We took a short walk in the woods with our neighbour on Tuesday afternoon. It had been raining for two days and there was a beautiful mist on the lake and in the forest. It felt like we were in a Japanese ghost movie!
And with all this rain, the little lake is full again…
That is quite something :
Miguel Entrada draws a portrait of his father, using millions of dots…
And the Morran Book project is finished!
Acrylic on paper
Still exploring the sea…
The people of Nick Howard (link found through Juxtapoz)
The beautiful work of Jon Klassen
Here is a second post dedicated to installations… You can read the first part here.
This post showcases installations where light plays its part or is the main focus.
Students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich – The Third Space
This is another place where I would like to spend some time. A cocoon made out of a million cable ties…
“Visitors can sit down in cocoon-like bird’s nests, stand under a shower of light, and experience this 200 square meters small world, that tries to translate sociological terms like self-portrayal, community and retreat into tangible spatial situations”.
Bruce Monro – Field of light
“Field of Light is an alien installation in the midst of nature. And like dry desert seeds lying in wait for the rain, the sculpture’s fibre optic stems lie dormant until darkness falls, and then under a blazing blanket of stars they flower with gentle rhythms of light.”
Chris Drury – Mushroom Cloud
“As primary regenerators of soil in nature, but also poisonous agents of death, mushrooms are a metaphor for the cycle of destruction and regeneration in the environment. From mushroom spore prints to a sculpture that takes the form of a nuclear mushroom cloud, and a multiple video works that explore cloud-like properties of smoke and water, Drury makes visible the subtle connections between art and environment.”
I love the way installations and land art transform space, creating a world of their own. I thought I would share with you some images I find inspiring. There are so many that I will have to dedicate more than one post on this subject!
Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger
It must be enchanting to spend some time in this delicate and poetic Eden made out of plastic fruits, waste papers and banana leaves (to name a few of the components used for this installation). Have you noticed that everybody has to be barefoot? Something else I like about this!
Falling Garden
Falling Garden
The Vegetative Nervous System
Another delicate and aerial installation but with a very different atmosphere. This upside down field makes you feel like a kid again! Link found through “à petit bruit“.
A bit more dramatic, but poetic and somehow elegant. Claire Morgan created so many beautiful pieces, it was hard to choose which ones to show. Visit her site to see it all…
Fluid
Gone to seed
This photo was taken in the Réserve faunique La Vérendrye.
It looks like little pearls of pine gum or is it a mushroom that can perspire coffee? That would be like heaven for my boyfriend, a combo of two of his favourite things in the world.
Delicate mushroooms found on Mount Kekeko, they seem to be floating.
These were found on mount Kekeko as well, they look like bubble gum mushrooms!
This is the only one I can name here: lactarius indigo or indigo-milk mushroom in English (I think).
It is supposed to be edible but we did not try it.
I found it particularly beautiful, like a miniature upside down world.
Great hand drawn mushrooms: Amy Ross, Vladimir Stankovic
Now, Forager: “follows a Basque-American husband and wife across three seasons as they struggle to earn a living by hunting wild mushrooms and selling them to restaurants.”
Foraging and cooking Wild Mushrooms (a short video)
A thank you to my friend Chantal who sent me the last two links!
Have a good weekend!
“An Indian summer is a meteorological phenomenon that occurs in the autumn. It refers to a period of considerably above normal temperatures, accompanied by dry and hazy conditions, usually after there has been a killing frost. Depending on latitude and elevation, the phenomenon can occur in the Northern Hemisphere between late September and mid November.”
Well this was it (and still is)! We hit the 20 degrees plus during the long weekend. It was strange to see people wearing only shorts and tee-shirts while only a few days ago, we had our autumn jacket on, along with a scarf…
I was in Montreal for the weekend. The city had an overall golden tone and it was raining yellow and red leaves. The temperature was so beautiful that I took a long walk to see the Lino retrospective at the Centre de design de l’UQAM. The town was strangely quiet for such a beautiful day. People were all on cafes’ terraces and out of the streets!
Lino (real name Alain Lebrun) is a Montreal based artist. Montrealers often know his work without knowing him since a good part of his art ends up on the walls of the city under the form of movie, publicity or theatre posters. That is how I knew him as well.
It was interesting to see his paintings, drawings and short animations at the gallery; you can feel a unity in his body of work and it helps you understand how everything he does is connected.
The last image shows his studio, reproduced to the last detail. Lino said in an interview that it is so perfectly recreated that he had the reflex of sitting down in his chair when he walked into the space.
I can no longer throw away paper scraps for it might become a part of my bestiary. It is quite spare at the moment (the papercutting part of it), but more imaginary animals will soon join the family.
It all began with a creamy chocolate candy: I started making truffles to hand out to family and friends at Christmas about five years ago and that offering called for a nice wrapping…
The first papercuttings were very basic. I made leaves and other simple forms as you can see in the image above. It eventually evolved into more complex creatures but never as intricate as these incredibly detailed works. I think it would drive me crazy to cut to such precision and as impressed as I am with these beautiful pieces, I also like the simplicity of my little beasts. I don’t know if it is due to their chocolaty origins, but they all turned out with round bellies.
Paper Works (PDF): contemporary artists and designers working with paper like Chris Natrop and Mariam Londoño.
Have a good weekend!
Ink on paper
Watercolor on paper
Ink, acrylic and japanese paper on paper
A lot of furry and feathery friends have come out on paper lately as well as a few little creepy-crawly creatures.
I rarely use color, not that I don’t like it but I find it hard to master. However, when forms like these emerge on the drawing board, I sometimes venture a little bit farther than my usual black and white.
My creepy-crawly friends are nothing like these beautiful renditions of Claire Felloni or these rich boards of insects but I think we all are fascinated by their incredible variety of forms and the richness of their details. When you look closer, you discover little jewels: colourful, sometimes shiny, others velvety, wearing lace fineries, fur coats or armours.
This board from Ioannes Ionstonus shows the wide variety in the wold of bees
I would love to get my hands one one of these…
