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Plants Embedded in Wax Sprout from Fragile Hands in Memory-Infused Works by Valerie Hammond
03 Mar 00:00:28 | ThisIsColossal
In Valerie Hammond?s series of wax drawings, protection is two-fold: the artist (previously) encases dried flowers and ferns in a thin layer of wax, preserving their fragile tissues long after they’ve been plucked from the ground. In outlining a pair of hands, she also secures a memory, or rather, “the essence of a gesture and the fleeting moment in which it was made.”
Centered on limbs lying flat on Japanese paper, the ongoing series dates back to the 1990s, when Hammond made the first tracing “partly in response to the death of a dear friend, whose beautiful hands I often found myself remembering.” She continued by working with family and friends, mainly women and children, to delineate their wrists, palms, and fingers. More
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Architecture and Bold Geometry Fragment Cubist Portraits by Patrick Oberhi Akpojotor
02 Mar 00:00:22 | ThisIsColossal
In his architectural portraits, Patrick Oberhi Akpojotor visualizes the exchange between humans and their built environments, whether real or imagined. The artist’s spatial body of work, which explicitly contemplates the relationship between interiority and exteriority, is founded in his childhood in Lagos, a city checkered with traditional, colonial, and contemporary structures where he still lives today. “I saw how a former residential area became a commercial one changing how people interacted with that community,” he says. More
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A Serendipitous Shot Frames a Meteor Soaring Over Russia?s Klyuchevskaya Sopka as It Erupts
28 Feb 00:00:20 | ThisIsColossal
In a single, fortuitous photograph, Daniel Kordan proves his astute eye as he documents two of nature’s rarely seen phenomena: the brilliant trail of a meteor streaking through the sky and Klyuchevskaya Sopka as it spews a mass of glowing lava. Striking and similarly explosive, the pair even reflect in the small body of water in the foreground.
Raised near Moscow, the now-itinerant photographer took the unexpected shot while leading a 2016 workshop at the Kamchatka Peninsula, which sits at the northeast corner of Russia facing the Pacific Ocean. More
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Sheets of Frosted Glass Obscure Floral Bouquets in a Photographic Series About Ambiguity
27 Feb 00:00:04 | ThisIsColossal
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A Field of Dried Grass Is Suspended from the Ceiling in ?French Exit? by Artist Tadao Cern
27 Feb 00:00:04 | ThisIsColossal
In Tadao Cern?s sweeping installation “French Exit,” a cloud of feathery grasses looms over the room. The immersive artwork juxtaposes the ephemeral, dried material with the viewers who stand underneath as it creates a soothing and introspective space to consider the notions of farewells, whether it be the close of a party or more profound experiences, like the end of a relationship or death.
Cern tells Colossal that the title refers to the colloquialism about leaving a social gathering without saying goodbye. More
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Algae Sequins Embellish a Petroleum-Free Dress Designed by Phillip Lim and Charlotte McCurdy
26 Feb 00:00:08 | ThisIsColossal
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Rich Gradients Flow Through a Luxe Set of Chocolate Bars with Matching Packaging
26 Feb 00:00:08 | ThisIsColossal
Whether subtly shifting from lemon balm to mint or more dramatically from chestnut to beet-soaked maroon, Little MOTHERHOUSE?s sweets are infused with elegant gradients that permeate both bar and packaging. The white-chocolate treats are produced from cocoa beans grown on a farm in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and then dyed naturally with fruits, teas, and other edibles. Their luxe aesthetic dovetails with equally sumptuous flavors, including black pepper yuzu, matcha raspberry, and cassis brandy, all of which coincide with one of Japan’s four seasons. More
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Countless Paper Seeds Comprise the Fluctuating Landscapes in Ilhwa Kim?s Sculptural Works
25 Feb 00:00:11 | ThisIsColossal
In Ilhwa Kim?s sculptural landscapes, innumerable paper seeds form precise rows, indented pockets of densely packed folds, and multi-color valleys that wind through the feet-wide works. The South Korean artist arranges individual units of the rolled material in a staggered manner, meaning that the color, shadow, and texture of the final pieces shift with each viewing. “I am probably a sculptor of senses. I have been very curious how my senses are being organized when I perceive a thing or a location. More
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