Floating clouds .

'ukigumo - floating clouds' is an art installation by japanese architects fumiaki nagashima
and mami maruoka nagashima of mono for the 5th festival of lively architecture in
montpellier, france. the event called for 11 teams from all around the globe to transform
the old town in to a gallery by creating art pieces for 11 courtyard.

mono's project is developed around the theme of 'japanese independent space sense',
which consciously contrasts the western european exhibition site with ukigumo's japanese
sense of space. the clusters of spindly fiber-glass pipes stand out against the stone columns
of the courtyard, while the 'floating cloud' element of the draped mesh net, balloons
and non woven fabric allows the two different worlds to exist on one stage. the floating clouds
also serve as a device of connection, a visual motif that has been traditionally used in japanese
medieval paintings to tie two different scenes together.

STEVEN RIDDLE ART

“His work explores ideas of misperceptions and misrepresentations of nature. Natural rock formations known as geodes can be artificially colored using man-made methods. This results in the perversion of the original colors that are found in natural formations. The dyed geodes display a falsification of nature. Tchotchke markets exploit indigenous societies, stealing, altering, and in return, profiting from their culture through souvenirs sales. These mementos have no cultural value, other than being a product of consumer driven economy. The misrepresentations add to the destruction of cultural traditions. I have chosen to work on paper because I view its physical properties [as] temporal, and [its] fragility as appropriately related to the relationship between nature and indigenous cultures.” -Steven Riddle

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Simple art from here and their .

kikiandpolly's

Her love of painting is inspired by her dad who is also an artist and her children who make her creativity pail in comparison. She create portrait art of children and families and have illustrated a childrens book. For more information about Her portrait art please vistit www.kikiandpolly.com

Frozen motion shoots .