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From the Archive: Okamoto Studio
(03 July 2007) - Takeo Okamoto, an established sushi chef in his native Japan discovered his calling for ice sculpture and moved to the iciest place he could think of, Alaska.; Art; Cool Hunting Video; interviews; sculpture; Takeo Okamoto, an established sushi chef in his native Japan discovered his calling for ice sculpture and moved to the iciest place he could think of, Alaska. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1079053391http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=37009902 // By use...
(03 July 2007) - Takeo Okamoto, an established sushi chef in his native Japan discovered his calling for ice sculpture and moved to the iciest place he could think of, Alaska.; Art; Cool Hunting Video; interviews; sculpture; Takeo Okamoto, an established sushi chef in his native Japan discovered his calling for ice sculpture and moved to the iciest place he could think of, Alaska. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1079053391http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=37009902 // By use...
David Kramer
(27 June 2007) - Of his work, sculptor David Kramer says, "I have always been interested in signs and billboards. They proclaim all you need to know to navigate through this popular culture. I love the excessiveness of cultural iconography and yet I totally mistrust it. I am easily seduced by the sexiness of the simplest marketing strategy and hate myself for being so easy."...
(27 June 2007) - Of his work, sculptor David Kramer says, "I have always been interested in signs and billboards. They proclaim all you need to know to navigate through this popular culture. I love the excessiveness of cultural iconography and yet I totally mistrust it. I am easily seduced by the sexiness of the simplest marketing strategy and hate myself for being so easy."...
Sarah Anne Johnson at Stephen Bulger Gallery
(29 May 2007) - Sarah Anne Johnson’s second extended project, The Galapagos Project, is based on ecological volunteer tourism in the Galapagos Islands. Like her first highly acclaimed project Tree Planting, she continues to explore the themes of idealism and nature. What has made her projects particularly unique is that although she predominantly uses photography, she also blends in sculpting and painting. Johnson's photographs were taken over two...
(29 May 2007) - Sarah Anne Johnson’s second extended project, The Galapagos Project, is based on ecological volunteer tourism in the Galapagos Islands. Like her first highly acclaimed project Tree Planting, she continues to explore the themes of idealism and nature. What has made her projects particularly unique is that although she predominantly uses photography, she also blends in sculpting and painting. Johnson's photographs were taken over two...
Jason Young at Wade Wilson Art
(01 May 2007) - We first wrote about Jason Young back in 2003, and recently featured him in an episode of Cool Hunting video. His new show just opened at Wade Wilson Art in Houston and runs through 26 May 2007. It features recent work including his curling stones (above) and resin paintings. Wade Wilson Art4411 Montrose BoulevardSuite 200Houston, TX 77006+1 713.521.2977...
(01 May 2007) - We first wrote about Jason Young back in 2003, and recently featured him in an episode of Cool Hunting video. His new show just opened at Wade Wilson Art in Houston and runs through 26 May 2007. It features recent work including his curling stones (above) and resin paintings. Wade Wilson Art4411 Montrose BoulevardSuite 200Houston, TX 77006+1 713.521.2977...
Agelio Batle: Graphite Sculptures
(19 April 2007) - Agelio Battle is an artist living in San Francisco. His sculpture tries to "find epiphany in mundane materials" such as maps, newspaper, dictionaries and pencil lead. The latter has found its way into an expanding series of accessible sculptures that are not only works of art, but also functional drawing tools. The objects he chooses are often organic and geometric shapes and are inspired...
(19 April 2007) - Agelio Battle is an artist living in San Francisco. His sculpture tries to "find epiphany in mundane materials" such as maps, newspaper, dictionaries and pencil lead. The latter has found its way into an expanding series of accessible sculptures that are not only works of art, but also functional drawing tools. The objects he chooses are often organic and geometric shapes and are inspired...
