Christian Faur

House of Rain, 2007, Hand Cast Encaustic Crayons, 19.5 in x 19.5 in.

Allusions aplenty: craft; drawing; pixels - confounding our media age.

Link via Make.
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Rebecca Warren

The Mechanic (Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian)

Part three-dimensional gestalt-ink-blob-test - then again, which artwork isn't - and part coprophilia-made-acceptable. Fascinating, nonetheless.

See Guardian Art reviews here and here; more images here.
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Emil Alzamora

Ultima Thule, Ceramic, 23" x 23" x 6", 2007

A rare instance where the human form remains provocative through re-invention.

Link via Artist A Day.
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Kenyan Women Photo Project

An update on JR's on going project "Women Are Heroes". See earlier post.

Link via lens culture.
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Roni Horn aka Roni Horn

Things That Happen Again: For Two Rooms, 1986 (Photograph by Christian Sinibaldi)

Seemingly void of emotional content. yet speaking volumes of the contemporary Zeitgeist - formally, intellectually, irreverently.

Go to exhibition review, photos and artist panel discussion.

Link via The Guardian.
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