paper art

really amazing paper sculptures by Calvin Nicholls.  Creates a really interesting visual experience.  Really fine craft with paper which is quite admirable.  Check it out.

talk about pushing media

Miina Akkijyrkka (don't ask me how you pronounce it! I wish I knew) creates sculptures from junked cars.  I couldn't find her bio, but her work relates to rural life and cows.  She creates new cows from old cars. 

UGGH I love seeing sculptures that engage space and the viewer

Takes installation to a new level.  Merging the experience of an installation with nature, Ro-Ad architecture firm creates the Moses Bridge.  Subjective experience for the viewer.  Each person sees differently and experiences reflections differently, based on their vision and height, etc.  Reminiscent of Donald Judd's installation of mill aluminum works in Marfa. 

I can get away with this one. They aren't books! theyre skateboards

More recycled art.  Taking materials out of context, redefining and creating new visual language.  Very interesting.  Haroshi is a Japanese artist who takes skateboards and stacks them like a wooden mosaic.  Taking his passion from childhood and transferring it into the art world. 

Outdoor sculpture

Art that engages the public.  It forces one to become part of the work and experience it only through direct sensory contact.  The artist brings about an emotional experience as well, as the sensation of being elevated comes into the work.  Heike Mutter is an amazing designer and sculptor.
http://www.phaenomedia.org/landmarkeaktuell-e.htm

please, check it out!

ok just one more book art

Robert The creates sculptures as well from recycled books.  One of his series involves making guns from books. It is interesting to see the Bible carved into a gun.  I really like his Duchamp though.  Check it out.  Creating contra-rational exhibitions and objects

can't save his pictures so here is a link.  http://www.bookdust.com/

Long Bin-Chen

More recycled book art! so awesome to use materials already produced and redefine them.  Bin-Chen creates sculptures by carving into phone books.  Creating 3 dimensions from objects typically associated with 2...as well as the abstractness of words bringing about form.

Nick Georgiou

Art from recycled newspaper and phonebooks!  Georgiou's work is inspired by the drifting of our modern world away from printed material.  He creates a three dimensional painting: the brush stroke becomes a book or a strip of paper.  Really interesting work.

Jules Buck Jones!

Local Austin artist!  graduated from UT.  Jones' work draws from nature, and more specifically animals.  He has a great book from his residency at the Everglades National Forest.  Here is some of his work.  I had a chance to see this several months ago and greatly enjoyed his work.  Expressive and expansive in media, really interesting visually (esp. in person).

Reuben Margolin's kinetic sculptures

More kinetic sculptures!  Reuben Margolin's wave sculptures are fascinating!  I highly suggest taking the time to watch this video. Incredible craftsman and designer, also incorporating mathematical equations into relating to nature.  AMAZING!!!!

Theo Jansen

 

This has been around for awhile from TED talks (I'm sure many have seen already).  Theo Jansen's work is incredibly interesting.  He creates kinetic sculptures powered by the wind.  Merging engineering and art, he creates optically captivating sculptures that change and move, forcing the viewer to also change and reinterpret constantly.  

Beth Galston's Luminous Garden

Beth Galston creates ethereal environments with her light installations using materials from nature (from acorn mold in this piece).  Based upon a trip to the Galapagos, she creates an entire new environment in a gallery space.  She has a really interesting and diverse body of work, but the light installations are my favorite.

 

Beth Cavener Stichter

Stichter examines the human existence through the gestural forms of animals.  Her forms are dynamic and captivating as she parallels the gestures throughout human lives to those of animals.   I absolutely love her work.
http://www.followtheblackrabbit.com/A_Modest_Proposal.html

check out her work!