Found

I’ve become increasingly intrigued by the notion of found objects; those under appreciated gems lying right under our noses that, when recontextualized in a meaningful way, take on a specific type of beauty. From the inspiration of seeing the creative minds at Droog Design, to the dogged pursuit of sublime writings collected in my perennial favourite, Found ...

Portal

When I first saw the Weather Project at the London Tate back in 2003, I was immediately struck by the all encompassing architectural nature of Olafur Eliasson’s work.  The 2007 retrospective of his work, shown at the SFMOMA, included further explorations by Eliasson: a dark padded corridor; a mist chamber with a rainbow; an assortment ...

Noah Should Have Been An Architect

Part of an ongoing series of images of Noah Purifoy’s work, I expect to regularly post examples of this artist’s fascinating collection of sculptures and architecture made out of found debris. I’m certain that had he had the opportunity to train as an architect he would have produced more interesting work than 99% of the ...

Puff Piece

Noah Purifoy relocated to Joshua Tree from Los Angeles to pursue his art, drawn by the openness that the desert afforded him. His work is wildly eclectic, predominantly an exercise in assemblage of found and salvaged materials. The scale and quantity of the art is substantial, and allowed for many hours of photographic exploration under the desert ...

Walk, Don’t Run

Serra

Few sculptors overlap so obviously into the field of architecture with their work as does Richard Serra. I’ve had the good fortune of seeing dozens of his works in a variety of locales around the world, and despite the seemingly endless repetition of a variation of a singular idea (manipulated large scale sheet metal) I ...

Stunning CGI Video

I came across this stunning computer generated video with a strong architectural and photography bend to it. Seen at PetaPixel.

San Diego MOCA

Amazing sculpture consisting of a haphazard grouping of boats and kayaks, perched precariously over the side of the San Diego MOCA building, located in La Jolla, California. Art, who knows? Spectacular, most certainly.