Unearthly Anatomical Works Sculpted in Crystal and Glass by Debra Baxter Explore Grief and Loss
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Artist and jewelry designer Debra Baxter (previously) explores the endurance of grief, mortality, and human bonds in Love Tears. Comprised of anatomical and figurative sculptures, the multifaceted series blend alabaster, quartz, and wood with delicate glass o
Marred with Dark Hole Punches, Monochromatic Drawings and Paintings Evoke Depression-Era Negatives
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Nearly a century since it began, the Great Depression is still largely associated with the iconic imagery that’s come to define the era. Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” and Walker Evans’s portrait of the distinctly tight-lippeAerial Net Sculptures Loom Over Public Squares in Janet Echelman’s ‘Earthtime’ Installations
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Suspended in public squares and parks, the knotted sculptures that comprise Janet Echelman’s Earthtime series respond to the destructive, overpowering, and uncontrollable forces that impact life on the planet. The Boston-based artist (previously) braids nyl‘Medicinal Flowers of Lebanon’ by Faith XLVII Sprout from the Damaged Streets of Beirut
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Rosehips, horned poppies, and an African carline thistle grow from the debris and ruined buildings in Beirut following a mural series by Faith XLVII. The South African artist (previously) traveled to the Lebanese city this September as part of Underline—thNo Dogs Allowed: More than 70 Artists Present a Show of Cat Art in L.A.
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More than 70 artists feature cats as their muse for a feline-centric group exhibition that scratches well beyond the tropes associated with the frisky creatures. Now in its fourth iteration, the Cat Art Show features sculptures, paintings, collages, and a varMetaphorical Paintings by Calida Garcia Rawles Obscure Black Subjects with Gleaming Ripples of Water
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Artist Calida Garcia Rawles continues her explorations into the myriad possibilities of water with paintings distorted by bubbles, pockets of air, and ripples reflecting the light above. She suspends Black figures in otherwise imperceptible moments, like thePatterns and Geometric Shapes Disrupt Kaleidoscopic Portraits in Georgie Nakima’s Murals
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Using geometric motifs and vibrant hues that contrast their brick and concrete backdrops, multi-disciplinary artist Georgie Nakima paints oversized portraits that use color to convey “divinity, resilience, strength, and beauty.” The Charlotte-baseOrbital Planes: A New Photography Book by Roland Miller Documents the Final Years of NASA’s Shuttle Program
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Fine art photographer Roland Miller (previously) has been documenting America’s space program for over 30 years, obtaining exclusive access to the interior spaces of orbiters and rockets, as well as manufacturing, testing, and launch facilities around tWoven Bamboo Installations by Tanabe Chikuunsai IV Sprout from Ceilings and Walls in Tangled Forms
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Japanese artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV threads strips of bamboo together into monumental works that appear to grow from walls and ceilings. His hollow, circular creations utilize a style of rough weaving that his family has practiced for generations—TanabeAt the Annual Roadworks Festival, a 7-Ton Steamroller Prints Linocuts in San Francisco’s Streets
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In a neighborhood of tech giants and startups, the San Francisco Center for the Book is decidedly analog. The nonprofit has been a hub for printmaking and book arts for Bay Area creatives since it opened 25 years ago, offering about 300 workshops and clasOctober 2021 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
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Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. If you’d like to list an opportunity here, please get in touch at hello@colossal.art. You can also join ourVibrant Murals by ‘Bicicleta Sem Freio’ Burst with Pop Culture and Cartoon Characters
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Brazilian artists Douglas de Castro and Renato Reno (previously) are the duo behind Bicicleta Sem Freio, who paint large-scale murals that surround their subjects with a chaotic mix of cartoon characters, squiggly splashes, and brightly colored plants and ani3D-Designer Yemi Davis Speaks Up with the New ‘Raise Our Voice’ NFT Collection
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As a designer typically focused on product visualization and interior architecture, Yemi Davis’ work stands out for its complexity and clean aesthetics. This summer, however, the artist took on a different kind of project: producing a collection of NFTs thaCircular Masses of Coral and Leaves Form Sculptural Embroideries by Meredith Woolnough
