![]() Understanding absorption, reflection, and illumination has grounded his practice and is a skill he’s developed for decades. This focus on the material determines much of the artist’s work-his studio is conveniently located in Pietrasanta near caves filled with the precious stones he utilizes-in addition to the way green onyx or black marble, for example, interacts with light. Contrasting smooth segments with the rough texture of unpolished stone, Pelletti evokes art history and ancient sculpture traditions through the lens of flaw and fallibility. Pink marble sliced to reveal the stone’s pillowy, crystalline insides bisects the artist’s interpretation of Venus de Medici, while in “Blue Venus,” marbled sodalite and Mexican white onyx are spliced together into a fully formed bust. Italian artist Massimiliano Pelletti ( previously) gravitates toward imperfection, and his practice revolves around transforming presumed defects like impurities, cracks, or chips into elegantly carved figures. Photo by Nicola Gnesi, courtesy of Massimiliano Pelletti (via It’s Nice That)ĭetail of “Venus de Medici” (2020), pink onyx, 67 x 34 x 45 centimeters. Otherwise, head to the artist’s site and Instagram for more of his squished botanicals. If you’re in Norwich, you can see Tread Softly through October 8 at Moosey Art. ![]() ![]() The human relationship to flowers is a complex one in the way they symbolise love and loss simultaneously. For example, we give dying flowers to each other both in celebration and in grief. These works are at once a celebration and a critique. When I think about the past time of ‘pressing flowers,’ I think about how when we crush a flower to preserve its beauty, we essentially destroy it to preserve it. All of Hamlyn’s squished fabric specimens, for example, are depicted at their prime while being suffocated under a polyurethane coating and plastic panel. This sinister undertone pervades the body of work, which broadly addresses the precarious boundary between life and death. On view as part of his solo show Tread Softly, Hamlyn’s most recent pieces include yellow daffodils, nightshades, and a pink flowering cactus that, although alluring for their blossoms, are extremely harmful if touched or ingested in real life. Polarities of the organic and synthetic, comfort and danger, and preservation and destruction emerge from his sculptures, which are comprised of playful, stylized interpretations of natural life pressed under sheets of acrylic. The botanical works of West London-based artist Ant Hamlyn are studies of dichotomies and paradoxes. All images courtesy of Moosey Art Norwich, shared with permission Pre-order a copy from Bookshop, pick up a print, and find more of Spencer’s work on Instagram. Poetry in the Sky contains several photos of the prismatic birds-many of which we’ve featured previously on Colossal-in addition to dozens of additional images of avian life. The opalescent phenomenon is caused by diffraction and transforms their limbs into tiny, ephemeral rainbows. #Lama pictures full#Taken when the creatures are mid-flight and beating their wings at incredible speeds, Spencer’s striking photos capture sunlight as it filters through their feathers, emitting a full spectrum of color. ![]() Slated for release next month, the volume gathers approximately two decades’ worth birds Spencer encountered during visits to the Brazilian Amazon, including macaws, emus, and the species he’s perhaps most notable for documenting: the hummingbird. Poetry in the Sky is a fitting title for a book of the elegant images of Australian photographer Christian Spencer. “Opal Wings.” All images © Christian Spencer, shared with permission ![]()
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