Tag: Art

Olayami Dabls founded the MBAD African Bead Museum in 1994 to reintroduce African culture and healing into the Detroit community. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Mirrors, Iron, and Stone Conjure Ancestral Healing in Olayami Dabls’ Detroit Museum appeared first on Colossal.

While most of us will pass by stray stones and piles of rubble without much of a second thought, Elizabeth Saloka sees tons of potential. From a couple of rock piles outside of her regular supermarket to crumbling curbs or demolished structures, she sifts through a variety of shapes and sizes to find rocks thatContinue reading "Elizabeth Saloka’s Vibrant Painted Rocks Adopt the Personalities of Snacks and Pop Culture Icons" Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as littl

Equipo de Arquitectura embraced the house's tropical surroundings in San Bernardino. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article In Paraguay, Architecture Doesn’t Come at the Expense of Nature at ‘Un Bosque en La Casa’ appeared first on Colossal.

It's an act of making "small monuments of things that normally would disappear or change in a few days, or in minutes," the artist says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Álvaro Urbano Suspends Fleeting Moments of Decay in Metal Plants appeared first on Colossal.

The book from Letterform Archive celebrates the vivacity of French sign painting from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article ‘Lettres Décoratives’ Is a Celebration of Fin de Siècle Sign Painters’ Vibrant Letterforms appeared first on Colossal.

Thought to have been feathered, the Dakotaraptor's powerful legs and "sickle claw" gave it an advantage some 66 million years ago. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Grant Garmezy Molds a Full-Size Dakotaraptor from Molten Glass appeared first on Colossal.

View van Gogh's brushstrokes closer than you're allowed to in a museum. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects appeared first on Colossal.

A masterpiece of Expressionist brick architecture, Grundtvigs Kirke in Copenhagen is medieval-meets-modern. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Scale the Dramatic Verticality of Grundtvigs Kirke in David Altrath’s Dreamy Photos appeared first on Colossal.

Narsiso Martinez continues working on cardboard produce boxes, celebrating the people responsible for feeding America. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article In Cardboard and Gold, Narsiso Martinez Highlights the Workers of American Agriculture appeared first on Colossal.

The bigger the tusks, the more vulnerable these gentle giants are to poachers who harvest and traffic the ivory for trade. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Johan Siggesson’s Striking Portraits of ‘Big Tuskers’ in Kenya appeared first on Colossal.