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From swirls of eucalyptus leaves to perfectly round bodies of coral, the sculptural pieces by Newcastle-based artist Meredith Woolnough (previously) depict a range of textured, organic shapes. Each elaborately crafted work is drawn through free-motion embroidNew Paintings by Cinta Vidal Elude Gravity and Turn Architecture Upside Down
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Whether depicting a floating cluster of stairs and balconies or a living space separated by differing forces of gravity, a new series of paintings by Cinta Vidal (previously) establishes multiple perceptions of reality within a single work. The artist, who liNeon Lights and Urban Loneliness Shroud Cities After Dark in Liam Wong’s Panoramic Photo Book
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The foundational idea behind Liam Wong’s new book is that “real life is just as potent, bizarre, and interesting as things we can imagine.” Released by the crowd-sourced publisher Volume, After Dark is a follow-up to the Edinburgh-born photograpFrom Canine Ceramics to Abstract Constructions, a Group Show Opens Hashimoto Contemporary’s Los Angeles Space
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Ranging from Dan Lam’s drippy, neon blobs (previously) to the minimal, bodily paintings of Laura Berger (previously), an inaugural exhibition at Hashimoto Contemporary highlights a diverse array of pieces from two dozen artists working today. The group shoFrom Zany Ceramics to Abstract Constructions, a Group Show Opens Hashimoto Contemporary’s Los Angeles Space
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Ranging from Dan Lam’s drippy, neon blobs (previously) to the minimal, bodily paintings of Laura Berger (previously), an inaugural exhibition at Hashimoto Contemporary highlights a diverse array of pieces from two dozen artists working today. The group shoMomentary Movements Are Cast in Bronze in Isabel Miramontes’s Segmented Sculptures
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Bisecting torsos with spirals or extending fringed ribbons from a figure’s side, Spanish artist Isabel Miramontes (previously) embeds motion within the bodies of her anonymous subjects. She casts fleeting gestures and poses in bronze, appearing to captuAn Eerie, Fairytale Forest and Silhouette Creatures Sprawl Across a Three-Story Mural by David de la Mano
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Set against a forest in shades of blue and white, a dark, twisted fairytale lines the entrance hall of the Catholic University of Uruguay. The three-story mural by David de la Mano is titled “Cosmos” and uses the Spanish artist’s signature sRaptors In Flight: Striking Portraits by Mark Harvey Frame Birds of Prey on the Hunt
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Following his portraits of acrobatic birds performing a series of stunts, photographer Mark Harvey turns his focus to the larger, more powerful creatures of the avian species. The new collection, titled Raptors In Flight, centers on birds of prey and their grFurry Tendrils and Tufts of Technicolor Hair Erupt Across Shoplifter’s Immersive Installations
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Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, otherwise known as Shoplifter (previously), fittingly describes her immersive environments of hair as “an exploded rainbow.” Cloaking walls with neon fur and hanging tendrils of fuzzy fibers from theThe Plated Project: An Ongoing Initiative Fights Hunger with Artist-Designed Dishes
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Falling at the intersection of art and activism, The Plated Project launched in 2019 with a simple idea: “You buy a plate. You fill a plate.” The ongoing initiative sells decorative, artist-designed dinnerware and donates 50 percent of the net proIn ‘Two Worlds,’ Split-View Photos Frame the Dual Environments Above and Below the Water’s Surface
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From the coral-cloaked Kimbe Bay of Papua New Guinea to the icebergs of Antarctica’s Danco Island, the bisected photographs in David Doubilet’s forthcoming book Two Worlds: Above and Below the Sea unveil the diverse ecosystems on either side of the waA Spectacular Collection of 40 Artist-Built Environments Are on Display in Sheboygan’s Art Preserve
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On the edge of the city of Sheboygan in northeast Wisconsin is a new museum nestled into the hillside. Opened earlier this year, the Art Preserve of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center is home to 40 artist-built environments, or “spaces and places thatAmorphous Explosions of Particles Envelop Dancers in Digital Compositions by Jean-Yves Lemoigne
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In his aptly titled series Dancing with Particles, photographer Jean-Yves Lemoigne accentuates the curves of bodies in motion with coiled ribbons, paint-like splashes, and bursts of bright dots. Created digitally with a focus on texture and complementary coloEvoking Dutch Genre Paintings, Intimate Scenes Peer into the Lives of Mushroom Characters
