Light Cave, installation by LA art duo FriendsWithYou. Currently on view at The Standard, High Line.

“FriendsWithYou is the fine art collaborative of Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, working collectively since 2002 with the sole purpose of spreading the positive message of magic, luck, and friendship. 

As artists working in a variety of mediums, including paintings, sculpture, large-scale experiential installations, public playgrounds, published works and live performances, FriendsWithYou’s mission is to affect world culture by cultivating special moments of spiritual awareness and powerful, joyous interaction.”

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Hippothames, designed by Florentijn Hofman, is 70 foot long hippo installed in the Thames river.It was built for Totally Thames, a month long celebration of the 42 mile river located in London.

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Photographers finding new ways present their work. 

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Bignik, Frank and Patrik Riklin, Sweden.

Let’s go on a giant picnic. Rad!

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Arist Andrea Mastrovito created this huge installation out of cutouts from repurposed text books. The giant piece was inspired by H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau, and is aptly titled after the novel.

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Governor’s Cup, FIGMENT Art Festival’s installation at Governor’s Ball 2014. The giant sculpture is made up of 30, 000 plastic cups, which are not only presented to look aesthetically pleasing, but to bring awareness to  plastics that are damaging the Earth’s ecosystem.

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Submerged Motherlands by street artist Swoon, on view at the Brooklyn Museum.

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Wire sculptures for series Corpo Habitado by David Oliveria.

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Mirror Culture, Bulgaria.

A community project composed of 6, 000 cds.

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Submergence, a huge installation done by a group of designers called Squidsoup, is currently on display in Oslo, Norway. Submergence is made up of thousands of suspended lights, which have motion sensors that respond and illuminate as you move through it.

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I had the pleasure of visiting the KAWS exhibit at the Mary Boone Gallery, located in the heart of Chelsea, NY. The exhibit features three wooden statues, each over eighteen tall and nearly reaching the ceiling of the gallery. One piece, titled Along The Way, features two figures paired together, while the third piece, standing alone, is titled At This Time. The central motif of the exhibit revolves around loss, grief, and consolation.

You can see more images, as well as read the press release, at Mary Boone Gallery. KAWS currently has another exhibit at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts.

Make sure you check them out (if you have the opportunity to visit both New York and Pennsylvania)!  

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“Soo Sunny Park’s installation Unwoven Light animates Rice Gallery’s expansive space, transforming it into a shimmering world of light, shadow, and brilliant color. Suspended from the walls and ceiling, thirty-seven individually sculpted units are arranged as a graceful, twisting flow of abstract form.”

-Rice Gallery
Seoul, Korea 

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"The Knife"

Take a look at these awesome installation pieces created by Maria Luján and Wolfgang Krug. The project, titled “The Knife” is made from cardboard and paper. Luján and Krug create larger than life sized knives to emulate crimes scenes and place them around the streets of Berlin. Luján describes the project as “just for the fun of it” and that is exactly what it is-fun and hilarious.

Check out Maria Luján and Wolfgang Krug’s other works.