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Mummy Art Doll Sculptures by Shain Erin

admin1 — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:46:11 +0000

From an artistic standpoint they are a great vehicle for playing with unusual expressive possibilities and narratively, for weaving a spell of time, mystery and secrets.” – Shain Erin about his Mummy dolls.

Mixed media including fabric and Paperclay were used to make these little creepy and scary dolls

”I am a sculptor, painter and digital artist. My work draws on diverse world art and cultural influences, which get mixed up and re-invented through the lens of my imagination. The result is a personal mythology that draws on and informs world history and mythology while defining it’s own unique forms and traditions. My Mummy dolls are an example of the kind of artifact that result from this process.”

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The Many Faces of Yue Minjun

admin1 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:23:49 +0000

ue Minjun should be smiling. He has moved up into the top ranks of the Chinese contemporary art world and his colorful self-portraits of exaggerated, wide-toothed laughter now sell for over $100,000 a piece.

“The spirit of this series is concerned with searching, seeking something; people are looking for something,” he says.”I chose terrorism because right now the whole world is looking for terrorists. And terrorism is a global topic that everyone can identify with.”

The departure may simply be a way of injecting something different into his prolific repertoire of self-portraits, even though they remain popular on the international circuit.

But any Yue Minjun work is sure to be colorful, ironic, and deceptive, just like Yue Minjun – the man who seems to always wear a mask of quiet seriousness. And it’s that seriousness of purpose – that stubborn single-mindedness – that has brought Yue Minjun out of the shadows in recent years.

Oil on canvas

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1962  Born in Daqing, Heilongjiang province
1968  Moved to Beijing
1979  Worked as an electrician, Ocean Oil Company, Tianjin
1983  Graduated form Hebei Normal University, oil painting department
1996  Designed “Redstar” watch for the Spring 1996 Collection of
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Currently living and working in Beijing, China

Solo Exhibitions
2007
Yue Minjun and the Symbolic Smile, Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
Looking for Art, Beijing Commune, Beijing

2006
The Reproduction of Idols: Yue Minjun, 2004-2006, Hexiang Ning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Looking for Terrorists, Beijing Commune, Beijing

2005
Post Auratic Self Portrayal of Yue Minjun, CP Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia

2004
Yue Minjun: Sculptures & Paintings, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong
Yue Minjun: Beijing Ironicals, PrŸss & Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2003
Beijing Ironicals, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin
Yue Minjun, Meile Gallery, Switzerland

2000
Red Ocean, Chinese Contemporary, London

1997
Klaus Littmann Gallery, Basel

Mysterious Sculptures of William Ricketts Sanctuary

admin1 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:43:50 +0000

Hidden deep in an Australian rainforest, the clay sculptures of William Ricketts express the Aborigines’ deep connection with Mother Nature.

Born in 1898, William Ricketts was an Australian sculptor and potter who developed a spiritual bond with the Aboriginal people of Central Australia. The time he spent with them, between 1949 and 1960 inspired his works in Potter’s Sanctuary (now known as William Ricketts Sanctuary).

The 92 intricate ceramic sculptures placed along the passageways seem as they are merging with the surrounding plant-life, thus expressing the strong bond Aborigines have always had with nature. Designed as a place where man’s spirit becomes one with nature, William Ricketts Sanctuary inspires us all to protect Mother Nature instead of constantly exploiting her.

William Ricketts spent most of his life in this sanctuary, located on Mount Dandenong, near Olinda, and died here, in 1993, at the age of 94.

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A Walk Through Time

admin1 — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:46:30 +0000

A Walk Through Time

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NES gamepad mouse is the most amazing piece of industrial design in the history of humankind

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:47:00 +0000

Apparently as of right now, this stunning piece of high art is just a foam model mock-up, but listen to us, mouse manufacturers of the world: if you build this, we will give you every penny we have to own it. Our only gripe? The D-pad should definitely be up top for navigation duties.

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NES gamepad mouse is the most amazing piece of industrial design in the history of humankind

Nokia throws up "pre-order soon" logo on US N97, drives the kids crazy

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:26:00 +0000

Thanks to the always revealing FCC , we knew good and well Nokia’s painfully expensive N97 had Carolina (and probably the other states, to be fair) on its mind, but now we know the moment of truth is drawing near.