Scene360 had the privilege of attending the first annual Van Isle Tattoo Expo. The Expo, located in the conference centre attached to The Empress hotel in downtown Victoria, sought to bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary art styles, and to do so in a respectful way. Organized by Ryan Bishop and Jordan Pringle of […]
Category: Art Show
Over 120 galleries from 22 countries showed their work at the 2015 LA Art Show, featuring modern, contemporary, historic, and traditional art, as well as works on paper, sculpture, and installations. Each year is more daring, more inventive, and this year was no exception. Top: Hyperrealistic sculpture of Salvador Dali by Kazuhiro Tsuji. Painted books by Mike […]
Note: Contains nudity. Inside the Gulbenkian museum you start off viewing a round meteorite hanging from the ceiling (titled “Teoria“/Theory by Eduardo T. Basualdo). You can almost touch it, but probably decide not to stay under the heavy rock in case it breaks loose over you. The artwork’s label states it is made from aluminum foil, […]
Street artist Vhils has finally gotten the credit he deserves. This is his first major solo show at the Electricity Museum (EDP Foundation) in Lisbon, located near the breathtaking Jeronimos Monastery and Belem Tower. From a cylindrical mural outside the entrance, to a giant Styrofoam anamorphic piece (inside the museum)Â with three faces emerging once you […]
Glasgow visual artist and Turner Prize nominee Jim Lambie is currently in the midst of a retrospective at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh. The first thing that strikes you about Lambie’s work and the exhibition is his striking use of colour. Along the whole of the upstairs gallery space, snaking across the gallery floor is “Zobop” […]
