Tim Hawkinson at Blum & Poe

I love T. Hawkinson. He makes the world feel like a huge playground that he is really curious about.

Take a closer look at what this bike is made of...

Lots of spinning pieces in this one.

A mummified hand? Actually it's made from apple cores, banana peels and a gold twistie tie.

This show is at Blum & Poe until June 26th.

Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth

Nick Cave (not the musician) made these sculptural "soundsuits" out of found objects and lots of crafty materials. He calls them soundsuits because when worn, they create sound or at least invoke a sense of sound. Each area of the exhibit also came with a soundtrack with ambient sounds which you were meant to listen to. The best part of the night came at the end when the museum supplied everyone with stuff to decorate our own t-shirts or socks to resemble soundsuits! I just made a pom pom necklace and bracelet. : )

Fuzzy soundsuits.

A detail from a noise-maker soundsuit.

A potholder soundsuit.

A grizzly bear made from old J. Crew sweaters.

ART BASEL: Miami 2006

Here's a selection of artwork from December 2006 at the art fairs in Miami.

(sorry- if a photo has no caption, I don't remember the artist)

This is the Miami Convention Center- looks like an art factory doesnt it?

Marcel Dzama

Rex Ray wallpaper

This was a lady who I saw twice this weekend. She sort of did this guerilla performance piece where she blew up a huge balloon...but then I got bored and walked away.

But then I saw her again the next day somewhere else. She had blown up the balloon and had gotten her whole body inside it! Something like back into the womb I guess?

Then she popped herself out of it and everyone clapped. Yay.

Damien Hirst

Takashi Murakami

Kehinde Wiley

Jacob Hashimoto

Lynn Aldrich

Lynn Aldrich uses materials you can find at the hardware store or the 99 cent store to create really beautiful surprising art pieces. They just make you smile...

serpentine rain collector... where does the water go?

colorful string strung from floor to ceiling

what is this blue ethereal thing?

oh- it's a lamp shade!

a colorful three-dimensional painting

made of garden hoses

downspouts that remind me of a pipe organ

a disney tide pool

made of cleaning products

Lynn Aldrich's work is up at the Biola University art gallery until April 1st.

MOCA's First Thirty Years: 1980 to NOW

This is a large sketch of auditorium seating without the context of the auditorium or theatre.

It takes up a small amount of space on these 4 wide pieces of paper. Can you imagine what would take up the rest of the space?

A detail...

This piece is called 'Big Wheel' by Chris Burden. To get the sculpture moving, a woman got on the motorcycle and revved the motor to about 50mph which then propelled the movement of the 3,200 lb metal wheel. Click here to see video of this performance.

Jeff Koons' "Three Puppies"... so cute.

Collages by Christian Holstad.

Liz Larner's "2 as 3 and Some, Too"