Light Works

Dan Flavin‘s pared-down constructions and more recent works by Leo Villareal and Spencer Fitch (Sunset (South Texas, 6/21/03) pictured)—to Bruce Nauman’s tongue-in-cheek neon, Tim Noble and Sue Webster’s interpretations of Vegas strip-style signs and Jenny Holzer‘s LED proclamations, light installations often play off the captivating nature of luminescence. Other artists, like Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ delicate strings of lightbulbs and Tatsuo Miyajima’s interactive, pulsing LEDs, use light …

Horse Play

Cloth-bound, gilt-edged and printed on matte paper, the new book called Horse Play tells the story of Streethorsing—the sport of riding horses in cities—with the highest of production values. Whether or not the obscure subculture actually exists, the tome is filled with unbelievable photos of horses doing skateboard-like tricks off railings and over barriers (challenging pro photoshop-spotters) and interspersed with snaps of minor celebs (who …

Crash Bonsai

Like a cross between a grown-up dollhouse and sculptor Jonathan Schipper's "Car Crash," Boston-based artist John Rooney's Crash Bonsai doses the Zen art of Bonsai with a little violence. Pick up one of Rooney's custom melted and smashed cars to add humor to your houseplants or to enact aggression on other household objects—like computers, telephones and ugly sofas. The cars range from damaged Alfa Romeos …