Pierre Vanni
(12 April 2007) - Pierre Vanni does amazing things with paper. A 23 year-old graphic designer based in Toulouse, the paper sculptures pictured above were created for an exhibition held in Toulouse in December 2006 by the creative blog Many Stuff. Apart from these beautiful geometric landscapes, we also love Vanni’s poetic work for the musician Ghostape. (Pictured above right. Click images for detail.)...
(12 April 2007) - Pierre Vanni does amazing things with paper. A 23 year-old graphic designer based in Toulouse, the paper sculptures pictured above were created for an exhibition held in Toulouse in December 2006 by the creative blog Many Stuff. Apart from these beautiful geometric landscapes, we also love Vanni’s poetic work for the musician Ghostape. (Pictured above right. Click images for detail.)...
Matthias Pliessnig: Capsule
(14 March 2007) - Although strictly sculptural, those with a bit of imagination could use Capsule as one of the nicest note/cigar holders out there. Matthias Pliessnig designed Capsule to contain its own plans rolled up inside (above right inset). Made of ebonized walnut and steel, the box is held shut by a mechanism inside—pushing the metal button at the tip opens the lid. Better known for his...
(14 March 2007) - Although strictly sculptural, those with a bit of imagination could use Capsule as one of the nicest note/cigar holders out there. Matthias Pliessnig designed Capsule to contain its own plans rolled up inside (above right inset). Made of ebonized walnut and steel, the box is held shut by a mechanism inside—pushing the metal button at the tip opens the lid. Better known for his...
Beautiful Decay Issue R: Richard Stipl
(07 March 2007) - If you missed this year's Scope New York, Beautiful Decay worked with Scope to feature some participating artists showing at the 2007 fair in their issue "R." One that caught our eye there and that's also in the magazine is Richard Stipl, a Czechoslovakian-born painter and sculptor. Similar in to the plasticine realism of Ron Mueck's work, Stipl uses himself as a model to...
(07 March 2007) - If you missed this year's Scope New York, Beautiful Decay worked with Scope to feature some participating artists showing at the 2007 fair in their issue "R." One that caught our eye there and that's also in the magazine is Richard Stipl, a Czechoslovakian-born painter and sculptor. Similar in to the plasticine realism of Ron Mueck's work, Stipl uses himself as a model to...
Bill Culbert: Light Sculpture
(26 February 2007) - Pairing the humble plastic detergent bottle with the equally humble fluorescent light tube, Kiwi artist Bill Culbert's latest show features subtle re-workings of everyday objects into luminous sculptures. Arranging groups of identical empty, label-less bottles along the horizontal axis of the florescent light, his work evokes both products arranged on a shelf and the horizon line, a point he cheekily drives home with a...
(26 February 2007) - Pairing the humble plastic detergent bottle with the equally humble fluorescent light tube, Kiwi artist Bill Culbert's latest show features subtle re-workings of everyday objects into luminous sculptures. Arranging groups of identical empty, label-less bottles along the horizontal axis of the florescent light, his work evokes both products arranged on a shelf and the horizon line, a point he cheekily drives home with a...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Leo Villareal
(24 February 2007) - Our 65th video visits New York-based light sculptor Leo Villareal in his Chelsea studio a week before his third solo show in Manhattan inaugurates the new Gering & López gallery. Leo walks us through his latest three sculptures that he's exhibiting, including "Hive," an interactive piece, "Field," which is a massive sunset-like work of shifting colors and a piece like "Origin" based on Newtonian...
(24 February 2007) - Our 65th video visits New York-based light sculptor Leo Villareal in his Chelsea studio a week before his third solo show in Manhattan inaugurates the new Gering & López gallery. Leo walks us through his latest three sculptures that he's exhibiting, including "Hive," an interactive piece, "Field," which is a massive sunset-like work of shifting colors and a piece like "Origin" based on Newtonian...
