It was the death of Motoi Yamamoto‘s sister that led to his career in salt installations. Motoi had worked in a dockyard for much of his 22 years. But after his sister’s untimely passing at the age of 24 due to brain cancer, he began thinking about what he had and lost, and prolifically producing art work much like a diary.

“Many of my works take the form of labyrinths with complicated patterns, ruined and abandoned staircases or too narrow life-size tunnels, and all these works are made with salt,” he describes in his artist profile. “In Japan, [salt] is indispensable in the death culture… (...) Read More about Motoi Yamamoto’s Salt Installations (123 words)

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The theme of Japaneses artist Nobuhiro Nakanishi work is “the physical that permeates into the art piece.” Laser print mounted with plexiglass acrylic and layered in a way that it all come up as some intriguing sculpture installations. ” In a foggy landscape, we no longer see what we are usually able to see – the distance to (...) Read More about Layer Motives by Nobuhiro Nakanishi (88 words)

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“I’m interested in those very everyday attempts to produce meaning.” say Damián Ortega. He creates amazing suspended , like his Cosmic Thing (2002), a gray Beetle, suspended suspended from the gallery’s ceiling by high-test aircraft cables. Ortega has meticulously disassembled the car, evidently taking the(...) Read More about Suspended Sculptures by Damián Ortega (64 words)

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We wrote about the TEXTile installation of artist Jean Shin two years ago, since then she created some even more conceptual installations, like the ‘Sound Wave‘ above or ‘Chemical’ below. Using everyday objects like broken umbrellas, worn shirts, old leather shoes or outdated eyeglasses, she creates these expansive installations…(...) Read More about Jean Shin latest Installation Work (48 words)

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Swedish artist Michael Johansson likes to play Tetris ! His art can be called Tetrism or Compactism - I love his color research definitive of a perfect color palette. A part from his sculptures/installations Michael likes to create those pretty amazing “assembly kits” of everyday objects…(...) Read More about Michael Johansson Sculptures (0 words)

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An exceptionally versatile and talented artist hailing from the Philippines is Kiko Escora. Having had numerous exhibits mainly throughout Southeast Asia, he is clearly a jack of all trades in the creative world. From painting, sketching, installations, clothing design/printing, photography to djing, Kiko does not merely dabble in these various mediums of expression but is very much well versed in each alike.(...) Read More about Manila Animal Kiko Escora (1 words)

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