Zum Inhalt springen

Your Waste of Time

Famous Danish-Icelandic artist Ólafur Elíasson is well known for his sculptures and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light and water. In 2013 he placed several massive pieces of ice that broke off from Iceland’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull, in a room that was cooled down below 0°. The oldest ice in the glacier is estimated to have originated some 800 years ago. »Your Waste of Time« took place as part of EXPO 1: New York in New York City (he first exhibited ice in 2006 in Berlin).

»Your Waste of Time« by Olafur Eliasson

»Your Waste of Time« by Olafur Eliasson

»Your Waste of Time« by Olafur Eliasson

Artwork © by Olafur Eliasson, 2013. Installation view of EXPO 1: New York at MoMA PS1.

Hubwagen

Reality is a just a concept. Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade transforms and duplicates unnoticed everyday objects like a hand pallet truck into the language of illusion, an imaginary, parallel dimension. The possibility not to function (or function differently?) is a subconscious capacity. Hubwagen by Alicja Kwade.

Image © Edition Block. Photo: Uwe Walter
Image © Edition Block. Photo: Uwe Walter

Alicja Kwade – Die Editionen 2008 – 2014
Edition Block GmbH Office
Duration: May 2nd – July 26th, 2014

Rave – A Cellebration of British Dance

The world’s greatest male disco dancers are over 50, wear 80’s fashion outfits and got a weakness for performances in museums. »Rave – A Cellebration of British Dance« directed by Rollo Jackson is pitched as »a neon celebration of the dance« filmed on location at the recently renovated Tate Britain, with a soundtrack from Warp artist Rustie. Warp x Tate was held last December at London’s major museum.

Warp x Tate from Rollo Jackson

Commissioned by Dazed & Confused Magazine.

Flight Intestine

Chris LaBrooy is back, just as curious as ever. The title of his new work is »Flight Intestine«, an awesome rendering of a Boeing 747 whose intestines are dripping from the body of a plane. It’s weirdly beautiful. How frequently in his work the artist transforms ordinary objects into much stranger versions of themselves.

Flight Intestine

Flight Intestine

Flight Intestine

All images © Chris LaBrooy.

Popcorn Rain Cloud

After a bunch of groundbreaking hits, Minneapolis artist Brock Davis has released some new artwork over the last few months, awesome and as always easy to follow. Created with common household items and products that we encounter on a daily basis. There is a portrait of a bear created from facial hair shavings, a Star Wars »Cereal TIE Fighter« using two Crispix for the hexagonal wings and two Cheerios for the hull and a heart carving in a broccoli stem. Brock Davis made his Instagram page become a gallery. It is worth a visit.

Popcorn Rain Cloud
Popcorn Rain Cloud
Broccoli Carving for my Sweetheart
Broccoli Carving for my Sweetheart
Cereal TIE Fighter
Cereal TIE Fighter
Said Goodbye to the Bear on my Face
Said Goodbye to the Bear on my Face

All images © Brock Davis.

Wrap

Do you remember? Last year Spanish street artist SpY wrapped a german police car as part of the CityLeaks Urban Art Festival in Cologne. I really don’t know why I never mentioned this guy on this blog. Since the 1980s, his interventions and graffitis may be encountered in cities all over the world and his ideas are as strong as ever. Funny, fleeting and confusing at the same time.

WRAP - Cologne (Germany), 2013
WRAP – Cologne (Germany), 2013

Spy Wrap Cologne

Spy Wrap Cologne

Some older works…

Leaves - Madrid, 2009
Leaves – Madrid, 2009
LIVE - Rosarno (Italy), 2012
LIVE – Rosarno (Italy), 2012
Street Wars - Madrid, 2008
Street Wars – Madrid, 2008
Web - Madrid, 2008
Web – Madrid, 2008

All images © SpY.