Colossal

Founded in 2010, Colossal is a blog recognized by the Webby Awards that delves into the realms of art and visual culture. In 2013, it received the Utne Media Award for its outstanding Arts Coverage. Each week, readers can enjoy 15-25 articles covering topics such as photography, design, animation, painting, installation art, architecture, drawing, and street art. Colossal also highlights the fascinating connections between art and science, as well as the wonders of the natural world. While it often features unconventional topics, Colossal ultimately serves as a testament to the many talented individuals who continue to create amazing work by hand in our digital era.

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Lucy Davidson's Stop-Motion Animation 'Baggage' Travels Through an 'Insecurity Inspection'

1 week ago | thisiscolossal.com | Kate Mothes

For those of us who have regularly traveled through airports, the process of checking in—and checking bags—always seems undergirded by latent anxiety. What if a suitcase gets routed onto the wrong plane or never arrives? What if it falls open or gets searched? For filmmaker Lucy Davidson, it’s not so much about the luggage as it is about what we stuff inside.
Seth Armstrong Sets the Hills of Los Angeles Aglow in Vibrant Oil Paintings

1 week ago | thisiscolossal.com | Kate Mothes

Capturing the magical glow of the golden hour, the rich blue of early evening, and the butter-yellow of morning, Seth Armstrong transports us to Southern California in his ongoing series of oil paintings. Bright bungalows, electrical lines, palm trees, and shrubs dot the foothills that shape Los Angeles, with the San Gabriel Mountains often rising in the background.
African Mythology and Ancestry Merge in Zak Ové's Exuberant Sculptures

1 week ago | thisiscolossal.com | Kate Mothes

Merging themes of interstellar travel and cultural convergences, Zak Ové creates large-scale sculptures and multimedia installations that explore African ancestry, traditions, and history. The British-Trinidadian artist’s practice is deeply rooted in the narratives of the African diaspora, focusing on traditions of masquerade. He delves into its role in performance and ceremony, as well as masks as potent instruments for self-emancipation and cultural resistance.
Sculptural Embroideries on Wood by Nosheen Iqbal Translate Architectural Motifs into Thread

1 week ago | thisiscolossal.com | Grace Ebert

Semicircles notched into smooth wooden panel structure Nosheen Iqbal‘s floral embroideries. Laying colorful lines with impeccable precision, the Dallas-based artist (previously) creates vivid arabesques and geometric motifs that resemble those of her Pakistani and Islamic heritage. Iqbal is interested in the interplay of light and shadow, which tends to be most prominent in the sunless sides of the three-dimensional forms.
In Immersive Mixed-Media Tapestries, Lillian Blades Reflects on Pattern and Presence

1 week ago | thisiscolossal.com | Kate Mothes

Reveling in the interplay of light, material, and space, Lillian Blades creates expansive and immersive installations that reflect on how we experience pattern and texture. Through the Veil, now on view at Sarasota Art Museum, marks the artist’s first institutional solo exhibition, bringing together a sweeping array of the Atlanta-based artist’s large-scale works.
'The War of Art' Charts the Catalyzing History of Artists' Protests in the U.S.

1 week ago | thisiscolossal.com | Grace Ebert

In May of 1982, Budapest-born artist Agnes Denes congregated with a small group of volunteers at Lower Manhattan’s Battery Park Landfill. They planted wheat berries onto the plot of land, which, once grown, created a lush field of wispy stalks juxtaposed against the city’s skyline. Visually striking, the ecological artwork was in part a protest against exploitation, greed, and the destruction of people and the environment.
Candy-Colored Sculptures by Poh Sin Studio Ornaments Aquatic Life

1 week ago | thisiscolossal.com | Grace Ebert

In Specimen Garden, Pamela Poh Sin Tan translates the ambiguous ecologies of her large-scale public works into freestanding sculptures. Tan, who works under Poh Sin Studio, frequently fuses principles of art and design, and for this series of coral-inspired forms, she embellishes sand-coated laser-cut steel with small chalcedony stone beads.
Faith XLVII Sews Textiles Made from World Maps and Currency to Explore the 'Veins of the World'

1 week ago | thisiscolossal.com | Kate Mothes

In our ever more globalized society, we have technology to thank for the unprecedented connectivity we enjoy, both in our ability to fly or sail practically anywhere and have face-to-face video chats from halfway around the globe. It’s easy to forget that the turn-by-turn directions we use on our phones or locations we tag on social media are all built upon time-honored analog maps that have been used for centuries. And forget virtual credit cards—remember good old fashioned cash?
Josh Dihle Toys with Reality in His Topographic Paintings Akin to Fever Dreams

1 week ago | thisiscolossal.com | Grace Ebert

“The model railroader is the truest creator: engineer, architect, and master of his own timetable,” reads a statement about Josh Dihle’s feverish exhibition, Basement Arrangement. Armed with hundreds of minuscule objects from coral to LEGO, Dihle concocts dreamlike worlds in which figures become topographies and every cavity houses a surprising detail. Peek inside the cheek of “Moreau/Detrick Reliquary,” and find a wooly mammoth with lustrous stones embedded in its wooden tusks.
'Inside Information' Cutaway Diagrams by Dorothy Dig Into the Makings of Pop Culture Icons

1 week ago | thisiscolossal.com | Kate Mothes

Taking diagrams to a new level, U.K.-based studio collective Dorothy creates prints that celebrate information—charts, maps, alphabets, color wheels, and blueprints. The team has also plunged into the world of cutaway drawings, which are popular for visualizing otherwise opaque, multilayered objects in the manufacturing world.