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Design and Innovation

Eye On Design: Soundsuit #2 China Plate By Nick Cave

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Nick Cave is an American artist, educator, and messenger working between the visual and performing arts through a wide range of mediums including sculpture, installation, and performance. Cave is well known for his Soundsuits, sculptural forms based on the scale of his body, initially created in direct response to the LA police beating of Rodney King in 1991. Soundsuits camouflage the body, masking and creating a second skin that conceals race, gender and class, forcing the viewer to look without judgement. They serve as a visual embodiment of social justice that represents both brutality and empowerment.
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Eye On Design: Mao Zedong Dress By Vivienne Tam

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Vivienne Tam has often explored her Chinese heritage through fashion. Her spring 1995 collection, made with artist Zhang Hongtu, featured satirical images of Mao Zedong, formal chairman of the Communist Party of China.

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Pink Thing of the Day: Pink Rose Made From Ceramic Plates

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David Bielander is an award-winning jewelry designer who translates simple, everyday objects into exceptional pieces of art. Here, he has transformed a set of baby pink ceramic plates and bowls into the petals of a stunning Pink Rose Sculpture, which I spotted  at the 2021 Salon Art + Design!

three plate roses photo by gail worley

Here’s what the full sculpture looks like alongside two similar rose plate sculptures. So gorgeous!

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Photographed in the Booth for Ornamentum Gallery, which is Located in Hudson, NY.

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Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Polka Dot Miniature Tea Set

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I’m just back from an amazing ten-day road trip through Utah, where I spotted this delicate miniature Pink Tea Service in a gift shop on Main Street in Park City. As we move slowly  out of the pandemic’s strict lock down guidelines — particularly as they apply to indoor dining —  I must say that  I’m really looking forward to going to a place like NYC’s Plaza Hotel again to immerse myself in their over-the-top Afternoon Tea experience. Sigh.

pink tea set photo by gail worley

Arts and Culture

Yes, It Exists: Deep Fried Toy Tanks

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Deep Fried Toy Tank
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This deep-fried toy tank is one of seven identical models that make up the artwork entitled Visual Art, Add Oil! March Forward! (1999 – 2005) by Chinese artist Zheng Guogu.

Deep Fried Toy Tanks

Photographed as Part of the Exhibit Art and China After 1989 at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC.