and Silhouette Creatures Sprawl Across a Three-Story Mural by David de la Mano

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      #animals
      #forest
      #murals
      #narrative
      #night
      #silhouettes

      September 30, 2021
      Grace Ebert

      All images by Sol Paperán, Nicolás Pezzino and David de la Mano, courtesy of David de la Mano
      Set against a forest in shades of blue and white, a dark, twisted fairytale lines the entrance hall of the Catholic University of Uruguay. The three-story mural by David de la Mano is titled “Cosmos” and uses the Spanish artist’s signature silhouette figures and thin, branch-like lines to create a sinister narrative consumed by mystery and disorder: hybrid creatures escape down a stairwell, an army marches along the balcony, and myriad characters twist and flail in chaotic clusters.
      Completed with the assistance of artist Andrés Cocco, the large-scale piece is derived from the shared etymological root of “university” and “universe,” which means a totality or everything that exists. “Cosmos” evokes Fernando Gallego’s 15th-Century painting of constellations and the zodiac that once cloaked a vaulted ceiling at the University of Salamanca library in de la Mano’s hometown, although this new iteration is devoid of stars. “It is a work full of mystery… There is my own iconography. There is the idea of ​​migration, a constant in my work from years ago,” the artist says in a statement. “The stars were replaced by two forests. There is a dark forest that does not let you see, and there is a clear forest in which the light comes.”
      After spending years in Uruguay, de la Mano is back in Salamanca, and you can follow his works on Instagram.

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      #forest
      #murals
      #narrative
      #night
      #silhouettes

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      Furry Tendrils and Tufts of Technicolor Hair Erupt Across Shoplifter’s Immersive Installations

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      #immersive
      #installation
      #video

      September 29, 2021
      Grace Ebert

      
      Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, otherwise known as Shoplifter (previously), fittingly describes her immersive environments of hair as “an exploded rainbow.” Cloaking walls with neon fur and hanging tendrils of fuzzy fibers from the ceiling, the artist creates enormous, extravagantly colored landscapes designed to be ruffled and stroked as viewers pass through the cave-like walls and underneath the suspended strands.
      In a new interview with Lousianna Channel, Shoplifter recounts her first encounter with the medium as a child in Iceland and her later move to New York, where she’s spent the last 25 years creating kaleidoscopic landscapes brimming with textures. She perpetually gravitates toward vibrant, bold color palettes because of their therapeutic, playful, and ornamental qualities, and although she creates such strikingly manufactured installations, she describes her practice as a form of “hyper-nature… I’m not competing with nature. I just exaggerate and create this abstraction that resembles it but isn’t literal.”
      Watch the full interview above to dive deeper into Shoplifter’s inspirations and process, and see an archive of her technicolor creations on Instagram.

      “Hyperlings” at the Art Gallery of Alberta. All images courtesy of Shoplifter
      “Hyperlings” at the Art Gallery of Alberta
      “Hyperlings” at the Art Gallery of Alberta
      “Hyperlings” at the Art Gallery of Alberta

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      #installation
      #video

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      The Plated Project: An Ongoing Initiative Fights Hunger with Artist-Designed Dishes

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      #dinnerware

      September 29, 2021
      Grace Ebert

      “Linked” by Jinkal Patel. All images courtesy of The Plated Project
      Falling at the intersection of art and activism, The Plated Project launched in 2019 with a simple idea: “You buy a plate. You fill a plate.” The ongoing initiative sells decorative, artist-designed dinnerware and donates 50 percent of the net profits to organizations combatting hunger. In the last two years alone, the project has involved hundreds of creatives—see the massive, eclectic collection ranging from abstract portraits to whimsical cityscapes on Instagram—totaling 500,000 meals provided to those in need. Every ceramic plate is released in limited-edition quantities, and you can shop the current offerings on the project’s site. For a similar initiative, check out the People’s Pottery Project, which supports prison abolition through a community art practice.

      “Where I’ll be in ten years” by Clémentine Rocheron
      “Living windows” by Aashti Miller
      “See life blossom” by Snehal Kadu
      “Midnight lights” by Aashti Miller
      “Curtains” by Malika Favre
      “Patched-up hues” by Soumyaraj Vishwakarma

      #activism
      #dinnerware

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