Author Archives: Niall Murphy
Oakland sculptor Scott Hove’s inedible (not that you’re tempted) sculptural cakes, complete with teeth, maws and fetishistic spikes. Sez he:
This body of work is a result of self-education, a lifelong interest in artificial food and objects, and an obsession with the relationship between the beautiful and the brutal. All beautiful things are equipped with a defense mechanism, to protect against the predations of those who seek to possess. The mechanizations of the predator also have a terrifying elegance. The two working together tell a very old story, and are the basis of many archetypes.
View Hove’s entire Cakeland Series here.
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The Medieval hell of Dante’s Inferno brilliantly recreated by Romanian artist Mihai Marius Mihu (for the 2011 MocOlympics) in the medium best suited to such weighty concepts.
From top: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud and Treachery.
With the Electric DeLorean not due out until 2013, DMC has approved an appetite-whetter in the sleek and shiny form of the DeLorean Bicycle:
Italian-made Columbus XCR tube frame — in stainless steel, of course — as well as a belt drive transmission, an 11-speed internally-geared hub, front and rear hydraulic disc brakes, a luminescent coating on the wheels, an Italian-made gel saddle, and a full carbon fork.
The price? $5,500.
