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knees, by me, september 2024

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Lynda Benglis Adhesive Products 1971 pigmented polyurethane foam 80x15x15'

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 Léon Bakst, Elysium, 1906

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Jägala Waterfall in winter. HArju county, Estonia

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Morris Kantor (Belarusian-American, 1896-1974) - The Wreck (1939)

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Marilyn Arsem

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A sculpture made of hundreds of old Soviet era TV sets by Gintaras Karosas location: Europas Parkas, Lithuania

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Erick Swenson: Untitled (2001)

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In ‘Spirit Level,’ Tau Lewis’s Monumental Figures Usher in an Unearthly World

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Amy Youngs: Hydroponic Solar Garden (2005)

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I came across this in a book I'm currently reading and it's really stuck in my mind and I wanted to share

'Sheep in Wolf's clothing' by Judith Duffey 1986

I don't know if anyone on here is going to be interested I'm this piece or anything but I wanted to share as it struck me an an amazing piece of textile art

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ROADKILL / SHRINE

an homage to a dead deer i was driving past a few weeks ago and thoughts of becoming earth.

mixed media installation // ko-fi

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Bruce Munro: ‘Waterlilies’ (2012) Location: Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania

100 shining colorful waterlilies made of 65,000 recycled CDs float at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania creating a light installation.

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Kiki Smith: 'Constellation' at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (1996)

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Banyan Tree with an attached 16th Century Terracotta Temple, Antpur, West Bengal, India

photo by Laura McPhee

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Nepalese Lingzhi Fungus Mask, probably 19th century

This extraordinary mask has been formed from a large, single Lingzhi fungus (Ganoderma Lucidum). The natural structure of the fungus has been coaxed into forming a nose, ears, a mouth and eyes. Two holes on either side allow for a natural twine to have been threaded through so that the mask can be either worn or hung for (perhaps) ritual display. The surface is hard, glossy and dramatically wrinkled. It is believed that such masks were worn ritually to frighten off malevolent spirits. Most extant fungus masks are of black (or blackened) Lingzhi fungus. Pannier (2009, p. 68) illustrates a mask translated as a ‘mushroom’ mask which appears to be made from a single fungus – possibly a Lingzhi – but coloured with red pigment. Nepalese fungus masks are rare. Dating them is difficult. There are few in private or museum collections. The surface is glossy and encrusted with a varying patina suggesting some significant age. Possibly it was darkened with soot although there is no residual smokiness present. The example here is in an excellent, stable condition with just the odd small loss to the extremities as might be expected. The texture is hard and robust rather than crumbly and friable. It has a wood-like consistency.

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sha sha higby in the costume-maker's art: cloaks of fantasy, masks of revelation - thom boswell (1992)