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In her ongoing series Human Nature, Dutch artist Bella Ormseth paints lavish domestic scenes inhabited by central mushroom characters and a cohort of plants and oversized insects. The evocative subjects stem from those the artist encounters around her home iColorful Raw Wool Is Twisted into Expressive Busts by Salman Khoshroo
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Complementing his series of raw wool portraits, Iranian artist Salman Khoshroo shapes chunks of dyed fibers into expressive busts. The figurative sculptures capture an array of emotions and vary in abstraction, sometimes using aqua rovings for lips and eyelidTainted with Manufactured Objects, Slime Molds and Spores Grow Into Unnaturally Striking Compositions
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Moscow-based artist and mold enthusiast Daria Fedorova intervenes in natural decomposition processes, accentuating textures and colors and pushing the boundaries of science and art. The artist, who works as Dasha Plesen, laces petri dishes with various bacterSeven Origami Animals Transform New York City’s Garment District into a Vibrant Menagerie
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Thanks to Gerardo Gomez-Martinez (aka Hacer), the public plazas on Broadway in New York City’s Garment District are now a zoo of origami-style animals. The Mexican-American artist installed a series of powder-coated steel sculptures that loom over dininGhostly Aerial Photos Frame Isolated and Abandoned Houses Scattered Across North America
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In his ongoing series titled Thin Places, Portland-based photographer Brendan Burton documents battered houses that stand alone in barren fields, amidst an encroaching marsh, or at the edge of the mountain. The decrepit structures have been Burton’s preAn Origami Knight Equipped with a Sword and Shield Materializes from a Single Sheet of Paper
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Earlier this year, Finnish artist Juho Könkkölä folded an incredibly elaborate samurai from a single sheet of paper, and now he’s crafted another intricate warrior of his own design. Standing 18 centimeters tall, the sword- and shield-toting figure dA Photographer Captures a Dwindling Herd of Elephant Slides Across Taiwan
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Wander into a playground in Taiwan, and you might stumble upon an elephant in the midst of basketball courts and swingsets. Vintage slides shaped like the lumbering animal were once popular in the country, and although the equipment is generally out of use beA Heartening Documentary Follows the Community Harvesting Ice in Minnesota’s North Woods
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Each winter in Ely, Minnesota, a crew treks out onto a frozen lake to cut hefty blocks of ice from its surface. They haul the thick chunks to storage, where they’re stacked, covered in sawdust, and preserved for use the rest of the year, a once-neceBuilding Bound to the Ground: A 1,400-Page Book Surveys Centuries of Global Architecture Embedded in the Earth
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Despite being physically secured to the ground, much of the architecture common throughout the Western world is defined, in part, by its distance from the earth. Skyscrapers that disrupt distant horizons compete for the title of tallest in existence, and eveFootage from a Blackwater Dive Off the Coast of Italy Frames the Striking Marine Creatures Found in Its Depths
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For marine biologists and photographers, a nighttime dive into the ocean offers an austere backdrop for capturing the myriad creatures that live below the surface: entirely devoid of light, black water creates a stark visual contrast to the iridescent, trThe Exhausted Subject of a Newly Attributed Van Gogh Sketch Embodies All of Us Right Now
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Hunched over with his face hidden in his palms, the weary subject of a sketch recently attributed to Vincent van Gogh (previously) embraces the collective spirit of 2021. The uncannily prescient drawing, titled “Study for ‘Worn Out,'” dates bacRepurposed Barcode Scanners Roll Across a Miniature Skate Park to Produce Glitchy Electronic Beats
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Using random objects to build homemade hand drums or maraca-style instruments isn’t new, but the team behind the ongoing Electronicos Fantasticos project takes the idea of repurposing unwanted materials to an imaginative level. Led by Ei WadaEerie Graphite Drawings Encase Aliens and Sci-Fi Experiments in Looming Stacked Towers
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New Haven, Connecticut-based artist James Lipnickas conjures towering sci-fi structures filled with futuristic labs, clashes with aliens, and massive laser beams shooting from rooftops. Working in graphite, Lipnickas uses heavy shading to shroud his architect
