Czech artist Veronica Richterová is repurposing plastic bottles into dreamy works of sculptural art in what she calls PET-ART. The crinkly green, blue, brown and clear bottles are distorted, punctured and popped to form small cacti or are stacked on top of each other to create larger works like transparent trees or jellyfish. Since 2004, Richterová has been dedicated to using the recyclable bottles as …
Newly minted London exhibition space The Vaults Gallery is located deep in the underground tunnels below the gigantic Waterloo Station. To enter, pass the skateboarders and street artists tagging the walls of Leake Street, also known as The Tunnel, an authorized graffiti area started by iconic street artist Banksy in 2008. The gallery itself can be found on one side of the colorful, chaotic underpass, …
In a first-ever comprehensive look stateside, NYC’s Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) is getting ready to launch “New Territories: Laboratories for Design, Craft and Art in Latin America on 4 November 2014. The exhibition showcases the work of over 75 artists who have pushed the boundaries in their respective industries since 2000. The show follows on the heels of what weve been observing as …
