I’ve recently come across the term upcycling, which I really like. Basically, it’s when you take objects and materials that would normally be thrown away and reuse them to create a piece that’s cooler then the original. So, in a way, Joan Tucker’s recent show at Mirror Gallery [aka [read more...]
Herakut, a two-member team, transformed LeBasse Project’s Chinatown gallery into a avant-garde medieval theater. Dancers were dressed in masks designed by the duo as well as Renaissance-inspired garb complete with powdered faces. There was even a fiddle and accordion player in the back corner providing musical entertainment and limericks. [read more...]
Micol Hebron’s exhibit Sisterhood is Powerful featured portraits of vaginas in all mediums. There were glittery canvass vaginas, etched brass vaginas, and even a vagina fountain made out of crystals that sprayed out pineapple juice. However, the most striking piece in her show at Jancar Gallery was the 10ft [read more...]
Jung Hwa Lee built a miniature city on the floor of Sabina Lee Gallery, which you had to be careful about not running into as you walked around her installation. Lee did an amazing job at making the viewer feel something emotional when they walked in, since you could tell instantly [read more...]
Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor takes other people’s scraps and turns them into fantastic creatures. Most of her sculptures easily tower over a human and seem eerily alive. In fact, I kept checking to make sure they weren’t breathing – even though it would’ve been cool if they were. I loved [read more...]
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