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In Specimen Garden, Pamela Poh Sin Tan translates the ambiguous ecologies of her large-scale public works into freestanding sculptures. Tan, who works under Poh Sin Studio, frequently fuses principles of art and design, and for this series of coral-inspired forms, she embellishes sand-coated laser-cut steel with small chalcedony stone beads.
“Inspired by the ethereal elegance of natural systems—coral, roots, jellyfish, diatoms—these works reflect my fascination with the subtle, intelligent structures of the natural world,” she says.
Drawing on the ornamentation traditions of her Chinese-Malaysian heritage, the artist fuses contemporary techniques with timeless themes of fragility, strength, and beauty. “Each piece feels like a living fragment of a surreal coral garden—plant-like in posture, reef-like in texture, and jewel-like in detail,” she says. “Together, they form a quiet ecosystem of imagined species suspended between nature and artifice.”
Keep up with Poh Sin Studio on its website and Instagram.
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colossal_feed) wrote2025-06-17 01:08 pm
In our ever more globalized society, we have technology to thank for the unprecedented connectivity we enjoy, both in our ability to fly or sail practically anywhere and have face-to-face video chats from halfway around the globe. It’s easy to forget that the turn-by-turn directions we use on our phones or locations we tag on social media are all built upon time-honored analog maps that have been used for centuries. And forget virtual credit cards—remember good old fashioned cash?
For South African artist Faith XLVII (previously), cartography, money, and national symbols provide the foundations for ongoing series like The Deconstruction of Value and Chaos Theory. She cuts apart old maps, discontinued currency, and flags, sewing them back together into patterned tapestries. More than a dozen of these pieces will also be on view later this month at Heron Arts.
Faith XLVII’s solo exhibition, Venarum Mundi—which means “veins of the world” in Latin—examines “the economic and geopolitical systems that structure our world,” the gallery says. Through colorful, quilt-like pieces, the artist is interested in what shifts and shapes our global reality, challenging notions of value, borders, and history.
Venarum Mundi opens on June 28 and continues through August 2 in San Francisco. Find more on Faith XLVII’s website and Instagram.
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“The model railroader is the truest creator: engineer, architect, and master of his own timetable,” reads a statement about Josh Dihle’s feverish exhibition, Basement Arrangement.
Armed with hundreds of minuscule objects from coral to LEGO, Dihle concocts dreamlike worlds in which figures become topographies and every cavity houses a surprising detail. Peek inside the cheek of “Moreau/Detrick Reliquary,” and find a wooly mammoth with lustrous stones embedded in its wooden tusks. “Confluence” is similar as carved fish jut out of the foam-and-plaster ground alongside trees and palms with widespread fingers.
Evoking model railroads and dollhouses, Dihle’s sculptural paintings incorporate recognizable objects but with an uncanny, if not skewed, perspective. Stretching nearly five feet tall, the large-scale works hang on the wall and draw a contrast between the overall composition, viewed straight on, and the miniature vignettes best taken in at a 90-degree angle. Step back and see an aerial landscape with hills shaped like lips or a sunken nose, while close-up inspection becomes a dizzying hunt for unlikely items tucked into every crevice.
The exhibition title originates with hermit hobbyists, who seem to come alive when cloistered in worlds of their own making. What appears to outsiders as an escape from reality is, for them, an attempt to organize the chaos and take control, even if in the form of toys and make-believe.
If you’re in Chicago, see Basement Arrangement at Andrew Rafacz through July 18. Find more from Dihle on his website.
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colossal_feed) wrote2025-06-16 01:39 pm
Taking diagrams to a new level, U.K.-based studio collective Dorothy creates prints that celebrate information—charts, maps, alphabets, color wheels, and blueprints. The team has also plunged into the world of cutaway drawings, which are popular for visualizing otherwise opaque, multilayered objects in the manufacturing world.
Cutaway diagrams have actually been around for centuries, with the form originating in the 15th-century notebooks of Italian Renaissance engineer Mariano “Taccola” de Jacopo. Dorothy’s twist on the 3D graphic form, a series titled Inside Information, is a celebration of pop culture and modern technology, from Apple computers and sneakers to boomboxes and theremins.
Each object teems with figures and motifs that have been instrumental in the item’s history and culture, like trailblazing rappers and hip-hop artists who wander stereo box innards in “Inside Information: Boombox” as if it’s a building. The same goes for the Moog, which highlights flashpoints in its development and musical icons like David Byrne and Led Zeppelin who have contributed to its popularity—along with its namesake, of course, Robert Moog.
Prints are available for purchase on Dorothy’s website, and you can follow updates and releases on Instagram.
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i_support_street_art_feed) wrote2025-06-16 08:31 amThis is the latest mural by Riccardo Buonafede titled Symbiosis, done in Gozo, Malta, for Art4Sea. The 7 by 4 metre wall is the latest of Riccardo’s works which are characterized by the emphasis on anatomical features of the human being. Ricardo focuses particularly on the lights and shadows that define his shapes, looking for a softness and depth of neoclassical sculpture.
Symbiosis
The work represents a personal reflection on the current relationship between humans and nature and the recent desire for change, which has triggered increasingly targeted research in recent years, with the aim of preserving biodiversity and the environment that surrounds us.
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Photos by Riccardo Buonafede
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