Suzanne Jongmans Recycles Everyday Materials for Elegant Renaissance-Style Portraits — Colossal
From materials we normally discard like padded packaging or the mesh sleeves that protect fruit from bruising, Suzanne…
Stuffed Animals and Found Objects Reconfigure in Sungho Bae’s Uncanny Sculptures — Colossal
Like many kids, I struggled with bedtime. I was a naturally anxious child with a vast imagination and…
Dynamic Scenes Emerge from Fumiaki Aono’s Wooden Assemblages — Colossal
Since 1998, Fumiaki Aono has been interested in how objects circulate and what happens when they appear in…
LR Vandy’s Rope Sculptures Disentangle Histories of Colonialism and Transportation — Colossal
For millennia, humans have navigated seas, rivers, and oceans as avenues for trade, exploration, conquest, and colonization. During…
Moffat Takadiwa’s Scrounged Sculptures Confront Africa’s ‘Colonial Hangover’ — Colossal
When Moffat Takadiwa sees a pile of rubbish—old technology parts, personal care items, clothing—he doesn’t just see a…
Luminous Paintings Conjure Change in Shuo Hao’s Antique Furniture Assemblages — Colossal
For Shuo Hao, finding the proper place is at the heart of her practice. The Chinese artist, who…
Detroit’s Heidelberg Project in Wisconsin? Tyree Guyton Transports His Magic — Colossal
If you were to have visited the 3600 Block of Heidelberg Street in Detroit around 1986, you would…
Stéphanie Kilgast’s Book ‘Utopia’ Chronicles Ten Years of Vibrant, Post-Apocalyptic Sculptures — Colossal
In Stéphanie Kilgast’s vibrant yet poignant pieces, a speculative future without humans gives rise to unusual relationships. “In…