Aurora Robson, The Fontanel; made from plastic recycled bottles)
Aurora Robson transforms the negative into positive: thoughts, energy, matter. This Brooklyn-based artist defines herself as an eco-activist, rescuing plastic bottles from landfills. She is conscious of the large amounts of plastic bottles used and sent to the trash, as we are mostly unconscious of the hundreds or maybe thousands of years it would take the environment to degrade just one of them. Her source of inspiration for the beautiful shapes she creates are images she had seen in her nightmares as a child. She integrates the two experiences (her unpleasant dreams and the plastic trash that surrounds us) and transfigures both to conceive pleasant sculptures.
The lines and forms with organic flow, in almost chaotic compositions and the effects of color and light are the most important elements in her work. It is amazing to see sculptures that at first glance would never be associated with mundane objects as simple as water bottles.
Polar Magazine is looking for individuals with ideas.We are hungry for ideas about your surroundings, ideas at a local and global scale, ideas about thepast, present and future.
We would love to be the medium you chose to express these ideas, for expressing an idea is not as simple as it sounds.
There are as many problems to solve, as there are people in this world. Solutions, on the other hand, are not so easy to come by. The Universe naturally moves toward chaos, and our individual lives are no exception.
Although chaos comes so easily, it is not hopeless to look forward to a better life. It takes a strong person to follow through on an idea, yet they are the most important resource we have.
We were inspired by the Louisiana oil spill to embark upon the search for the most inventive work surrounding the man-made disaster, the current global energy crisis, and the interactions between man and nature. If you would like to submit your ideas, opinions, visual work, or writing for our next issue, feel free to email us at polar@polarmagazine.net.
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Mimi Kim’s works have sharp tone towards human condition. When she introduced me to her mostly 5 by 4 feet paintings they distressed me. It was long ago since a painter took my breath away as she did. Of course, her work made me think about Francisco de Goya y Lucientes Dark Paintings, which some of them I had the fortune to appreciate in person at El Museo del Prado. Although she is not making a direct reference to his work, nor in technique neither in the message, she takes the same path as him regarding conditions of human existence: struggle, fight, supremacy over the others, vexation. Her work is worth looking at, and needless to say profoundly intriguing.
Every couple of years the world comes together to view one single event. This one event unites people from all walks of life; in bars and restaurants; living rooms and waiting rooms; and of course, sidewalks. In commemoration of this greatest of world events, many artists have produced works of great beauty. One of my favorites is Diem Chau’s crayon works for Nike. The pieces were commissioned for W + K, and were given to a select few lucky recipients.
Robinho, Ronaldo, Cannavaro, Rooney, Drogba, and Ribery
You can check out more of this series, from the artist herself at her blog, or more about Diem Chau at her website.
Polar Magazine would like to give you sneak peak at Holly Overton. We will be featuring her drawings in an upcoming issue, but for now, you will have to settle for some of her photographs. Which is really not settling at all.
