Hasta La Ideas

I saw one of these at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. [Ed. Note: The University played a major role in the sparsity of posts in the last two years.] I think they are lovely. They’re made from “organic materials,” which includes dirt, blood, beer, millet, and anything else, really.

These figures are assembled from diverse organic materials over a wooden core. They are thought to symbolize the universe and to harness spiritual power. Called Boli, they are placed on altars.

via Hamill again

Egungun Headdress

The word Egungun refers to masking associated with honored male lineage ancestors. While each mask has a personal name, it does not usually refer to a specific ancestor. Rather, Egungun masks embody the “collective force of the ancestors. All of the Egungun in a community appear annually during a joyful festival that celebrates the distinguished dead. During the festival, the ancestors bless the living, promote physical and spiritual health, settle disputes, enforce tradition and morality, and cleanse the community of witchcraft.

from African Shapes of the Sacred: Yoruba Religious Art by Carol Ann Lorenz, Senior Curator, Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University.

via Hamill Gallery, Boston

Découverte de ce banc “Sudeley Bench” très surprenant réalisé par le designer français Pablo Reinoso, sous la forme d’une sculpture et d’une oeuvre d’art de 9 mètres. Il en existe seulement huit exemplaires dans le monde. Plus d’images dans la suite de l’article.

Previously on Fubiz

• Willy Verginer
• Dynamic Structure
• Water Sculpture

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Sixteen standout artists seen at Art Basel Miami and beyond

Save a few post-recession moments, each passing year of art-fueled events taking over Miami Beach and beyond during the first week in December seems bigger than the last. With more and more lavish parties, dinners and VIP previews surrounding the core established by Art Basel, it’s easy to lose sight of the actual art within the fabulous, sun-splashed platform for marketing luxury that the experience has become. After visiting nearly all the fairs, we managed to find a few gems sourced from
Nada, Basel,
Pulse and
Scope however—from OCD techniques to slightly goth themes, commentaries on visual culture and pop art statements—all pictured below.

Contributions from Evan Orensten and Jonah Samson

At right: “Confetti Death” (2010) by TYPOE, seen at
Spinello Gallery

“The Universal Now: Trafalgar Square 1975/1971” (2010) by Abigail Reynolds, seen at Ambach and Rice Gallery (Also showing at Reynolds’ first stateside solo show at Ambach and Rice, opening this Friday, 10 December 2010.)

L: “To Be Titled” (2010) by Nick van Woert, seen at Yvon Lambert; R: “Sunken Sediment” (2010) by Jen Stark, seen at Carol Jazzar

L: “Do it, Complete Yourself Man” (2010) by Brian Dettmer, seen at Packer Schopf Gallery; R: “Fold II” (2009) by Suzanne Song, seen at Mixed Greens

L: “Fourth Street Flop” (2010) by Charlie Roberts, seen at Richard Heller Gallery; R: “Kaleidoscope” by Damien Hirst, seen at White Cube Gallery

L: “Home and the World” and R: “Untitled” (both 2010) by Adam Fuss, seen at Cheim & Read Gallery

“The Funeral Party #2” (2010) by Allison Schulnik, seen at Mark Moore Gallery

“Double Scramble” (1977) by Frank Stella, seen at
Van de Weghe Fine Art

L: “Chant 2” (1967) by Bridget Riley, seen at Art Basel; R: “Denib El Delphini” (1965) by Paul Feeley, seen at the Gary Snyder Project Space

“Harto de adioses (de la serie)” (2010) by Adrián Villar Rojas, seen at Ruth Benzacar Galería de Arte at Art Basel

“QWERTY East” by Sarah Frost, seen at the William Shearburn Gallery at Art Miami

A beautifully basic reinvention of a fluorescent bulb

by Barnaby Slater

Striking the fine balance between sculpture and practical lighting, ITP alum and studio CW&T designer Taylor Levy continues to play with form and function with her new Circle Hook Light. Like her successful 8 Light ASCII Display Terminal, Circle Light Hook reinvents a simple concept through methodical construction.

The fixture re-imagines the ubiquitous but often inconspicuous circular fluorescent bulb, primarily installed in ceiling fixtures in kitchens and bathrooms. Where they typically tend to be especially hard to reach and annoying to maintain, CW&T bring this frustrating bulb out into the open with their ingeniously elementary design.

Custom spring loaded electronic connections trigger the light, all that’s required is simply hooking the bulb onto the fixture to turn it on then unhooking and rotating it to turn it off. Milled out of solid brass with a polished finish, the Circle Hook Light has looks tantamount to its easy-to-use design.