Sculpture: Mantis Viartix Tempori

"Mantis Viartix Tempori" by Yves Szywala

Photographed by Julien Chantôme

Sculpture: Scorpius Unlocked

“Scorpius Unlocked” by Lance Oscarson

Quick Pic: Coachella Valley Arts Festival

Photographed by Luis Sinco

Source: The Los Angeles Times

"Sunset dapples the Empire Polo Grounds on the third day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif."

Sculpture: Poe Returning to Boston

"Poe Returning to Boston" by Stefanie Rocknak
Source: TheArtery

After a lengthy review process, professional sculptor Stefanie Rocknak has been chosen from 266 artist who submitted proposals for the Edgar Allan Poe Square Public Art Project to create a life-sized bronze sculpture honoring Edgar Allan Poe.  These photos represent the final design of the clay sculpture, which will be unveiled on October 4, 2014, three days before the 165th anniversary of Poe’s untimely death.  It will be installed in "Edgar Allan Poe Square" at the corner of Boylston Street and Charles Street South, just two blocks north of the writer’s actual birthplace.

Sculpture: Boundary Conditions

"Boundary Conditions" by Soo Sunny Park
[Previously: Unwoven Light]

Photographed by Nick Artymiak

The New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut has unveiled a light-responsive site-specific installation by Soo Sunny Park composed of Plexiglas woven through interlocking, stainless steel grids that casts refracted light onto the dark gray walls of the museum's staircase walls.  According to the museum's press release, "The installation blurs the line between painting with pigment and painting with light. Depending on the season and time of day, the installation changes from refulgent and prismatic to subdued and shimmering."

Event: Art Wars Dubai

  

"Art Wars Dubai" curated by Mo Abedin

Photographs by Vin Miranda (top) and Ravindranath K of  The National (bottom)

"Art Wars Dubai" debuted in the Bloomingdales Atrium of The Dubai Mall on March 20th.  The exhibit features twenty customized StormTrooper helmets contributed by various artists from the United Arab Emirates.  This event is supported by the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority and The Toy Store. The exhibit will be on display until March 30th, after which it will be moved to the Middle East Film and Comic Con (April 3rd to the 5th) at The Dubai World Trade Centre, where they will be sold via auction. You really need to check out the MEFCC Facebook page to see what they have in store.

Sculpture: The Old Ticker

"The Old Ticker" Sand Sculpture by Rusty Croft

Sculpture: Angry Birds in Sand

Angry Birds Sand Sculpture by Czech sand artist Jakub Zimacek

Jakub Zimacek created this tribute to everyone's favorite mobile game for the Sandstorm Events "Storyland" show at the Frankston Waterfront in Victoria, Australia.  The event welcomed teams of sculptors from around the world to bring their favorite story book characters to life.  The event is particularly impressive in light of the fact that it required a total of 3,500 tons of sand for all of the entries.

In addition to these Angry Birds (which are characters from a recent Penguin novelization of the game), there were sculptures for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlotte's Web and Where the Wild Things Are.

Sculpture: Creepy Aquatic Ceramics

Creepy Aquatic Ceramics by Mitchell Grafton of Grafton Pottery

Based out of Panama City, Florida, Grafton specializes in "Face Jugs" and other trippy ceramics.  Mitchell Grafton creates whimsical pottery featuring grotesque and fantastical creatures like something out of a Tim Burton cartoon.

Sculpture: Pierre Matter's Steampunk

Steampunk Sculptures by Pierre Matter

French sculptor Pierre Matter creates large-scale sculptures that melds organic subjects, human and animal, with steampunk-flavored mechanical components. The artist was born in Munster, France, where from an early age he was introduced to machines through his father’s jobs. He works mostly with bronze, however he also uses recycled and scrap materials, to build his hybrid sculptures. His imaginative artwork is a continuation of an ongoing dialogue concerning human existence and changes brought about by advances in technology and the sciences.

"The way I blend cogs, pistons, integrated circuits and other accessories of the industrial world into beings, bodies or faces, my sculptures, directly follows from the way human life has evolved in recent times. Of course, we are only at the beginning of an era where the use of machines or micromachines embedded within living beings may well become widespread, but it is already the case that modern life is completely unthinkable without technology."

Sculpture: Pierre Matter's Steampunk

Steampunk Sculptures by Pierre Matter

French sculptor Pierre Matter creates large-scale sculptures that melds organic subjects, human and animal, with steampunk-flavored mechanical components. The artist was born in Munster, France, where from an early age he was introduced to machines through his father’s jobs. He works mostly with bronze, however he also uses recycled and scrap materials, to build his hybrid sculptures. His imaginative artwork is a continuation of an ongoing dialogue concerning human existence and changes brought about by advances in technology and the sciences.

"The way I blend cogs, pistons, integrated circuits and other accessories of the industrial world into beings, bodies or faces, my sculptures, directly follows from the way human life has evolved in recent times. Of course, we are only at the beginning of an era where the use of machines or micromachines embedded within living beings may well become widespread, but it is already the case that modern life is completely unthinkable without technology."

Sculpture: Steampunk Doctor Who

"Steampunk Doctor Who" by EmmaJ

Steampunk Dalek and TARDIS sculptures.

Sculpture: T-Rex Metalwork

T-Rex Metalwork by John Lopez

Photos by Chad Coppess and John P. Alexander

Sculpture: Sugar Metropolis

"Sugar Metropolis" by Brendan Jamison and Mark Revels

Prints available for purchase from Etsy. Society6. US$

What would you do with 500,000 sugar cubes? Well, Irish artist Brendan Jamison and his collaborators Mark Revels, Mary McCaffrey, Lydia Holmes, and David Turner built a Sugar Metropolis at the Ulster Museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  Visitors were even invited to participate in the miniature city's construction as part of the exhibition.

Now, with the help of No Longer Empty, they’re bringing their project to Harlem's Sugar Hill district. The new exhibit aims to celebrate the power of collaboration, with the goal of igniting the imagination of the neighborhood. Brendan Jamison has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the project.

Quick Pic: Pac-Man Ice Sculpture

Pac-Man Ice Sculpture

Source: Imgur via Reddit

Sighted outside of the Gulu Gulu Cafe in Salem, Massachusetts.

Sculpture: Science-inspired Lighting

Science-inspired Lighting by Rolf Sachs

Sachs creates beautiful lighting fixtures in imitation of chemistry lab equipment.  The results are a beautiful, if perhaps a bit impractical.

Sculpture: Death of the Light Bulb

"Death of the Light Bulb" by Jahnny Rise & Dylan Kehde Roelofs, 2011.

Sculpture: Lucifer

"Lucifer (Morning star)" by Paul Fryer

Anodized aluminum, silicon rubber cord, wax work figure, feathers, concrete.

Via: Empty Kingdom

Sculpture: Pitarque Robots

"Pitarque Robots" by Javier Arcos Pitarque

 Pitarque Robots is a single-serve Tumblr for upcycled robot sculptures.

Some people are obsessed with animals, clothes or collecting boxes. Javier Arcos Pitarque’s obsession are robots. It all started with “Lost in Space”, the adventures of Will Robinson and his robot friend led him to start collecting tin robots. Now he creates robots out of everyday objects, each one a piece of art. Maybe you can help him (but not by recommending him a psychoanalyst) with some piece of old radio you find, everything has a robot inside waiting to come out."

Sculpture: Magma Dragons

"Magma Dragons" by Becca Golins

"Magmax is my most intricate design to date, taking well over 40 hours to complete. That sort of time spent on a dragon tends to leave you a bit attached. But the new baby fund is much more important to build up, so these two are now up for auction on Ebay for anyone interested."