Babycakes

I am kind of fascinated with objects or art made at exaggerated scale (particularly miniature scale, dollhouses, terrariums,  Dominic Wilcox's watch sculptures). So, I was delighted to come across the concept of scale related to desserts in this article in the New York Times.  Hurray for bite sized portions of concentrated deliciousness.

Miniature Watch Sculptures, Dominic Wilcox

Take a look at these miniature watch sculptures by British artist, Dominic Wilcox.  I originally saw images of the sculptures on  the "It's Nice That" site, but the video on  the artist's YouTube channel better demonstrates the interplay between the subjects he features.  The artist designed this series "using a collection of vintage watches and customized model figures. By attaching tiny figures onto the second and minute hands of each watch, Wilcox has made unique, animated scenes from everyday observations and imagined situations."

I really like the "Oblivious i-Phone User" piece...

 Via: It's Nice That
Dominic Wilcox.com

Negative Space Illustrations

Designed by Noma Bar...

Via: BrainPickings.com 

Good Morning

Food art! There's some very whimsical and useless about oversized eggs on a kitchen counter...
Petros Chrisostomou- "Wasted Youth"

Fernando Botero

Suededog

John Chamberlain...armory art show

Cake and Lobster...

Martha Rich, a Philadelphia-based artist, had an opening last month in New York, and to my dismay,  I missed it. Oh drat.  But she does have  an online gallery of her work at a site she named Cake and Lobster.  The site showcases quite a bit of food art (cakes and lobster, natch) and  some really quirky, retro illustrations  that appeal to me. Check it out.

Via: Cake and Lobster

Idelle Weber...

at the Brooklyn Museum. Ummm, it's pretty unequivocal that Matthew Weiner ripped off these images for his opening credit sequence ...

Nobody's Fool - Yoshimoto Nara

There's a retrospective exhibition of Yoshimoto Nara's work at the Asia Society running though January 2, 2011. I've always loved the tension of the cuddly and the demonic in his art. (In fact, I had a Nara flip-clock that would feature a new illustration as each minute passed by. I kept it at my desk at work till it started making sad clicking noises and failed to actually properly tell time.) Hoping to check out the show before the onslaught of holiday nonsense....

Louise Bourgeois

..died.  I remember first seeing "Maman" at the Tate in 2000... Was so imposing, strange and quite a piece of art.


Via: ABCNews.com
Photo: Art 21 Blog

Little Dead Riding Hood

According to io9.com, most of Tim Burton's early stuff on display at his MOMA retrospective are from rejected movie pitches...Of the slides featured in the io9 post,  here's my fave:

Title: Little Dead Riding Hood

I have a penchant for things related to red riding hood...

Exhibition runs till April 2010.

Fernando Botero

Price realized: $614,500. Huge. 

Love this Colombian artist and his round aesthetic... Both Sotheby's and Christie's are having Latin American Art Auctions this week, featuring some of Fernando Botero's pieces.  The art is still on exhibition at Sotheby's till 1 PM...   Here is  another Botero sculpture commissioned for the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, near Falling Water and about 2 hours away from my home town:

Fat Bird. Literally. That's what they call it.

Via: The New Yorker

Sunday Delight: Will Cotton Bakery/Art Event

At 40 Great Jones Street today! I bought pink peppercorn, gingerbread, and salted caramel macarons at the artist, Will Cotton's baking/art event. Don't miss the stunning and eye-catching painting of an Aphrodite-like model in the buff splayed out on top of a puffy cloud of pink cotton candy!

Then and Now Photography - Robert Frank

I'm really drawn to "Then and Now" photography, whether it's the depiction of the decline or gentrification of a neighborhood, pre/post war photos, before-and-after  disaster images, or just simply the representation of the passage through time, like Steve McCurry's iconic photos of the Afghan woman in National Geographic:

 The most chilling (and elegant) stink-eye caught on film.

The juxtaposition of 2 images, illustrating the process of change is fascinating.

Most recently, I came across this Robert Frank photo (left) from The Americans on NPR with a recreation of the same pose (right)  that I quite like:

 Dreary, yet dreamy.

Looking forward to catching the Robert Frank exhibit at the Met!


Via: NPR.com

Thanks to Rob K. for the link to the DUMBO pics....

Beatriz Milhazes

I stumbled across this video about one of my favorite artists, Beatriz Milhazes...



She has a suspended, sculptural installation at the James Cohan Gallery that I plan to check out today! On view till April 25th.

James Cohan Gallery
New York
533 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
T: 212.714.9500
F: 212.714.9510
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm

Hair Games

Naming the characters above should be a cakewalk, but familiarity doesn't diminish the campy amusement of the humorous and noteworthy sketches entitled "Hair Portraits", created by Mr. Bingo, an artist based in London.

For the Star Wars challenged, starting from the upper left-hand quadrant, going clock-wise: Princess Leah (Carrie Fisher), Luke Sywalker (Mark Hamilton), Chewy, and Hans Solo (Harrison Ford).


Via: Cool Hunting

Lots of Things Like This

I've been postponing my trek to see the Biennial. I'm a bit daunted by its scope and doubtful of the show's overall entertainment value. I decided to head down to the apexart gallery in Tribeca on Saturday, as an alternative. I'm glad I did! The writer, Dave Eggers, curated an exhibit called Lots of Things Like This. The show consists of some wonderfully irreverant, yet highly observant drawings from a wide variety of artists (Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marcel Duchamp, etc...). Eggers used only the following qualifiers, as he selected the pieces in the show:

1. An image
2. Some words (usually referring to the image)
3. A sense of humor

I found a series of drawings from Bulgarian artist, Nedko Solakov, to be particularly memorable. He uses words and images with equal measure to produce his art. His black and white drawings were made specifically for the show, which were insightful, sometimes poignant, amusing, and truthful.

The show ends on May 10.

Lots of Things Like This
organized by Dave Eggers
April 2 - May 10, 2008
apexart
291 Church Street
(between Walker and White)
New York, NY 10013 USA
212 431 5270
Open Tue-Sat 11AM to 6PM
Free admission to all programs and events.


Check it!!!