Graham Caldwell: Anatomies
(19 February 2007) - DC-based artist Graham Caldwell transforms glass into sculptures with claws, spikes and other unusual shapes, using the familiar material to conjure disembodied biomorphic shapes. His current solo show "Anatomies" looks at the structural elements of " ribs, teeth, anemones, forests, fungi, fingers, and bodies" to explore "the anatomy of the viewer, the anatomy of glass, and the anatomy of natural things." Anatomies 17 February-31...
(19 February 2007) - DC-based artist Graham Caldwell transforms glass into sculptures with claws, spikes and other unusual shapes, using the familiar material to conjure disembodied biomorphic shapes. His current solo show "Anatomies" looks at the structural elements of " ribs, teeth, anemones, forests, fungi, fingers, and bodies" to explore "the anatomy of the viewer, the anatomy of glass, and the anatomy of natural things." Anatomies 17 February-31...
Furni x Rekognize x Skate for Cancer: Artist Clock Auction
(08 February 2007) - Rekognize and Furni are putting up 30 artist decorated clocks for a live online auction beginning Monday 12 February 2007 @ 8pm east coast time. Artists include Supermundane (above left), Clint Eagleson (above right) Eric Brunetti (FUCT), Rick Klotz (Freshjive) and Craig Metzger to name a few. All proceeds go to the Skate for Cancer Charity. The leading cause of death by disease in...
(08 February 2007) - Rekognize and Furni are putting up 30 artist decorated clocks for a live online auction beginning Monday 12 February 2007 @ 8pm east coast time. Artists include Supermundane (above left), Clint Eagleson (above right) Eric Brunetti (FUCT), Rick Klotz (Freshjive) and Craig Metzger to name a few. All proceeds go to the Skate for Cancer Charity. The leading cause of death by disease in...
Ugo Rondinone: air gets into everything even nothing & get up girl a sun is running the world
(07 February 2007) - If you happen to be walking in Battery Park City over the next few months, you might be surprised to see two leafless white trees that look like they were plucked from the enchanted forest in the "Wizard of Oz" and plopped down in Lower Manhattan. Don't be scared, they aren't evil anthropomorphized trees, but rather a new project by Ugo Rondinone, called "air...
(07 February 2007) - If you happen to be walking in Battery Park City over the next few months, you might be surprised to see two leafless white trees that look like they were plucked from the enchanted forest in the "Wizard of Oz" and plopped down in Lower Manhattan. Don't be scared, they aren't evil anthropomorphized trees, but rather a new project by Ugo Rondinone, called "air...
James T. Williamson: It's Hard Work
(06 February 2007) - The latest sculpture by Brooklyn artist James T. Williamson, titled "It's Hard Work," is a spoof on the traditional plaster presidential bust. What began in 2001 as a study to better understand Bush's face, the all-to-familiar squinting visage comes in a military green, slate blue, red and tan. Williamson says, "I had been creating two dimensional Bush protraits and caricatures and was frustrated by...
(06 February 2007) - The latest sculpture by Brooklyn artist James T. Williamson, titled "It's Hard Work," is a spoof on the traditional plaster presidential bust. What began in 2001 as a study to better understand Bush's face, the all-to-familiar squinting visage comes in a military green, slate blue, red and tan. Williamson says, "I had been creating two dimensional Bush protraits and caricatures and was frustrated by...
Christian de Vietri
(01 February 2007) - Like householders the world over, Perth sculptor Christian de Vietri has been spending time in IKEA. Loitering in the Faktum kitchen and between the Billy bookcases, slumped on the Klippan two-seater and filling his pockets with allen keys, de Vietri is assembling something of a different order. For his latest work "Configuration 3: Nuclear family fusion" (2006) currently on show at new Sydney gallery...
(01 February 2007) - Like householders the world over, Perth sculptor Christian de Vietri has been spending time in IKEA. Loitering in the Faktum kitchen and between the Billy bookcases, slumped on the Klippan two-seater and filling his pockets with allen keys, de Vietri is assembling something of a different order. For his latest work "Configuration 3: Nuclear family fusion" (2006) currently on show at new Sydney gallery...
