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doloresdepalabra:

Tessa Farmer

2004

Vitrine: 208.3 x 243.8 x 68.6 cm

Made from desiccated insect remains, dried plant roots, and other organic ephemera, Tessa Farmer’s tiny sculptures give a glimpse into the world of fairies. No story book land of Tinkerbells, Farmer’s Swarm envisions the purveyors of mischief and magic as an actual species, as animalistic and Darwinian as any other. Exchanging Victorian romanticism for the darker pragmatism of science, Farmer evidences her specimens as fearsome skeletal fiends, plausible “hell’s angels” of a microscopic apocalypse. Posed in dramatic battle formations, Farmer’s menagerie wages war against garden variety pests; each figure, painstakingly hand crafted and adorned with real insect wings, stands less than 1 cm tall.

archiemcphee:

Korean sculptor and installation artist Do Ho Suh created this awesome installation, entitled Floor, that might not look like much until you get good and close to it. Glass plates rest on thousands of multicolored miniature plastic figures who are crowded together with their heads and arms turned skyward. Together, they support the weight of the individual visitor who steps onto the floor.

Currently showing at Lehmann Maupin’s pop-up gallery at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI) until February 11th, Floor is a wonderfully thought-provoking installation.

[via My Modern Metropolis]

hifructosemag:

Educated in Australia but currently based in Japan, artist Sean Edward Whelan creates figurative pencil drawings based around architecture. Culling inspiration from the shrines and temples of Japan as well as Edo period wood block prints, the drawings feature kinetic figures erected from these ancient structures of safekeeping and worship. Engaged in various stances, the cities housed within their forms remain stable, illuminating the longevity of the original structures. View more images below.

black-tangled-heart:

Paintings by Lawrence Yang

• Experiment 110110
• Garden

(Source: arpeggia)