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Oh. My. Those colors, glazes, shapes … looooooove. This is the work of Texas based artist Angel Oloshove. While she also makes functional pieces, it’s these dreamy pieces – that seem to be lit from within – that are lighting me from within! I found her work on Uprise Art, and this is part of their description: “Angel Oloshove creates work that often experiments with painterly materiality, using atomized glazes to achieve surprising form and color.” Yep!
Sarah Rayner is an Australian textile artist … who decided to give hand-carved porcelain a try. What!? Wow. Inspired by the local flora surrounding her in Queensland, Sarah now creates this lovely, delicate, NOT textile work. Gorgeous.
“Positive Role Models” … hahahahaha! Yep, I could get used to those kind of lovely observations when I roll out of bed each morning! This is the quirky {and affordable} work of UK based artist Tracey Meek. She creates everything from paintings to jewelry, but it was these gals and their supportive words that grabbed me by my fabulous hair and huge muscles ♥
SEA OF MEMORY 054 :
The sea is the origin of life.All lives are connected and have been supporting each other.I create my work by imagining the source of harmony and balance of the ocean.
Hearts, hands, antlers and balloon-like boobs. This is just one of many fantastic series by American artist Jen Dwyer. All of her work has a beautiful feminine power to it, but there was something about these delicate body parts, piled up with animal bits, that grabbed me instantly. Here are Jen’s words about this work:
“This series of porcelain pieces addresses the ephemeral quality of the human condition and nature – their correlation and disconnection. In the age of the Anthropocene I analyze the amount of agency we, as humans, give ourselves in regards to other species.”
Love.
If a bunch of happy bananas and a box of crazy chocolates aren’t able to brighten your Monday, well, you might have to rely on the insane brie. These ceramic sculptures are the work of American artist Katie Kimmel. I’m a huge fan of art / artists with a sense of humor – so these guys obviously had that covered – but then her bio swooped in and sealed the deal:
“Katie Kimmel is an artist working in Hermosa Beach, California. She received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015 where she studied ceramics, video and painting. Katie enjoys writing biographies in the third person.”
Mic drop.
{Discovered via Hashimoto Contemporary’s Instagram feed}
Ah, art and nature… a blessed union! This is the work of French artist Éliane Monnin. This is a small snippet from her ‘about’ section, and I thought it summed up this organic/organized work:
“… fascination with the mathematical structure of natural objects, the paradox between the irregularity of forms and the formula behind the perfect repetition of patterns, for the productive nature of a life drive that could be confined to art, which itself would reproduce something of nature…”
C’est bonne.
“Dust furries with chunky gold dandruff”. Need I say more? Ok… I cannot begin to explain how happy these objects (and that description!) make me. These weird n wonderful ceramic pieces are the work of American artist Linda Lopez. Her color choices, those lovely shapes, and oh, the chunky gold nuggets… a recipe for fantastic-ness. Also, that crazy neon pineapple… LOVE!
{You can find/purchase her work via Mindy Soloman Gallery, Miami}
Absolutely magical work that I really want to touch, but I won’t. Maybe. This is the work of sculptor Claudia Fontes … she was born in Argentina, but has been living in London for the past decade. Wait, this is starting to sound familiar … hold the phone … she’s the artist who created the insane sculpture, titled “The Horse Problem”, for the Argentina Pavilion at the Venice Biennale last summer! This was my favorite installation at the Arsenale. It was truly breathtaking… the work, the space, the grandeur of it all:
Stun. Ning.
ps. I’m heading back to Venice this June (11th – 16th) to be one of several instructors during the “Contemporary Art Week” at the European Cultural Academy. There are handful of spots left, so sign up soon if you’re interested!
Ok. I need everything that Australian artist Laurie Melia makes… but that coffee cup? It is literally screaming “MONDAY MORNING” at me right this very second. Hilarious, beautifully made, and just enough weirdness to warm my art-loving heart. Happy Monday.
ps. Laurie’s work sells super fast, so keep an EYE {get it} on her Instagram feed for new work {and on her shop to click BUY}.
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