Paola Pivi at the Kunsthalle Basel
(31 January 2007) - Alaska-based Milanese born Paola Pivi is having her first solo exhibition, "It just keeps getting better", in Switzerland at the Kunsthalle Basel. Our favorite work from the exhibit is the interactive sculpture "E, 2001" (pictured), a cylindrical structure supporting thousands of steel needles that move in reaction to the presence of a human body. The structure is able to detect a visitor utilizing photocells....
(31 January 2007) - Alaska-based Milanese born Paola Pivi is having her first solo exhibition, "It just keeps getting better", in Switzerland at the Kunsthalle Basel. Our favorite work from the exhibit is the interactive sculpture "E, 2001" (pictured), a cylindrical structure supporting thousands of steel needles that move in reaction to the presence of a human body. The structure is able to detect a visitor utilizing photocells....
Ron Mueck: Brooklyn Museum
(11 January 2007) - You might have already heard, but it's worth a reminder that time is running out to see Ron Mueck's solo exhibition of eleven extraordinary works at the Brooklyn Museum through 4 February 2007. Known for his empathetic renderings, the sculptures are startingly lifelike—so much so that it was easier to look at the sculptures that had their eyes closed, because only then could you...
(11 January 2007) - You might have already heard, but it's worth a reminder that time is running out to see Ron Mueck's solo exhibition of eleven extraordinary works at the Brooklyn Museum through 4 February 2007. Known for his empathetic renderings, the sculptures are startingly lifelike—so much so that it was easier to look at the sculptures that had their eyes closed, because only then could you...
Harry Allen Pig Bank
(11 December 2006) - These 100% resin money-banks were cast from a demised piglet (we're assured it died of natural causes)! A large cork stopper under the belly should holds all the treasure in. Available in fuscia or white. The Pig Bank is part of Reality, the first series of Harry Allen Products that consists of objects whose form is 'sampled' from existing sources. Literal, ironic, intelligent and...
(11 December 2006) - These 100% resin money-banks were cast from a demised piglet (we're assured it died of natural causes)! A large cork stopper under the belly should holds all the treasure in. Available in fuscia or white. The Pig Bank is part of Reality, the first series of Harry Allen Products that consists of objects whose form is 'sampled' from existing sources. Literal, ironic, intelligent and...
Aurora Robson
(21 November 2006) - Made from discarded plastic bottles, Brooklyn-based artist Aurora Robson's bulbous hanging sculptures look something like mutant sea creatures. She says her work stems from her interest in enantiodromia—the Jungian theory that the superabundance of any force inevitably produces its opposite—as it applies to psychology, nature and art," in this case referencing the beings that populate her nightmares. Her next exhibition will be at the...
(21 November 2006) - Made from discarded plastic bottles, Brooklyn-based artist Aurora Robson's bulbous hanging sculptures look something like mutant sea creatures. She says her work stems from her interest in enantiodromia—the Jungian theory that the superabundance of any force inevitably produces its opposite—as it applies to psychology, nature and art," in this case referencing the beings that populate her nightmares. Her next exhibition will be at the...
Carlos Nite Lite
(15 November 2006) - Designed by Kathleen Walsh for Walteria Living, this charming Nite Lite is pre-cast in bisque porcelain and comes with a detachable linen 'lampshade'. Our little chihuahua stands 7.5" tall and is approximately 4" wide at the base. 7.5 w bulb. $149, Buy it at BASE...
(15 November 2006) - Designed by Kathleen Walsh for Walteria Living, this charming Nite Lite is pre-cast in bisque porcelain and comes with a detachable linen 'lampshade'. Our little chihuahua stands 7.5" tall and is approximately 4" wide at the base. 7.5 w bulb. $149, Buy it at BASE...
