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Jaime Lakatos’ Charred Sculptures Take Center Stage in “Cinderscapes”

Oakland-based artist Jaime Lakatos' sculptures have risen from the ashes — quite literally. Lakatos imagines a dystopian world not far along on our trajectory of environmental destruction. She burns her hunting trophy-like busts of various animals until their surfaces become blackened and charred. Lakatos created this technique to portray her animals in a "confused state of cross-species evolution" in order to broach the topics of unchecked scientific progress and human expansion. Coming up at Empire 7 Studios in San Jose, Lakatos' solo show "Cinderscape" will debut a new series of sculptures, installations, and paintings on May 8.

Oakland-based artist Jaime Lakatos’ sculptures have risen from the ashes — quite literally. Lakatos imagines a dystopian world not far along on our trajectory of environmental destruction. She burns her hunting trophy-like busts of various animals until their surfaces become blackened and charred. Lakatos created this technique to portray her animals in a “confused state of cross-species evolution” in order to broach the topics of unchecked scientific progress and human expansion. Coming up at Empire Seven Studios in San Jose, Lakatos’ solo show “Cinderscape” will debut a new series of sculptures, installations, and paintings on May 8.

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Jaime Lakatos, sculpture

Kati Heck, painting, sculpture

May 24, 2019

Kati Heck's wild paintings, sculptures, textile work, and photographs are featured in a new show at Tim Van Laere Gallery. "All my friends are wild" takes influence from philosopher Donna Haraway, who often explores concepts at the intersection of science and feminism. The show, running through July 6 in the massive space in Antwerp, collects both small and enormous works. Heck was last featured on HiFructose.com here.

Luke O’Sullivan’s New Explorations of ‘Undiscovered’ Worlds

Luke O'Sullivan, printmaking, sculpture

September 25, 2017

Luke O’Sullivan, a printmaker and sculptor based in Philadelphia, combines media and perspectives to detail fictional environments. In "Rise and Shine,” a new show at Paradigm Gallery, O’Sullivan offers a collection of new work that he says are about exploration and adventure. “I make sculptures that illustrate invented and undiscovered worlds,” the artist tells us.

Chun Kwang Young’s Crater-Like Sculptures Made From Folded Newspapers

Chun Kwang Young, newspaper, sculpture

November 17, 2014

When he was a young artist in the 1970s, Chun Kwang Young left Korea and came to New York with a fantasy of the American dream. He was immediately culture-shocked by the materialistic society he witnessed and struggled to forge a unique voice as an artist. Struck by a bout of inspiration (which he describes at length in his artist statement), he began using newspapers as a sculptural medium. Young folds their pages into triangular prisms, aggregating them into crater-like shapes that evoke the surface of the moon. His style is inspired by Abstract Expressionism. Though his work recalls the free-flowing movement of Jackson Pollock's paintings, his process is far more hands-on and meticulous than splashing paint.

Ingrid Siliakus Constructs Intricate Architecture Out of Paper

architecture, Ingrid Siliakus, sculpture

March 18, 2016

Specializing in the Japanese art form of paper architecture, Amsterdam-based artist Ingrid Siliakus creates incredibly detailed architectural masterpieces from single pieces of paper. In order to achieve a final result with the complexity and beauty that she intends, Siliakus may produce anywhere from 20 to over 30 prototypes: “Paper architecture does not bare haste, it is its enemy,” she says. “One moment of loss of concentration can lead to failure of a piece.”

Jaime Lakatos’ Charred Sculptures Take Center Stage in “Cinderscapes”

Kati Heck Debuts New Paintings, Sculptures in ‘All my friends are wild’

Luke O’Sullivan’s New Explorations of ‘Undiscovered’ Worlds

Chun Kwang Young’s Crater-Like Sculptures Made From Folded Newspapers

Ingrid Siliakus Constructs Intricate Architecture Out of Paper

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