Inspired by the Renaissance-era Christian art adorning the walls of London’s National Gallery, resident artist Michael Landy puts a grotesque, contemporary spin on the lives (and deaths) of Saints. Seven interactive large-scale kinetic sculptures make up Saints Alive — on view through November.
Constructed from fragments of National Gallery paintings and mechanical junk parts scavenged at flea markets, the towering sculptures tell the stories of the saints’ deaths through animatronics, activated by levers and cranks. St. Apollonia’s hand springs up holding a tooth with a pair of pliers — she allegedly had her teeth brutally ripped out. There’s a very headless St. Thomas. It’s morbid, fun and somewhat steampunk. Saints Alive, Michael Landy, May 23-Nov 24, The National Gallery, London.
From the artist that brought you luxury trashcans with dots on them and backpacks of pill pins, here is Damien Hirst's alphabet book for kids! "Each letter is represented by an artwork, or an element of a piece, from my earliest works to my latest series," as well as being…
Perhaps you've already seen Jeju Loveland… in your dreams. Established in 2004, South Korea's one and only sex sculpture park boasts 140 artfully crafted, large-scale erotic sculptures. With hands-on installations like a fully functional masturbation bike and the ever popular whack-a-dick arcade game, it promises plenty of educational, interactive fun…
We tend to associate porcelain with delicate dolls and our great aunt's precious wedding china set that never leaves the cabinet, but artist Jason Briggs debauches the stereotype with his grotesque, vaguely pornographic porcelain sculptures created in his rural Tennessee studio. With their tufts of coarse hair, gnarled fat rolls and strange orifices a…
