the week in art with colossal feb 18 24th, 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 FEBRUARY 18 – 24TH, 2012 HERE ARE MY 10 TOP STORIES FROM THE PAST WEEK :

1. pinned skin collages by david adey 2. skull popsicles by david sykes 3. snow drawings 4. knit credit cards by dimitri tsykalov 5. peter lippman : paradise parking 6. robotic steampunk insects by lindsey bessanon 7. cindy sherman at moma 8. ai wei wei in sweden 9. will ryman: anyone and no one 10. spiros hadjidjanos: network time

thousands of pieces cut in various formations join together to create the face

pinned skin collages by david adey starting with images of celebrities lifted from the pages of magazines artist david adey utilizes specialty craft punches to cut fragments of the subjects skin and then reassembles them on a canvas using hundreds of pins.

a surrealistic summer treat photographed with the eye of a skillful photographer

skull popsicles by david sykes london-based photographer david sykes captured these macabre popsicles crafted by UK craftsmen, hamilton ice sculptors, in his 2010 series entitled skull lolly. an accomplished advertising photographer, his deft ability in lighting and composition results in surreal reaction to the photos: should one be repulsed or hungry?

the snow surrounding the swirls remained un-trampled

snow drawings with the aid of five volunteers artist sonja hinrichsen trampled the freshly fallen snow of rabbit ears pass in colorado to create two expansive, temporary drawings consisting of numerous interwoven spirals that stretch across a wide plateau.

the familiar faces of bank establishments slowly unfurl

knit credit cards by dimitri tsykalov against the backdrop of a world embroiled in an ongoing series of fancancial crises, dimiti tsykalovs unraveling credit cards seem especially poignant.

nature swallows the machine

peter lippman : paradise parking gallery sophie marie in paris announced a new collection of photographs entitled paradise parking by american-born photographer peter lipmann, depicting the decay of abandoned automobiles in rural settings. the works are meant to examine the relationship between man-made objects and mother nature.

eerie bug sculptures robotic steampunk insects by lindsey bessanon the delicate wings of beetles and other insects part to reveal intricate gears and gizmos in these miniature steampunk insects by jeweler-turned-artist lindsey bessanon.

a vast collection of work by this influential artist

cindy sherman at moma opening february 26th through june 11th, MoMA brings together over 170 images spanning the entire career of photographer cindy sherman including a number of recent photographic murals that will make their american debut. 

‘world map’ from the magasin 3 installation ai wei wei in sweden designboom stopped by ai wei weis first solo exhibition in sweden to see several of the artists politically-charged sculptural and video works.

four views of the massive bottle-cap man will ryman: anyone and no one in his latest exhibition anyone and no one at paul kasmin gallery in new york city, will ryman presented two new works: a towering bird made of 4,500 custom welded nails inspired by edgar allen poes the raven, and an enormous man made from thousands of bottle caps whose brain is comprised of a labyrinth of stacked paintbrushes.

network time

spiros hadjidjanos: network time an internet based unit system of several WI-FI routers arranged in the gallery space providing free Internet access to visitors. the artist has altered the operating system of each router, to manipulate the fluctuation of the fiber optics

ENJOY! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. CHRIS

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