Art | 01 Jul 09 | Comments (0) | Stumble
Via The Apartment Broadcast, Constantin and Laurene Boym's new History Chess is a set of oversized chess pieces that "alludes to a particular icon of the century's history, from the sinking Titanic to the scarred towers of the World Trade Center." Above, a video reenactment of the 1956 "game of the century" between Bobby Fischer and Donald Byrne using History Chess pieces.
Art | 22 Jun 09 | Comments (0) | Stumble

The Man With No Shadow by Makoto Tojiki is a life-sized LED light sculpture of a man that welcomed visitors to Tojiki's stand at SaloneSatellite. The Man was just one of some very interesting lighting projects by Tojiki. Tobias Franzel also got a lot of attention by challenging passersby to a quick game of ping-pong. Franzel is the designer of a door that flips into a ping-pong table for two players. Birds on a wire are a common outdoor scene, so why not put them to work on a clothesline? Angelo is a bird-shaped clothespin by Valentina Frosini. And students from the product design department of the University of Lincoln had a solid variety of work at their stand, including some sharp laser cut clock towers.
Art | 16 Jun 09 | Comments (1) | Stumble
Check out this new video created specifically for the upcoming solo INVADER exhibition later this month at Jonathan LeVine Gallery. Top 10 is a solo exhibition of new works by the Parisian street artist known as Invader. The time-lapse footage in the video reveals the geometric complexity of the artist's incredible process in creating his trademark Rubickubism pieces featured in the show.
















