Claudia Gray's Photo Blog

pikeys:

Hanging Fire, 1999 by Cornelia Parker

teachthemhowtothink:

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minorfallandthemajorlift:

Kiki Smith - Lilith, 1994 - Bronze, silicon, and glass.

“In medieval Jewish lore, Lilith was Adam’s first wife.  When she demanded to be Adam’s equal, she was evicted from the Garden of Eden.  Lilith flew away to the demon world, replaced by the more submissive Eve.  Smith catches us off guard with Lilith’s pose and placement.  Most sculptures receive our gaze passively, but Lilith stares back with piercing brown eyes, ready to pounce.”

Holy crap.

I’m a big fan of Lilith.

Motherfucking Lilith, y’all.  Kinda sad this story was rejected from the “final draft” of the Bible.

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vanished:

Nicholas Scarpinato // On Tumblr

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myampgoesto11:

LIght sculptures by Roseline de Thélin

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glasmond:

lagondole:

Okurie by Yosuke Tan

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likeafieldmouse:

David Maisel - Library of Dust (2008)

“In 1913, the Oregon State Insane Asylum began to cremate the remains of unclaimed patients and their ashes were stored in copper canisters.

After decades in storage the canisters have undergone chemical reactions resulting in explosions of vivid blue-green corrosion. Maisel was granted access to the room in which the canisters were stored to document them for his book.”

Artist’s statement: 

“Among my concerns with Library of Dust are the crises of representation that derive from attempts to index or archive the evidence of trauma; the uncanny ability of objects to portray such trauma; and the revelatory possibilities inherent in images of such traumatic disturbances.

While there are certainly physical and chemical explanations for the ways these canisters have transformed over time, the canisters also encourage us to consider what happens to our own bodies when we die, and to the souls that occupy them.”

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Olga Ziemska is a sculptor hailing from Cleveland, Ohio. Taken literally, her name means Olga “of the Earth” which is wonderfully fitting given her supernatural ability to sculpt movement from tendrils of wood.

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Art hiding in the trees.

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iu2:

Wang Yue, a senior at Dalian Industry University, uses her paintbrush to turn ugly tree holes into lovely views in Shijiazhuang, capital city of Hebei Province.

Wang Yue calls the tree-hole paintings “meitu” which means “beautiful journey.” The paintings on the trees have brightened the city during the dull, grey winter.

Awesome…

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It’s a painting. Yes, somehow, IT’S A PAINTING. 

showslow:

Hyper-realistic painting by Omar Ortiz

Painting Myself Into a Corner by Keith Haring, 1979

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