Tender, Cute, and Absurd, Rong Bao’s Inflatable Sculptures Plug Into the ‘Emotional Wobble’
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«I see my practice as a playground of soft contradictions—between seriousness and silliness, desire and failure, monumentality and deflation,» Rong says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support
Wang Mansheng Turns to Nature to Make His Own Paintbrushes from Organic Materials
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The artist considers how organic imperfections are often ultimately a lot more interesting than anything made «perfectly» in a factory. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts pubJR’s Tree of 10,000 Hands Takes Root in a Former Montpellier Church
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Known for his large-scale participatory art projects, JR has embarked on a new project that breathes life into a historic venue. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as littWood and Ceramic ‘Guardian’ Assemblages by Expanded Eye Emphasize Earthy Materials
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Through large-scale installations and framed tile pieces, the artists explore the possibilities of texture, pattern, and color. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as littlTenderly Crocheted Sculptures by Caitlin McCormack Contend with Existential Dread
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The Philadelphia-based artist channels a nostalgic medium to peer more closely at what we ignore in the present. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per monA Dance and Film Series Choreographs Five Poetic Approaches to Beginning Again
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A five-part series confronts the inevitability of change through poetic, if not dizzying movement. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The articlUnity and Resilience Flow Through Taquen’s Gestural Compositions
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In a recent excursion, the artist traveled to Africa to participate in the Sahara Marathon. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article UnitSpawning in Forests, Figures Pose as Human-Sized Fungi
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Riitta Ikonen and Annie Collinge nurture the relationship between human beings and fungal species. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The articlIn the Mood for Food, Soeun Lee Solders Vibrant Stained Glass Visions of Comfort
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«Many of my pieces draw inspiration from classic American diners, which evoke a sense of familiarity and warmth for everyone,» Lee says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts puDreamlike Creatures and Spiritual Symbols Merge in Lou Benesch’s Watercolors
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Cosmic phenomena and the stuff of dreams embellish Lou Benesch’s mystical watercolor paintings. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The articlNovember 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
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Colossal publishes more than $500,000 for artists every month. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article November 2024 Opportunities: OpeIn ‘Keep the Kid Alive,’ Arielle Bobb-Willis Reaches for Exuberance
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A slim monograph collects 90 of Bobb-Willis's photos, highlighting her distinctive eye and bold, conceptual compositions. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little asFrom Computer Keys and Bottle Caps, Moffat Takadiwa’s Tapestries Collapse Geographies
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Moffat Takadiwa is part of a dynamic movement of African artists who work exclusively with recycled or repurposed materials. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little aThriving Habitats by Stéphanie Kilgast Emerge from Plastic Bottles and Recycled Objects
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«My work touches very contrasting emotions: the joy of color and natural beauty but also the sadness and despair of where we are headed,» Kilgast says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support indeBehold the Messy Creative Process of 50 Celebrated Painters in ‘The Artist’s Palette’
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From Impressionist virtuosos to modernist greats, Alexandra Loske traces the stories behind many of art history's most significant works. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing foPop-Up Letters Set the ‘Alphabet in Motion’ in Kelli Anderson’s New Book
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Help fund this five-years-in-the-making ABC pop-up book about typography. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Pop-Up Letters Set thDabin Ahn Balances Hope and Melancholy in His Sculptural Paintings
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As Chicago-based artist Dabin Ahn looks forward, he's feeling hopeful for the future. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Dabin Ahn BA Spectacular Staircase by Alex Chinneck Uncoils as It Scales a 25-Meter Building in Brighton
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Part functional walkway and part dramatic sculpture, an outdoor staircase by Alex Chinneck unfurls into individual metallic ribbons as it climbs a brick building in Brighton. The latest work by the British artist, titled “A Spring in Your Step,” iMerry Christmas, Happy New Year: A Stop-Motion Music Video Tells the Warm and Fuzzy Story of Woodland Friends
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Illustrator Phoebe Wahl and animator Andrea Love teamed up to gift us with a delightful stop-motion short full of cozy felted sweaters, wooly swirls of steam puffing from teacups, and (too much) snow just in time for the holidays. The whimsical animationContrasting Shades of Gray with Vibrant Color, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe Paints Bold, Subversive Portraits of Black Subjects
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Ghanaian artist Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe has a proclivity for contrast. In his striking portraits of Black people, he gravitates toward shades of gray to render the skin tone of single figures or small groups, who sport patterned garments, hats of textured fabrWine Streams Through Sea Creatures in Playful Glass Decanters by Charlie Matz
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In the sleek decanters designed by artist Charlie Matz, wine and other spirits trickle through a crab’s claws, a shark’s open jaws, and the belly of a branzino. The playful aeration vessels are handmade with borosilicate glass and position marineA Montage of 64 Portraits Reveals the Wildly Diverse Characteristics of Foxes
