Black Whole

Michel de Broin's "Black Whole Conference."

The installation consists of a large sphere composed of an assemblage of chairs. The legs are attached to one another, bringing the chairs together. In this spherical conference room there is no central position, all the chairs float in solidarity with each other. They operate as an immune system – protecting themselves by blocking and kicking out their surroundings. As a massive object in the gallery space, the sphere acts as a centre of gravity around which the rest orbits. The reorganization of matter derives from a ‘big bang’ where the ancient order of the conference room has blown out and reconfigured into a ‘utopic’ geometrical endosystem.

And it just looks freakin' cool.

Neon Alphabet

Fiona Banner's neon alphabet series, "Every Word Unmade." I have such a love/hate attraction/aversion to neon letter art.

La ascensión

Jorge Macchi's "La ascensión." Rapture super jump!

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Candy!

Cuban born artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres's "Untitled (Placebo)" consists of "1,200 lbs. of silver hard wrapped candy arranged to look like an area rug." More on the artist and his series of "installations of piles of paper and sweets"  in this essay excerpt for the Guggenheim Museum.

Also, here are photos of the installation process (1. Open box of candy. 2. Spread candy around neatly. 3. Art.) when it was displayed at The Williams College Museum of Art.

Toy Lamp

I love Ryan McElhinney's handcrafted one-of-a-kind lamp "made of recycled [action figure] toys which are bonded toghther and then coated in a High Gloss polyurethane laquer."

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Gigantic Disco Ball over Paris

Michel de Broin's gigantic disco ball that is 7.5 meters in diameter and made with 1000 mirrors was raised for one (Saturday?) night above Paris.

The artist explains:

The spectacular view of the starry sky has long been a source of delight and curiosity, but the abundance of artificial light in urban areas produces a glow that covers the stars in the firmament. The largest mirror ball ever made was suspended from a construction crane 50 meters above the ground to render the starry sky to the citizens of Paris for one night in the Jardin du Luxembourg during the Nuit Blanche event.

This is so awesome. For once, this New Yorker is jealous of Paris.

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177 Model Airplanes

Fiona Banner's "Parade" installation features 177 model airplanes hanging by wire. I wished my bedroom ceiling looked like this when I was a kid.

Curving wall of soap

Danielle Julian Norton's "Ambrosia" is a curving wall formed with 10,000 bars of Neutrogena soap. It reminds me of a soapy Richard Serra installation.

Sports Jersey Blankets

When art and sports meet: Artist Brian Jungen's collection of blankets made from professional sports jerseys.

One Fact a Day

Learn Something Everyday features one interesting fact per day accompanied by a whimsical illustration, like the one above about Mickey and Minnie Mouse that was published on Monday, January 11.

Emoticon Short Film

Man Blowing a Bubble. You can just play this on a loop at a party and people will be mesmerized.

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Tentacle Chandelier

I can't seem to find too much information about the chandeliers in this (beautifully photographed) picture, but I'm wondering if they are by artist Adam Wallacavage who creates various plaster cast octopus shaped chandeliers.

Reece Terris, American Standard

Evoking DuChamp's "Fountain," Reece Terris's installation "American Standard" is composed of 15 functional urinals.

Transforming the facility into a public indoor fountain, water overflowed from the uppermost urinal and splashed its way down through the formation creating a deluge of water flooding the sunken floor. Visitors enter the space via tiled stepping stones, providing access directly to the sink and preexisting toilet, leaving the facility fully functional and open to both sexes.

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Bicycle Seat Bench

Sebastian Errazuriz's bench concept for the cycling enthusiast.

Fiona Banner's Typerwriter

Fiona Banner's reconstructed functioning typewriter titled "Mother." This is art and if you don't like it, then imagine me typing out "FU" on it.

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2010 Weather Forecast

Last week I tweeted that wearing socks with sandals needed to be socially acceptable in 2010. I was reminded of that when I read Christoph Niemann's illustrated weather forecast for 2010, especially his prediction for September 9: "Most people back to wearing long pants, with lingering socks and sandals."

Michael Johansson, Pack Daddy's Suitcases

Michael Johansson, Packa Pappas Kappsäck (Pack Daddy's Suitcases):

The title comes from an old Swedish rhyme and refers to the difficulty of repeating the same thing several times. This time, the repetition lies in differently sized suitcases that fit perfectly inside one another, and thus lose their original purpose.

For The Person Who Has Everything

Photographed at Partners & Spade.

Adam Batchelor

Adam Batchelor's trompe l'oeil donuts toying with my real emotions hunger.

Chanel Samurai

Tetsuya Noguchi's Chanel Samurai.

Made from resin, cashew lacquer, cloth and glass, the exquisitely crafted protective suits sport the iconic double-C logo, allowing the wearer to flaunt his superior social status while crushing the enemy on the battlefield.

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