Tomás Saraceno

This is the latest interactive artwork from Argentinean architect and artist Tomás Saraceno who has become famous for his creation of suspended environments that can be inhabited by people. This latest aerial installation was constructed from three levels of clear film that can be explored while suspended several stories off the ground at HangarBiocca, a former industrial plant that was converted to an arts space in 2004

Saraceno, who refers to himself as “living and working between and beyond planet Earth”, bases his work on themes such as the elimination of geographical, physical, behavioural and social barriers; the research into sustainable ways of life for humanity and the planet; the encounter and exchange among different disciplines and bodies of knowledge; the model of networking and sharing applied to all phases of the invention and execution of works and projects. [...] At HangarBicocca Saraceno creates On Space Time Foam, a floating structure composed of three levels of clear film that can be accessed by the public, inspired by the cubical configuration of the exhibition space. The work, whose development took months of planning and experimentation with a multidisciplinary team of architects and engineers...

Berndnaut Smilde Clouds

Netherlands-based artist Berndnaut Smilde has mastered the art of conjuring clouds as part of his Nimbus series. Smilde’s methods however are less mythic and more practical, instead relying on delicate balance of smoke, moisture and light. Of course science alone doesn’t account for the striking visual impact contained in each image, as the artist carefully selects the perfect location for the creation of each cloud and then painstakingly lights it from behind for the desired effect, the use of photography is critical in capturing the split second where everything becomes perfect. So photographs are his final work. I got highly motivated from the second last picture i saw last year and i tried to make a cloud myself for my major studio, I remember my teacher Ayaz Jokhio saying "Clouds are in fashion these days" and i made a cloud out of raw cotton but it didn't worked...and i also came across a chemical formula to make a cloud out of gases but again i fail because it was dense and didn't fly but settled down and disappeared :( These pieces fascinated me so much as if the nature is up to tour us and have a look around in our spaces!

OaKoAk

street artist OaKoAk lives and works in St. Etienne, France where he works not as an artist but instead at a desk as a “pen pusher”. Untrained in painting or fine art of any kind, he instead uses stencils, paint, and occasionally adhesive superheros to give new meaning to simple cracks in the ground or crumbling building facades.

Riusuke Fukahori Goldfishes...

FIRST WATCH THE VIDEO
 http://vimeo.com/32967940

Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. Its more like painting then pouring then putting a layer of painting and then again pouring resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. I really enjoy the rich depth of the pieces and the optical illusion aspect, it’s such an odd process that results in something that’s both a painting and sculptural. Wonderful!! This is quite a wonder of its kind to create a 3D illusion.
The other day in class we were discussing the aspect where art is considered as art until its concept based, or only labor intensive pieces like realistic painting could only be called as art pieces, If yes then what were the fluxes or minimalistic or anti-art or other movements producing art or they were NOT doing art?? To answer the question, i think for me art is a moment where the viewer is at a  point whether its reality or art? I mean the point where viewer interacts with the piece and and those moments are art themselves if could relate to it....That is the artist's moment!! I  think everyone has its own perspective to this topic...But i think whether the art piece is conceptual or non conceptual once it is precieved as art, it should be interactive in order to be a good art piece. So either u achieve it by concept or by labor, it doesn't matter unless it makes the viewer to interact to it.
Where thousands of people precieve art as a to a medium of dialogue, Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori works for pleasure and science of medium...There is no concept associated to these pieces but they are crafted with such a science and excellence that it keep u engaging...which for me fulfills the purpose of art.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

 

 

So these are the works of the very well known christo and jeanne-claude,
They were both born in 1935, Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born on the same date, Christo in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and Jeanne-Claude in Morocco. They first met in Paris in October 1958. They had been warapping objects since 1968 and on and on uptil now. Thier work include wrappping up canvases, still life, chairs, sofas, sculptures,interiors, buildings, pathways and even mountains. i had never seen any artist works in such immense amount. I opened thier website and want just waiting for the moment that i could have finished lokking up to his works. All of his projects were up thier lined up as if they were thier to blow me off. i had been researching artist but christo simply kicked all others. This is what i call practicing art....

Although their work is visually impressive and often controversial as a result of its scale, the artists have repeatedly denied that their projects contain any deeper meaning than their immediate aesthetic impact. The purpose of their art, they contend, is simply to create works of art or joy and beauty and to create new ways of seeing familiar landscapes. 

Art critic David Bourdon has described Christo's wrappings as a "revelation through concealment." To his critics Christo replies, "I am an artist, and I have to have courage ... Do you know that I don't have any artworks that exist? They all go away when they're finished. Only the preparatory drawings, and collages are left, giving my works an almost legendary character. I think it takes much greater courage to create things to be gone than to create things that will remain"

Although Jeanne died in 2009, christo still works, his latest under progress work is Mastaba in Abu Dhabi...
Check it here http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/projects/the-mastaba

Also visit thier web for more rocking works...
.http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/

William Forsythe, Scattered Crowd

Since 2002 artist, dancer and choreographer William Forsythe has traveled with his audio/visual installation Scattered Crowd, created with thousands of suspended balloons in galleries, museums, banks and other architecturally significant spaces. Though the photos clearly do the work visual justice I think it’s hard to truly appreciate the full experience without walking through the space itself and hearing the accompanying music by Ekkehard Ehlers,  Forsythe refers to the work as being “an air-borne landscape of relationship, of distance, of humans and emptiness, of coalescence and decision”.

Artist's Discribtion

Thousand of white balloons, suspended in a billowing wash of sound; an air-borne landscape of relationship, of distance, of humans and emptiness, of coalescence and decision. In the gorgeous, breathless space that is choreographer William Forsythes «Scattered Crowd», the viewer inhabits and alters, through their stillness or speed, their sense of proportion and time, the configurations that make up this constantly shifting, ecstatic world

Shelley Miller is a Montreal-based artist whose installations, sculptures and public works have been exhibited across Canada as well as India and Brazil.
Using materials that for centuries have been reserved as tasty decoration the finest cakes and pastries, Montreal-based artist Shelley Miller attacks brick walls and deteriorating urban surfaces with cake icing to create ornate scrolls and decorative motifs.

While the medium itself is purely culinary, her illustrations and patterns borrow heavily from calligraphy and decorative arabesque scrolls seen in ancient temples and mosques. Another added dimension is its impermanence as the works crack, drip, and melt off the wall, potentially disappearing in just a few days.
Most recently Miller presented an interactive piece at Nuit Blanche in Montreal called Throw-Up..
Check it here http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/project.html?project_id=1075

Also check out her website http://www.shelleymillerstudio.com/