Art Progenitor

New Ceramic Coral Reefs by Courtney Mattison Draw Attention to Earth’s Changing Oceans

In love with this embroidery piece-Japanese ‘Kintsugi’ Technique to Repair Broken Vases with Embroidery I don’t know the artists name but I will search for it.

Embroidery referencing Anatomie normale du corps humain: atlas iconographique de XVI planches by Sigismond Laskowski.

Dhananjay Singh, In absence-3 (2011)

Opens Jan 5, 3-5p: “The Origin of Nymphs”  Jeff Muhs Lyons Wier Gallery, 542 W24th St., NYC NY-based artist Jeff Muhs builds upon his ongoing series of paintings, “Another History.” The artist cites that through his constant study of art history, he became very interested in certain iconic images that have sustained their compositional and communicative prominence throughout the ages.  In particular, the intangible characteristics that enable some works of art to transcend generations and time and become a part of our current collective culture and art historical lexicon. - thru Feb 9

Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Gary Farlow can make art out of arteries. He and his team of 10 at Farlow’s Scientific Glassblowing are able to transform the body’s vasculature—and nearly all of its other parts—into an ornate borosilicate glass sculpture, from the heart’s ventricles to the brain’s circle of Willis. “We do almost every part of the body,” Farlow says. “It can take a pretty artistic mind to make some of these things.” With the help of cardiologists, the team creates custom see-through systems for science and medical training. Their anatomically correct models can be designed to simulate blood flow, teach placement of catheters and angioplasty devices, or simply test or demo new surgical gizmos. Individual arteries, veins, and capillaries are shaped and fused together, one at a time. Ground-glass joints are added at the exposed ends so a head, say, can be connected to the carotid arteries should customers want to expand their model. A full-body setup could cost $25,000, so don’t get any bright ideas about using one as a brandy decanter.