Passing by one of Brooklyn artist Aakash Nihalani‘s fluorescent installations, it’s hard to not take a second look. Then a third, and likely after that, a few photos. Nihalani uses simple materials like tape, plastics, magnets and wood to create geometric shapes that appear to be Photoshopped into the real world. Playing with dimension and manipulating the visual language of space in both gallery and …
When artist Gary Baseman was asked to collaborate on the album cover art for the band Nightmare and the Cat, he did more than art direct the band’s photo shoot, captured within his interactive museum exhibition “The Door is Always Open” at the Skirball Cultural Center. In fact, since Baseman met the band in 2010, they have been part of each other’s work in a …
For its grand opening at the end of May 2014, Westport, Connecticut’s newest art hub, the Worrell Smith Gallery housed an exhibition of local creatives, appropriately named “Home.” It was there that we discovered the marvelous world of Nina Bentley. The artist contributed eight pieces to the group show, and each “diorama,” which she refers to as “three dimensional assemblage sculptures,” carried as much charm …