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Back in 2009, Dutch wildlife photographer Roeselien Raimond snapped a portrait of a fox that always seemed to be squinting her eyes in contemplation. That first image sparked a fascination with the creatures and their idiosyncratic expressions, an interest thFelted Fibers Are Rolled into Adorable Bread Bugs, Pastry Snails, and Mushrooms with Legs
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Atelier Hatena’s bread bugs are the only critters we’d gladly snuggle up with at night. The whimsical, fiber-rich characters are part of the Hiroshima-based artist’s growing troupe of felt creatures: there are four-legged rolls, tiny insects sprLaser-Cut Paper Forms Tessellating Patterns in Ibbini Studio’s Ornate Sculptures
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Ibbini Studio (previously) creates intricate paper sculptures meticulously crafted to appear as though they have been made in nature. Artist Julia Ibbini and computer scientist Stephane Noyer, who are behind the Abu Dhabi-based studio, spent the last year worSpectacular Footage Captures a NASA Probe as it Touches the Sun for the First Time
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NASA marked an impressive milestone when its Parker Solar Probe was the first ever to touch the sun and return earlier this year, and footage from its historic mission offers a stunning glimpse at the massive star’s upper atmosphere. The black-anComprised of Thin Panes of Glass, Illusory Sculptures Layer Fantastic Paintings into 3D-Forms
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German artist Wilfried Grootens (previously) suspends vibrant, textured paintings evocative of minuscule organisms, bacteria, and other microscopic creatures within sleek sculptures made of glass. He renders lines and geometric shapes on dozens of thin panesExquisite Hairpieces by Sakae Recreate Flowers and Butterflies with Resin and Wire
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From liquid resin and thin strips of wire, Tokyo-based designer Sakae (previously) crafts delicate hairpieces known as kanzashi. The ornamental forms are often worn for special occasions and are realistic in shape and texture, with lustrous petals and wings iWaves of Engraved Lines Texture the Emotional Figures Sculpted by En Iwamura
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From hunks of clay, artist En Iwamura (previously) sculpts minimal forms with wildly varied facial expressions that range from shock and surprise to moody contemplation. Etched across the surface of each character are neat pathways of parallel lines, which evBlip: A Minimal Animation about Screen Addictions Unleashes a Barrage of Pings and Notifications
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We’ve all been there: spending the entire day scrolling through social, responding to texts and DMs and email, descending into internet rabbit holes, and just generally escaping the world through our devices. A quirky, 2D animation titled “Hyperrealistic Ceramic Sculptures by Christopher David White Mimic the Splintered Texture of Decaying Wood
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In his Richmond studio, artist Christopher David White (previously) practices an alchemy of materials as he transforms slabs of clay into deceptive sculptures and functional objects that appear carved from hunks of decaying wood. His trompe l’oeil ceramSnacks and Household Goods Are Fodder for Vanessa Mckeown’s Quirky Compositions
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A scroll through Vanessa Mckeown’s Instagram reveals a bottomless trove of absurdity and the playfully unexpected: cooked spaghetti pours from a bronze tap, a tennis ball bounces off a tennis racket made of waffles, and a trio of donuts hangs from a toiletExceptionally Slow-Motion Footage Documents Tropical Butterflies Bursting from Their Chrysalises and Taking Flight
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In an extravagant display of evolutionary tricks and mating rituals, new footage by Adrian Smith of the wildly popular Ant Lab YouTube channel focuses on six tropical butterflies. The extremely slow-motion montage zeroes in on a trio of tropical creatureFoliage Sprouts from Four Imaginative Clay Illustrations by Irma Gruenholz
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It’s easy to mistake Irma Gruenholz’s whimsical ceramic figures for two-dimensional illustrations. The Madrid-based artist (previously) is known for her sculptures and still lifes in clay that resemble flat graphics and drawings, although her works reConcentric Vessels Nest Within Larger Forms in Matthew Chambers’ Perplexing Ceramic Sculptures
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At once minimal and endlessly confounding, the elegant ceramic vessels that Matthew Chambers (previously) creates are precisely scaled iterations of the same shape. His hypnotic sculptures are comprised of individual, wheel-thrown pieces in varying sizes thaAbsurd Office Etiquette and Sincere Storytelling: Colossal’s Top Short Films of 2021
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Suffice to say, 2021 has been an emotional rollercoaster, so it’s no surprise that the short films topping Colossal’s list span the gamut: there are uncomfortable situations of poor (and relatable) office etiquette, heartwrenching indictments of tSunlight Caps the Snowy Meili Mountain Range in a Majestic Photo Series
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Soaring more than 22,000 feet above the landscape, the frigid Meili mountain range sits at the edge of Yunnan’s Deqin County in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and borders the phenomenal “Three Parallel Rivers,” a UNESCO world heritCeramic Vessels Wrapped with Scored Ropes Evoke Traditional Basketry
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Kent-based ceramicist Kate Malone mimics the plaited texture of a basket with her series of woven vessels. The wide-mouthed vases and small, covered boxes are wrapped in rolled strips of clay that the artist threads through small gashes in the surface of theA New NFT Collection Gives Life to 6 Magical Entities, Each Representing an Ecological Concept
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Estonian installation artist Katja Novitskova’s art career started with a collaboration—a curatorial project—so it’s fitting that she continues to excel in opportunities that involve working with other artists. Her latest project, a six-piece NFT seri
