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Light artist Bruce Munro’s magical Cantus Arcticus

Bruce Munro is one of the most prominent light artists. Over the years, he has demonstrated an uncanny ability to produce intriguing work in traditional surroundings. More importantly, he has come up with several top-notch productions, including his latest creation – Cantus Arcticus. In this article, we examine the qualities that make Cantus Arcticus one […]

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Why should you visit the Teshima Art Museum?

Architecture, Installations, Japanese architecture, Sculptures, Sound installations / 7 minutes of reading

Why does the Teshima Art Museum that only hosts a single piece of work by one artist attract art lovers from all over the world? One of the main reasons is perhaps that this clever construction allows the audience a chance to not only look at the art. It lets you experience the buildings and

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Michelangelo Pistoletto’s labyrinth at the Serpentine Gallery

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

Michelangelo Pistoletto ranks as one of the most eminent artists of modern times. He was born in 1933 in the little Italian town of Biella. Since then, he has excelled as an artist. His works have redefined conceptual art. He has also played a leading role in furthering the popularity of Arte Povera. One of

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Get lost in Antony Gormley’s Mist Room – Blind Light

Installations, Light Installations / 2 minutes of reading

The Mist Room, which premiered on October 26 and lasted all through to December 1, 2007, was a major exhibition by artist Antony Gormley. The Mist Room became a critically acclaimed piece of work, managing to pull over 200,000 visitors. The installation, which was first hosted by the Hayward Gallery, London, was so successful that

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Chris Burden exposed the foundation of the museum

Architecture, Installations / 2 minutes of reading

In his works, Chris Burden goes beyond limits to produce immemorable installations that have revolutionized art. Many of his works involve commitment, hard work, and ethos that bring out metaphoric power akin to his performances. Exposing the Foundation of the Museum At the Museum of Contemporary art (MOCA), Chris created a revered installation that displays

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Félix González-Torres’ bed billboards – Beautifully confrontational

Installations / 5 minutes of reading

Being born in Cuba, Félix González-Torres (1957-1996) left his homeland at an early age. He moved to New York City in 1979 and registered at the Whitney Independent Study Program. His revelation to Critical Theory granted him a source of inspiration and influence, especially in the literature of French thinkers Michel Foucault and Nicolas Bourriaud

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London’s Song Board is too much fun

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Organized at Central Saint Martins in London, the Song Board was a spectacular multi-sensory installation. It tried providing a playful and memorable experience in the heart of the city. It proved to be highly engaging while delivering a unique experience to the passengers. At this interactive platform, the visitors could turn the available spheres for

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Burmese artist Htein Lin & his powerful hand sculptures

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Htein Lin (b. 1966) is an artist and pro-democracy activist. From 1998 to 2004, he was jailed for challenging the military dictatorship of Myanmar. Htein Lin was born in the tiny village of Mezaligon, in the country Burma, which was later named Myanmar, in 1989. In 1978, aged 12, Lin started drawing for his school

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Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty – Everything you need to know

Environmental Art, Installations / 10 minutes of reading

Spiral Jetty is one of the most well-known earthwork sculptures, as well as the most famous and influential work by sculptor Robert Smithson. Shortly after the Spiral Jetty was constructed in 1970, it faced various challenges. People have wanted to destroy the project and put the land on which it lies into a different use.

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Why did Agnes Denes create this Wheatfield in New York?

Environmental Art, Installations / 10 minutes of reading

Agnes Denes is a renowned Hungary-American and artist with numerous pioneering artworks that carried a prophetic message. She is known for her groundbreaking use of metallic inks and other non-traditional materials in creating an unusual body of exquisitely rendered prints and drawings that delineate her explorations in philosophy, mathematics, science, geography, and other disciplines. In

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Omer Fast’s Godville – Floating between present & past

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Driven by a desire to tell history as it is, Omer Fast embarked on the Godville project. Before then, his obsession had been to change how conventional documentaries distort and misrepresent the reality of history. His idea of telling a history story is to do it with elegance, humor, and an overlap that would get

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Chris Burden’s Metropolis II – A work of wonder

Installations / 6 minutes of reading

Artist Chris Burden had a long history of including automobiles in his art. In his early career, he crucified himself atop VW Beetle (work titled Trans Fixed). Burden started to design and build 100 mph, and 100 mpg automobiles centered on intuition called the B-Car (bicycle-car). In his piece called Big Wheel, he used a

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Doris Salcedo’s impressive chair installation – What you should know

Installations / 5 minutes of reading

Doris Salcedo is a Colombian artist, born in 1958 in Bogota. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1980 at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University then traveled to New York for a Master of Fine Arts degree. Later she returned to her hometown of Bogota to teach at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Chairs Chairs

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Olafur Eliasson’s Ice Watch was slowly disappearing

Environmental Art, Installations / 5 minutes of reading

You probably know Olafur Eliasson, the Danish-Icelandic artist. Some of his exceptional artworks focus on climate and environmental changes. In 2003, he installed The Weather Project, which remains one of Tate Modern’s popular installations. He is also known for his freestanding waterfall in Versailles, his installation in which he installed a riverbed in a museum

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Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ Clocks / Perfect Lovers – What does it mean?

Installations / 5 minutes of reading

Felix Gonzalez-Torres was a Cuban-born American artist known for his minimal sculptures and installations in which he used day to day materials such as clocks, lightbulbs, stacks of papers, and even packaged hard candies. Many people believe some of his work is a reflection of his experience with AIDS. Felix Gonzalez-Torres was an openly gay

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What is Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower all about?

Architecture, Installations, Light Installations / 5 minutes of reading

The Imagine Peace Tower is a memorial crafted by Japanese-American artist and musician Yoko Ono. She created this in tribute for her deceased husband and legendary member of The Beatles, John Lennon. The Imagine Peace Tower is Yoko’s largest work of art to date. It took her three years to develop it alongside her engineers.

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Carsten Nicolai’s Unicolor throws you off-balance

Installations, Light Installations, Sound installations / 3 minutes of reading

Carsten Nicolai profiles as a prolific artist with works in electronic music, art institutions, and scientific phenomena. In his works, he attempts to challenge human beings’ sensory perceptions by designing installations comprehensible through the ears and eyes. Carsten perceives sound as a sculptural material and relies upon sound waves to develop spectacular and gallant installations.

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Huang Yong Ping’s controversial Theater of the World

Installations / 4 minutes of reading

Huang Yong Ping was a contemporary artist, born and raised in Xiamen, China. In the last decades, he has created numerous contentious and confrontational artworks. Huang is known as one of the most influential Chinese contemporary artists. His artworks include sculptures, installations, and paintings. He was an icon in the art world because of the

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Why were there seesaws at the border?

Installations / 5 minutes of reading

The US-Mexico border wall has become a battleground for political theater, but also various artistic interventions. One of these outstanding artworks is the pink seesaws. They went viral after they were installed by the two creative architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello. Between the erect giant steel posts of the border fence lie small

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Why did David Hammons create the African-American Flag?

Installations / 5 minutes of reading

David Hammons is an American artist born on July 24, 1943, in Springfield, Illinois, United States. He does things on his own volition and has made a trademark of elusiveness sometimes. He doesn’t show up at events, and it is not that he has a plethora of them. Hammons spent the majority of his life

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Ugo Rondinone’s Clockwork for Oracles – 52 windows

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Ugo Rondinone is one of the biggest names of the 21st Century in the art world. He is renowned for many spectacular creations. The Clockwork for Oracles, which he created in 2008, is one such artwork. It is remarkable despite the seeming simplicity. Moreover, it demonstrates the fact that Rondinone is capable of shifting between

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