Wait… what are we looking at here? Yes, it’s a metal garden, by London based artist Zadok Ben David, made up of 12,000 cut steel flowers & plants. The vintage, text-book looking botanical specimens are black, hence the title Blackfield, but hold on a second… if you walk around to the other side of this lovely ‘field’… YES, the opposite side of this breath-taking installation is painted in stunning color! Gorgeous.

{via Colossal – check out the 360 degree view video of the installation posted on Colossal – amazing!}

Oh, Aris Moore. I love her work so, so much. I wrote about her in 2009, in 2010, and now in early 2012. She is currently working on her MFA and it’s amazing to go through her blog and actually see the evolution of her work! Apparently, according to said blog, she is playing around with the idea of making a little book out of the series shown here… YES! DO IT ARIS!!!

Ah, the lovely drawings of New Zealand based artist Sarah McNeil. I’ve had the drawing of that first little girl, titled ‘Poison Tears of Love’, tucked away in my ‘oh my word, I love this!’ folder for ages… and so today is the day! I didn’t want her to be lonely though {seeing how she’s already crying poison tears of love} so I added a few beautifully drawn friends, both furry, and not. LOVE!

Did your mother ever tell you not to play with your food? Well, I don’t think French born, Brussels based artist Fabien Souche ever got that lecture… thank goodness! Ah, yes… meat collage. So, so good.

{via Sweet Station}

YAY! Happy 2012!!!

I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you all so much for being part of The Jealous Curator. February will be three years {crazy?!}, and it’s unbelievable how much I’ve learned because of you. The first very loud message from 2011 was this: we all have doubts, and artist blocks, and days when we wonder why we put ourselves through the creative process… but then we make things that we love, or find work by others that move us in some way, and it all becomes clear. We have to be artists, because it’s in us. Yep, I said us. That was lesson number two… none of us are alone in this {even if it feels like it sometimes}. Thank you so much for coming along on my little adventure… I can’t wait to see what kind of inspiration, creativity and excitement this new year will bring! Ok, now go make stuff so that I have something to be jealous of in 2012! xo

ps. I have a few very exciting projects {that I hope you’ll be part of!} to tell you about in the next couple of weeks… see, 2012 is already starting off with a bang!

{Sparkly image by Confetti System}

Sigh… I would love to follow this grassy path through the lovely town of Jaujac France! This installation is titled Tapis Rouge, and was created by Marseille based artist Gaëlle Villedary. Here’s what Google Translate has to tell us about this gorgeous project:

In the heart of the village of Jaujac, the in situ installation Red Carpet! Celebrates the 10 years of trail Art and Nature, on my path a Artist past … Deploy the symbolic of the tribute, through the village to link the natural spaces on both sides, a link, a path, a trail, connecting the heart of the village and its inhabitants with the valley. The incarnation of the thread which crosses the eras in Jaujac is a sprig of nature, a communion between nature and man, through art.

Sigh {yes, we needed another one}… I hope your new year {and mine!} is filled with lovely walks on grassy paths through France! Happy New Year ~ see you in 2012!

Oh, I love a good sketchbook! I think it’s so amazing to be given a sneak peek into the process, and thoughts in an artist’s mind. Unfortunately, this is all I’ve been able to find out about artist/illustrator Dadu Shin… “I like making pictures, looking at pictures, thinking about pictures and eating ice cream.” All good things, of course! I tried to find out a little more info for you, but alas, nothing. However, in all of my searching I did find these little gems on Dadu’s fashion illustration blog {named i don’t like clothes}:

Well, I DO like clothes… especially that eyeball dress. Love, in fact.

Whoa… now that’s my kind of wreath! American artist Lauren Clay makes the most beautiful sculptures using acrylic on cut paper, papier-mâché, wire, and wood… sigh… so, so amazing. Santa? Are you reading this by any chance? I hope so! And on that note, I’d like to wish all of you a lovely, sparkly, inspiration-filled holiday! I was planning on taking a break next week, but if something makes me jealous… I’ll have no choice but to write! See you soon ~ Danielle xo

{via Design for Mankind}

Ok, American artist Lynda Benglis isn’t exactly an emerging artist {you can tell because of her very established/accomplished career that started in the 1960s, her very full Wikipedia page, and this series of images by LIFE Magazine!}, but when I saw these amazing photographs, I just had to post them. The colors are absolutely stunning, the result is beautiful, and come on… wouldn’t you want a chance to pour huge buckets of neon paint onto a concrete floor? Yep, me too!

{via candy ping pong}

I’m not sure how I missed these amazing pieces?! Maybe it’s my insane fear of snakes, or maybe it’s because the last time I wrote about Brooklyn based artist Javier Piñón, I was so infatuated with his chandelier-riding cowboys that I didn’t make it any deeper into his portfolio. Well, shame on me, because look what was there! Sexy, vintage Medusas! I love this collage work so much… and that’s sayin’ something, because, in case you didn’t pick up on it, I am terrified of snakes! Terrified.

{Thanks to Fine Line Magazine for tweeting about this work!}