Arts & Crafts For Those With A Lot of Patience
Do you remember trying to make origami art in grade school? You’d get this one little square of paper that you were supposed to fold into an 1/100th of an inch crane or flower or something like that. My fingers were too pudgy to fold that tiny square of paper that many times – and my patience far too thin, even as a kid – so I always just ended up wadding it up and joking that I made a paper ball.
Well, artist Sipho Maboba has much more patience, and far better paper folding skills. He still creates birds, but has gone on to amazing installations of humans, fish, trophies, abstract art and more. Here are a few of my favorite pieces from him, and a video of his “Invisible Foes” show that debut last year in Switzerland.
INVISIBLE FOES from MABONA ORIGAMI on Vimeo.
All images courtesy of www.mabonaorigami.com
Red Bull Art of Can Exhibition
Personally, I can’ t stomach a can of Red Bull without my gag reflex kicking in; however, an advocate of recycling, I can (no pun intended) appreciate the aesthetic of these works.
“We’ve invited the nation to enjoy a can of Red Bull and then be inspired by what’s left – the empty can. Drinkers of every age and artistic ability have responded, creating masterpieces with the aluminium remainders.”
(source: Exhibition Programme)
Angel Wings
Optical Illusions As Installations
Flesh, breakfast food, a lawn chair are in substitue of traditional canvas for the unconventional artistry of Alexa Meade. Fidgeting with the gears between perception and reality; it is quite a remarkable spectacle when the viewer resolves the tension of this interplay. At first glance you may assume these images are products of photoshop trickery, and amazed when you realize the situation is quite the contrary, actually.
Portrait of a Self-Portrait
