An art experiment – Berndnaut Smilde’s Indoor Clouds
BERNDNAUT SMILDE – Nimbus II, 2012 This indoor cloud experiment was created by the 34-year-old Dutch artist Smilde in the Hotel MariaKapel, a 15th century chapel presentation space just north of Amsterdam. Combining art and science, this piece blurs the boundaries between sculpture, photography and installation. Smilde created this indoor cloud effect by...
Boom and bust – the Explosion projects of Cai Guo-Qiang
Cai Guo-Qiang staged his most recent explosion installation, ‘Mystery Circle’ in Los Angeles at the beginning of the month, to open his exhibition ‘Sky Ladder’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition displays the artist’s continuing fascination with the invisible forces of nature, and his own personal view of the universe. MOCA director Jeffrey...
