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Hilda Hellstrom

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Sylvie Fleury - Pink Popcorn, 2008

70 × 60 × 120 cm

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Installation view, flow, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2016. Photo: Paul Hester. Courtesy the artist.

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Installations by Rowan Mersh

Rowan Mersh is a textile based sculptor who explores form and fuses concept with technique, emphasizing experimentation as the focus of his practice. A celebrated graduate of the Royal College of Art, Mersh has developed a unique aesthetic, which is at once obvious upon encounter of his various sculptural forms, whether it be textiles, sculpture or any other experimental agenda in which he embarks. 

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End of second year exhibition piece. '229 Hours'

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Black Country Living Museum

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Kevin Townsend at SVA gallery in Chelsea. Great show!

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Blueprint

Project by joanielemercier is a large scale audio visual installation utilizing projection with architecture theme:

The work examines the notion of blueprint as the intersection of ideation and architecture, a map that leads from formlessness to form. It explores the view of architecture as both the endless repetition of the cosmic order, and as a shelter from the infinite, a human construct that brings the capriciousness of nature into perspective.

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A New Life for Nooks of Decay with @acommonname

To see more of Paige Smith’s crystalline-inspired works, follow @acommonname on Instagram.

Graphic designer-turned-multimedia artist Paige Smith (@acommonname) has lost count of her “urban geodes” that occupy the nooks and crannies of decay in places as far-flung as Bali, Madrid and Istanbul.

It all began three years ago in downtown Los Angeles, where Paige was living. “I started noticing the cracks and holes and decaying surfaces of our buildings, and that no one seemed to be paying attention to them,” she says. “The idea clicked to utilize these spaces and create something beautiful.”

Paige started by using a paper-cutting and folding technique called kirigami to create three-dimensional installations that look like geodesic formations. While she still prefers this method for her large-scale installations, her process has evolved to incorporate crystals of silicon-molded resin. The resulting works draw attention by juxtaposing inorganic formations that appear natural against the backdrop of a deteriorating man-made landscape.

Like the walls and buildings they inhabit, Paige’s works also decay over time. “I appreciate the mystery of their demise,” she says. “It’s a natural occurrence.”

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House & Garden ~ Providence RI ~ October 2013

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Diving Into the Delicately Detailed Woodwork of @mcnabbstudio

To see more of James’ works and the studio life with his wife Stephanie and the two shop dogs Buster and Riley, follow @mcnabbstudio

“I could talk for days about wood,” admits Philadelphia artist James McNabb (@mcnabbstudio). “Its rich history. The amazing varieties of colors, patterns and textures that nature has created in it.”

Inspired by his father, a skilled carpenter, James took his first woodworking class in high school. “At that time, I struggled with the typical textbook/chalkboard style classroom dynamic, and felt more comfortable in a setting with hands-on learning techniques,” he remembers. Now, with his own studio and over a decade of experience in making wooden objects, James, who’s 30, creates delicately detailed sculptures of urban landscapes. “Like a painter uses a paintbrush, I work primarily on a band saw to produce abstracted architectural forms,” he says, adding, “The work is designed to be engaging from a distance, and like a city skyline from afar, reveal layers of patterns and textures as the journey gets closer to the object.”

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Paper, tape, light. Video projection onto origami.

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Tape/Paris: A Monumental Installation Made of Tape at @palaisdetokyo

For more photos and videos from Inside, the show which includes the installation by Numen/For Use, explore the Palais de Tokyo location page and follow @palaisdetokyo on Instagram.

Until January 11, visitors of the Palais de Tokyo museum in Paris (@palaisdetokyo) can explore an installation made entirely of clear tape which stretches like a canvas playground above the entranceway to the art center. “Entering the installation is an amazing experience,” says Daria de Beauvais, who co-curated Inside, the show which includes the piece, called Tape/Paris by the collective Numen/For Use. “It feels like going back to childhood, crawling and walking on all fours. It is at once physical and psychological.”

Numen/For Use, which includes the artists Sven Jonke, Christoph Katzler and Nikola Radeljković, often creates experiences that are immersive and interactive. Their work helped to inspire the show Inside which the curators Daria, Jean de Loisy and Katell Jaffrès imagined as an inner journey. “It felt like the perfect introduction to the show,” Daria says, “and a clear sign for every visitor entering the building that something special is happening here.”