Lunch Sack Poetry by Kermit Mulkins. Mark Jenkins’ Bizarre Art Sculptures Will Make You Do A Double Take. American street artist Mark Jenkins‘ models of people lying in the street or on rooftops and in rivers have led to worried calls to police, paramedics and firefighters.
Mark, 41, travels the world placing his unusual temporary artworks in busy urban areas. He said his aim is to get people to look up from their mobile phones for a split second and engage with the world around them. He started his career by placing a figure in a refuse dump in Rio de Janeiro to draw attention to children living in the streets. He uses box-sealing tape and mannequins to create the figures before sometimes adding clothes for realism. The 41-year-old, said of his work, “I like getting people to question their surroundings, what is real and what isn’t. Launch the gallery to check out the captivating photos of Mark Jenkins’ sculptures. Athletic Bronze Sculptures Emerge from Walls. Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder. French photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these images of an installation by Belgian architects Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder at S.M.A.K - Museum of Modern Art in Ghent, designed to give visitors an idea of the museum's work behind-the-scenes.
A part of a series called Inside Installations, it focuses on what happens behind the scenes of an exhibition and the archiving process. Located in a large open space in the museum, a plywood box has been built in the corner and is surrounded by shelving units used to display some of the equipment that's required to prepare an exhibition. The walls, ceiling and floor inside the wooden structure are covered with documents, photos, sketches and manuals relating to other installations being shown at the museum. Photographs are copyright Julien Lanoo. Here's some more information about the project: questions whatʼs specific about installation art? Click for larger image construction The room is constructed with industrial shelves and plywood.
RGB by Carnovsky. Johannsen Gallery in Berlin present an exhibition of wallpapers by Milanese collective Carnovsky that change under different lighting conditions.
The wallpapers, called RGB, feature superimposed imagery printed in red, green, yellow and blue. The separate layers are revealed when illuminated by different coloured lights. The range was created for Italian brand Jannelli & Volpi earlier this year and the exhibition continues until 10 February 2011.
Photos are by Alvise Vivenza. The information below is from the designers: Carnovsky’s RGB – Color est e pluribus unus. RGB by Carnovsky at DreamBags-JaguarShoes. Milanese collective Carnovsky have decked out east London bar and gallery DreamBags JaguarShoes in their wallpaper that changes under different lighting conditions.
Called RGB, the papers are printed in red, green, blue and yellow to reveal different layers of imagery when viewed with coloured lighting. Big game emerge from the undergrowth in red lighting, monkeys in blue lighting and a jungle of plants in green lighting. A series of limited edition prints is also on show. DreamBags JaguarShoes is named after the two shops that occupied the space in the 1980s. The same signs still hang on the shop front. The exhibition continues until 21 September. Images by Jeff Metal, courtesy of JaguarShoes Collective. Here are some more details from Carnovsky: RGB by Carnovsky at DreamBags-JaguarShoes. Spellbinding Hardback Book Lamp. What's not to love about this Hardback Book Lamp, filled with mystery and intrigue?
A light bulb is seen fused into the hardback cover of a book, while a simple switch adds the finishing touch on the creative design. If you're further interested, Typewriter Boneyard offers multiple covers. My personal favorite, however, is this one: "Secrets and Spies - Behind the Scenes Stories of World War II" (Reader's Digest Collection 1964), which is currently on sale for $140. via [bblinks] Scrolling Bookshelf: Modular Scroll-Shaped, Roll-Up Library. Self-adjusting, scroll-shaped ends make space for as many (or few) books as you want to accommodate, all without the need for separate conventional bookends (or even existing shelf space – a window ledge, side table or floor would work too).
Aside from the physical need for support (and place to store spare lengths of the wrapped-up metal bands the hold it together), these end pieces also provide extra semi-secret storage space for pens, pencils or other odds and ends. Exterior and interior foam padding and plastic shell (in black or yellow) prevents damage to your precious books and softens the look and feel of the Scroll Bookshelf. Designed by Xin-Hung Lin, Pei-Yi Chiu, Chia-Rung Shu, & Wung-Bing Lin, this is a clear but playful reference to pre-book volumes wrapped up and stored as scrolls, but there is balance, too; it incorporates modern materials and accommodates contemporary book shelving needs as well.