Real Fake...

At a time when fakes and knock-offs are a complicated fact of consumerism and the luxury market, Liao Yibai's hand-welded large-scale sculptures are testimony to the power of the brand. Shoes, watches, handbags and jewellery are just some of the products on offer, created so that we may fill an emotional need we won't always admit to having. These shots from Yibai's Chongqing, China studio shows him preparing for a fall exhibition in New York.

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sculpture

Polymer clay is the medium of choice for Portland artist Meredith Dittmar, a former Flash designer and developer, when she creates relief works that incorporate animals with human characteristics into intricate scenes of the imagination. Once the many pieces are assembled in the composition, it must be baked in order to harden the clay. Themes of biology are as common as technological ones, while human-animal-plant energy is streamed through colour and pattern in sculptures that reflect consciousness and a desire for connection.

 Meredith Dittmar

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cloud prototype

By Artist Inigo Manglano-Ovalle

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bernar venet

So you probably have been Hermann park and you have seen some huge sculpture that look interesting but slightly rusty... well it is a new exhibit that is only limited until October 2010. Look below to see all the sculptures and descriptions. Then of course go and check them out!

The Monumental Sculpture of

BERNAR VENET

Hermann Park, Houston

sponsored by Texan-French Alliance for the Arts

January 23 - October 2010

view the press release
view biography
view map of sculptures at hermann park 

221.5° arc x 28 (Leaning Arcs) , 2008

Cor-ten steel

four sections: 130 x 158.25 x 49.5 inches (Hermann Park)

12 Straight Lines, 2007

Cor-ten steel

354 x 98 x 78 inches

(Hermann Park)

Three Indeterminate Lines, 2003

Cor-ten steel

103 x 173 x 109 inches

(Hermann Park)

Arcs in Disorder: 3 Arcs x 5, 2002-2003

Cor-ten Steel

161.5 x 161.5 x 35.5 inches each

(Hermann Park)

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museums...art house listings...exhibits...

There is always something to do in Houston... Check some of these out!

BLAFFER GALLERY
UH Main Campus, Ent. 16, 713.743.9530
www.class.uh.edu/blaffer
 
ORANGE SHOW
2401 Munger 713.926.6368
http://www.orangeshow.org/
 
PROJECT ROW HOUSES
2521 Holman 713.526.7662
http://www.projectrowhouses.org/
 
ANYA TISH GALLERY
4411 Montrose Blvd. 713.524.2299
Opened March 15, Begoña Egurbide: Precipice
http://www.anyatishgallery.com/

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BERING & JAMES GALLERY
805 Rhode Place #500, 713.524.0101
Opening March 18, FotoFest- Shelly Calton: Traces of Her.
http://www.beringandjames.com/
 
COLTON & FARB GALLERY
4411 Montrose 713.520.9200
Thru April 24, FotoFest: Frank Rodick
http://www.barbaradavisgallery.com/

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CAROLINE COLLECTIVE
4820 Caroline St. 713.825.4613
http://www.carolinecollective.cc/
 
GREMILLION & CO. FINE ART
2501 Sunset Blvd. 713.522.2701
Thru March 20, Jerrold Burchman: Naturae Natum
http://www.gremillion.com/

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WATERCOLOR ART SOCIETY
1601 West Alabama 713.942.9966
http://www.watercolorhouston.org/
 
 
 
Many many more here http://002mag.com/wordpress/2010/03/01/exhibitsmusuemsart-house-listings-december/
 
via: Houston002

menil collection features...

Maurizio Cattelan

Hypersurealist sculpture-based, Maurizio Cattelan, knows how to make a statement. What that statement is…well…I’m not sure. Described as being a modern day Duchamp, Cattelan takes a jab at the seriousness of the modern art world. Within all of his installations there seems to be a well hidden smirk directed at anyone staunchy enough not to be having fun.

He is featured at the Menil Museum from February 12–August 15, 2010.
The museum is free to all visitors.

1515 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX 77006
11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday

I'M GOING 3/11, SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK PERSONALLY SOON!

HERE IS SOME OF HIS PAST WORK....
(and yes these are ALL sculptures)

Ironic... don't cha think!

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antony gromley

He creates sculptures, and guess who likes them? ME!!


I just love introducing my readers to new things and art beyond what they normally see. Hope you enjoy!

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