Art, Design and other Strange Visions

Sam Weber, Recent Work.Recent work from the always amazing Sam…

Sep 16, 2019 | Art

Sam Weber, Recent Work.Recent work from the always amazing Sam Weber (Previously on Supersonic Art).-Be sure to follow Supersonic Art on Instagram! By: SUPERSONIC ART

Enamel Pins Turn International Architectural Destinations Into Pocket-Sized Accessories

Sep 16, 2019 | Design

Pagoda House, Tel Aviv The husband and wife duo behind Drop-a-Pin have turned their love of architecture into an enamel pin business, transforming some of the world’s most recognizable buildings into miniature, 2-D renditions. The Drop-a-Pin duo explains...

Oh, Crap! Thieves Swipe Solid Gold Toilet Worth $6M

Sep 16, 2019 | Art, Photography

Installation view, “America” (2016), Victory is Not an Option, Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace, 2019 (photo by Tom Lindboe, all images courtesy of Blenheim Art Foundation)While every bathroom is a crime scene, on occasion, this week the art world sighs and...

Reuben Wu Attaches Lights to Drones and Photographs Them in Landscapes

Sep 16, 2019 | Art, Photography

Simultaneously reminiscent of the slick, neon glow of sci-fi aesthetics and the cryptic symbolic language of ancient petroglyphs, Reuben Wu's work is clean, yet mysterious. His photography hovers somewhere between the mythic and the surreal, between dream and...

SUPERSONIC ART: Kip Omolade’s “The Diovadiova

Sep 16, 2019 | Art, Sculpture

Opening on September 19th, 2019 at 520 West 23rd Street in New York City is artist Kip Omolade’s outstanding pop up exhibition of 13-15 foot tall paintings: “The Diovadiova - Avoid a Void.”The show’s title Diovadiova refers to Omolade’s merging of dio, the...

Hybrid Creatures with Oversized Eyes Reflect Imagined Landscapes in Surreal Paintings by Haoto Nattori

Sep 16, 2019 | Art, Illustration

Japanese artist Naoto Hattori imagines small fluffy animals with healthy doses of fantasy and some unnatural hybridization. The painted creatures often feature round heads and disproportionately large and reflective eyes. Cat-birds with mushrooms growing on...

The Liberating Power of Conversations About Art

Sep 16, 2019 | Art

Bill Berkson (1939-2016) was a justly renowned, much published art critic and poet. In the late 1950s, when the Abstract Expressionists became famous and much displayed and discussed in New York, his great friend Frank O’Hara, who was a curator at The Museum of...

Arna Miller’s “Stop Pouring Gasoline on the Fire,…

Sep 15, 2019 | Art

Currently on view at Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco, California is artist Arna Miller’s absolutely incredible solo exhibition “Stop Pouring Gasoline on the Fire, and Other Stories About Cats.”By utilizing animals as her main characters, Miller is able to...

Olivia Walker Balances Minimalism and Tactile Textures in Ceramics Showcased on her Squarespace Portfolio Site

Sep 15, 2019 | Art, Design, Photography

Olivia Walker (previously) creates highly tactile unglazed ceramic vessels using a unique layering technique that edges her pieces with organic ridged “growths”. The U.K.-based artist fell in love with ceramics by chance: after completing her undergraduate...

Listening to Plants

Sep 15, 2019 | Art

Adrienne Adar, “Sonic Succulents: Plant Sounds and Vibrations” (2019) (courtesy of the artist and Brooklyn Botanic Garden)Tap your fingernail on the Ponytail Plant’s thin bark and your headphones pick up a hollow noise like that of a door knock. Rustle the...