book sculptures...

 I am obsessed with Thomas Wightman's intricate book sculptures.

Lady Butterfly...

 I want her. I am star struck. I cannot look away from Lady Aiko's sculpture.

Source: Arrested Motion

At Picking Up Where We Left Off...

I had a packed schedule last weekend, but I HAD to stop by opening night of Yoskay Yamamoto's solo show at LeBasse Projects "Picking Up Where We Left Off". So between helping out a friend and going out in Santa Monica, I stopped in Culver City. Midnight Blossom was my favorite piece at this show. 

 "Seiryu: Blue Dragon"

 "Antler Girl 1" installation

 detail of "Midnight Blossom"

"Here"

Noblesse Oblige...

I was kind of annoyed that I missed opening night at a new gallery, OHWOW, with Scott Campbell's first LA solo show. All the blog coverage the following week didn't help, so I called a friend and made a day out of it April 2nd. OHWOW has a nice big space on La Cienega a few blocks past the Beverly Center.
A few of the burnt pieces from the Vice Gallery incident were on display at the front of the gallery.
This skull of layered laser cut money sheets was a pretty impressive 2x2x2 foot-ish cube (I didn't measure, but it was big.)
Campbell used his tattoo gun on metal plates to create these.

Intricate illustrations of roses, snakes, and nude women were done inside ostrich egg shells.

Peggy and I were starving after visiting the Noblesse Oblige show, so we made out way to Toast for brunch. I must say this was one of my top ten brunches ever. Perfect french toast and LOVED the potatoes, which Peggy is still making fun of me about.

After visiting our friend in West Hollywood once we were full, we also stopped by Gallery 1988: Melrose to see if I could pick up my Craola canvas print. I couldn't but it was nice to see the Inle show with no crowd to navigate.

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder...

There is something really enticing about these urethane resin sculptures by Mauro Perucchetti. They look tasty, that and I love triceratops.
This picture is detail of his Guns and Roses piece.
via Who Killed Bambi.

Steampunk Thing...

Doktor A has created his version of the Thing for the Wootini Gallery Addam's Family Group Show. Loving the details.

Divination and Delusion...

There's a new art book on my wishlist; Kris Kuksi has released his first book. If you have ever seen a Kris Kuksi piece in the flesh, you would have been in awe of the hyper detailed sculpture. He produces sculptures that require staring and so would his book 'Divination and Delusion.'

Scissor Spider...

I wanna make a scissor spider too! I will need a torch and hammer please.
Christopher Locke makes these out of scissors confiscated by the TSA.

underwater sculptures...

Jason deCaires Taylor is an English artist and diving instructor from Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London. He gained international recognition for creating the world’s first underwater sculpture park in Grenada, West Indies.
He places cement sculptures underwater and the environment alters it over time...
read more on If It's Hip, It's Here.

happiness...

i love this piece. it's by Glen Barr; the guy is really versatile ...
there will only be fifteen limited edition pieces. fifteen!
found on juxtapoz.

triceracopter...

omg, this thing is awesome! i want it. a flying pet dinosaur!!! every kid's dream, or maybe just mine because i loved the Dinotopia books when i was little.
http://flickr.com/photos/triceracopter/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Triceracopter/45109823109?ref=mf
http://www.irhine.com/index.jsp?page=home_renick110903