the week in art with colossal march 17th 23rd, 2012

designboom’s week in art with colossal brings you a run-down of the best in art around the web, hand-picked by guest editor christopher jobson, founder of colossal. if you’ve missed any of the art news this week, here’s a chance to catch up with what’s been happening. the 10 most interesting things seen on colossal, designboom, and elsewhere on the web over the past week. every saturday colossal has the last word on the week’s biggest stories.

—   WEEK MARCH 17TH – 23RD, 2012 HERE ARE MY 10 TOP STORIES FROM THE PAST WEEK :

1. liu bolin: lost in art 2. light skeletons and figures painted in camera by janne parviainen 3. dain fagerholm: stereographic drawings 4. impermanent sand paintings by andres amador 5. sagaki keita: comic fine art drawings 6. pop-up books by andreas johansson 7. estudio guto requena: musical tour of são paulo 8. martin waldbauer photography 9. apostrophy’s: imagination light garden 10. candy chang: before I die art wlal

‘hiding in the city no. 99 – panda’ (2011) by liu bolin photograph 46 1/2 x 59 inches (118 x 150 cm) all images courtesy eli klein fine art / liu bolin

liu bolin: lost in art liu bolin is amazing, disguising himself into the backdrops of cities and stores. this week the ‘camouflage portrait artist’ presented new photographs and one of his first sculptures at a solo show in new york.

light skeletons and figures painted in camera by janne parviainen I’m really enjoying the whimsical nature of these light paintings by helsinki-based photographer janne parviainen who has been drawing skeletons and other kinds of light figures in camera for over four years. the artist creates complex light paintings, using long-exposure photography to ‘draw’ illuminated human skeletal forms into ordinary settings.

‘seven headed creature’, 2012 by dain fagerholm

ink pen on paper

12 x 14 in

dain fagerholm: stereographic drawings all of dain fagerholms drawings are, firstly, very where-the-wild-things-are, but also ever more awesome being that he has made these sketched 3D! his moving 3D GIFs are called ‘stereographic drawings’, taking their name from stereographic images which have existed for hundreds of years as a technique for making two dimensional images come to life.

the works exist for only a few moments, just long enough to snap a few photographs before being completely engulfed by the encroaching tide

impermanent sand paintings by andres amador san francisco-area landscape artist andreas amador etches massive sand drawings onto beaches during full moons when his canvas reaches its largest potential, using only a rake to carve shapes into the sand. the massive-scale, intricate sand paintings disappear shortly after they are created, like a kind of modern, living sand mandala.

bunnies, faces and make-believe characters are drawn to form the face of the depicted man

sagaki keita: comic fine art drawings the artist creates each work by making hundreds of smaller sketches until the mini-pieces come together to make a seriously detailed and multi-layered work.

just a little ruin and desolation…

pop-up books by andreas johansson andreas johansson’s pop-up books are often described as ‘beautiful and desolate’ and that’s what they feel like… mini-installations that offer the viewer a melancholic nostalgia.

the entirety of the room is covered with music artifacts

estudio guto requena: musical tour of são paulo the installation by estudio guto requena and atelier marko brajovic takes a unique approach to defining a city: they showcase records, albums, drawings, interviews, and lyrics, all from songs that were specifically written for or about são paulo, brazil.

  martin waldbauer photography martin waldbauer takes a fresh, often whimsical perspective to his photo collages, which span a diverse range of styles and subjects.

pink lotus flower lights above a sea of red lights and foliage

apostrophy’s: imagination light garden the 6,300 m2 outdoor installation by bangok’s apostrophy’s studio has nearly 2 million solar-powered light bulbs installed to create this bright garden which has five separate regions built in this way to tell the story of king bhumibol receiving a lotus flower from an old lady. placed through out the park are little sensors allowing the movement of any visitor to create wave motions in the field by moving his/her hand.

peoples dreams are scrawled in chalk on a public wall

candy chang: before I die art wlal originally installed by candy chang in new orleans, ‘before I die’ has become a global participatory art project, with chalk walls in london, new york, amsterdam, lisbon, and other cities, all of which invite passersby to simply fill in the sentence ‘before I die I want to…’

ENJOY! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. CHRIS

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