Cal Lane and Elissa Levy: Purfle
(01 November 2006) - Rife with paradox, the finely-detailed metal sculptures by Cal Lane (Wheel Barrel, 2005 pictured) and Elissa Levy's military-themed felt pieces, mix delicate filigree with more substantial materials and topics. Their complimentary work is the subject of a show called "Purfle" that opens at Foley Gallery in NYC tomorrow, 2 November 2006 and runs through 6 January 2007. Lane will show a series of plasma-cut...
(01 November 2006) - Rife with paradox, the finely-detailed metal sculptures by Cal Lane (Wheel Barrel, 2005 pictured) and Elissa Levy's military-themed felt pieces, mix delicate filigree with more substantial materials and topics. Their complimentary work is the subject of a show called "Purfle" that opens at Foley Gallery in NYC tomorrow, 2 November 2006 and runs through 6 January 2007. Lane will show a series of plasma-cut...
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Okamoto Studio
(26 October 2006) -
(26 October 2006) -
Takeo Okamoto, an established sushi chef in his native Japan discovered his calling for ice sculpture and moved to the iciest place he could think of, Alaska. Winner of several international awards, including a Silver Medal in the 1998 Olympics, Takeo now runs Okamoto Studio with his son Shintaro in New York City.
We were introduced to them through Jeremy Mangan, an artist whose coffee paintings we admired. When we spoke with Jeremy he mentioned that he also sculpts ice—he's in fact Okamoto's principal carver—the result of Jeremy and Shintaro having met in an art class at Hunter College.
We decided right away to make a video of the studio and, after some deliberation, we realized CH mascots Otis and Logan would make the perfect subjects for a video and a great feature at our 50th Episode party. Guests were treated to the breathtaking sculptures of the Sealyham Terriers themselves and to raw footage from the video of them being made.
Cool Hunting Video Presents: Brian Dewan
(25 September 2006) -
(25 September 2006) -
In this, our 50th episode, we visit the Catskill, NY studio of artist Brian Dewan. His sculptures are pre-digital, unpredictable electronic musical instruments. Dewanatron, as he calls the genre, is a family of instruments which hazard unpredictable behaviors and self playing tendencies. They make all previous and future instruments obsolete. We also bring you to Pierogi Gallery where we first learned about Dewan.
Sandwich Art
(15 September 2006) - After age six, few people take the art of making a sandwich much further than a smiley face here or there, but these over-the-top examples of food sculpture spotted recently on Neatorama are ridiculously imaginative. Who knew bologna could be folded so neatly into mice, monkeys, frogs, cell phones, and scooters? For some great wallpaper-style images check out blowing bubbles. Or if you're ambitious...
(15 September 2006) - After age six, few people take the art of making a sandwich much further than a smiley face here or there, but these over-the-top examples of food sculpture spotted recently on Neatorama are ridiculously imaginative. Who knew bologna could be folded so neatly into mice, monkeys, frogs, cell phones, and scooters? For some great wallpaper-style images check out blowing bubbles. Or if you're ambitious...
Jeff Zimmerman: Soft Explosion
(11 September 2006) - Inspired by Harold Edgerton's famous "Milk-Drop Coronet" image Jeff Zimmerman's Soft Explosion collection for Steuben Glass evokes the random beauty of natural phenomena. Zimmerman's coveted sculptures employ the techniques of advanced glassmaking and the defining properties of glass itself to create narratives of the explosive patterns that occur in nature that he calls "soft explosions." The artist's first work in lead crystal, the collection...
(11 September 2006) - Inspired by Harold Edgerton's famous "Milk-Drop Coronet" image Jeff Zimmerman's Soft Explosion collection for Steuben Glass evokes the random beauty of natural phenomena. Zimmerman's coveted sculptures employ the techniques of advanced glassmaking and the defining properties of glass itself to create narratives of the explosive patterns that occur in nature that he calls "soft explosions." The artist's first work in lead crystal, the collection...
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