Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian born sculptor, installation, and performance artist known for as much for his elusiveness as his clever, unsettling, and often humorous work. Cattelan uses taxidermy, wax figures, masks, and extensive gallery modifications to create his visions..
My personal favorite is La Nona Ora, an effigy of the late Pope John Paul II being hit by a meteorite, surrounded by the broken glass from the glass ceiling above.
More info on Wikipedia.
K sent me a link to John Isaac's site last week and I was simply blown away. I spent a couple of hours going back and forth between the various images spanning his career. We are simply amazed at the depth of Isaac's work. When you have some time to absorb some very powerful images, we urge you to check him out.
From the artist's bio:
Running alongside the seeming directness and simplicity of John Isaacs’
work there is a pervasive current of unease and anxiety that identifies
our modern way of life and its thinking as somehow warped, disjunctive
and off balance. Like the Surrealism of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, much
of Isaacs’ work seems to suggest that if you scratch at the surface of
conventional reality, then a repressed can of worms – a world of ugly
and uncomfortable truth – lies just below the thin plastic exterior of
our pre-packed modern sanitised world. Playing with the extremities and
taboos of the modern day norm, Isaacs’ art reveals a number of
uncomfortable truths that, he believes, we are all, to some extent,
conscious of.
David O'Keefe creates beautifully exaggerated portraits and sculptures of celebrities and historic figures. I cannot help but be reminded of the classic Phil Collins-led Genesis video for Land of Confusion, featuring characters from Spitting Image.
Via Drawn.
We are strangely attracted to this steampunk womb with a robot fetus. Like so much other steampunk stuff, it's thoroughly bizzarre, and yet totally interesting.
Clockworker via Gizmodo.
This artist just completely blows us away. The detail, intricacy, and beauty are profound.
This is the Killbox pendant designed by Derrick Obatake.
Actual bullet hole in Sterling Silver plate fitted
by hand into a Sterling Silver Frame. Each piece is one of a kind and
hand signed.
Available from Steel Flame in 9mm and .45 caliber.
Serving as proof of merit in a society of bizarre values, “Trophy” sports a three-hundred point hand-made resin rack.
Great piece from sculptor Carolyn Salas.
We love these ridiculously detailed sculptures / designs made with table salt, courtesy of Motoi Yamamoto.
Via Booooooom.