Bloom Rooms 🌸

Afrofuturistic architecture, rotund rattan, and a banquet of blossoms. [View email in browser](=.0MjEeJVtcQRu-4-spFr3pP6hsAzZa12-SepP_PsGGl0) [The best of the week in art & visual culture](=.yC2sc55wTvH78T_dBRXSiY3Li8N0d4mnG2h5A43uz-4) Hello, friends— Colossal is now on [Mastodon](=.TqDJarrJ2boR1-bQxX51vcfUkK_lNj9o3rSUwooYdlE)! We’ve joined this growing social network as an alternative to Twitter, where we’ll remain for at least a while longer, but we hope you’ll join us on this new platform, too. We like Mastodon because it has a lot of features we’re familiar with on Twitter, but unlike the privately-owned platform, it is open-source and ad-free. You can find us at [mastodon.art/@colossal](=.kCYGf859ujlZ7p93VlaNj73g7wbl2RcIFG6Rl8QhgU4). We hope to see you there! More Than 500,000 Black LEGO Structure Ekow Nimako’s Vast Afrofuturistic Cityscapes [Two images of black, architectural LEGO sculptures.](=.KTcLy8QKBoS9xTkTxeWwDSt7-2ycizf1Ekk6uZvO3U8) Through vast environments constructed with hundreds of thousands of black LEGO, Ghanaian-Canadian artist [Ekow Nimako](=.F7jtrDB_4kvpudkjh71pZgPL-dupvSzT4NMLwpsX6ag) envisions an Afrofuturistic landscape brimming with strength, power, and liberation. [See more](=.EBocn7eCI8J-97nZ25WIdr_NfuAxuPL5mldeRyYunmA) Become a Colossal Member Today and Ensure Art Stays Accessible for Everyone! [An animated image of a person drawing foliage](=.eTF5mxrRbnX686Am6BS8_EiEKQJfhZuvZUGHP_SxF20) As a [Colossal Member](=.cs_B2Bbcb_oPrIByE0h1piOrZbZ1NgWi768-zCPn1KA), you ensure that we’re able to keep sharing the stories and newsletters like this one that you enjoy each day. For as little as $5/month, you'll experience Colossal ad-free—including in emails like this—and be a part of a growing community of art lovers. You'll also get special discounts and early access to Colossal events and special releases. And you can always make a one-time donation via [PayPal](=.dkmDy6eWGHewlts8WSEAtKVbNc1yFvVWHwkahfqs_2g). 💞 [Join today!](=.mgkzkDQ5EC89aT1CmIlXsCbh3mIpe9mwarOHz_jDbNo) Dried Flowers Are Arranged into Passageways and Processions in Installations by Rebecca Louise Law [Two images of installations made from hundreds of strands of dried flowers suspended from the ceiling.](=.2h_GdaL7ANAWcrdpw8IDlXnYq9kwbsI-mRkO089avUc) For millennia, dried flowers have been prepared for a vast array of uses ranging from decoration and fragrance to pigments and medicine. British artist [Rebecca Louise Law](=.QApAzARfVhZcnSyesbEL7lG0JMDavrjvkR5ImSnty3g) taps into our perennial fascination with florals for her monumental, immersive installations. [See more](=.6wZHEkqBz_Y41-kANxEFbn80CtF0rqXbEtfJB51oc9M) Designed for Leisure, Sarah Ross’ ‘Archisuits’ Question the Inhospitable Environments of American Cities [A photograph of a snake in some foliage](=.GlJvB5t8us7wq5AVXIWqrz06txTcWr5bfdzSjqu_JbA) Public spaces available to pedestrians generally aren’t constructed with comfort in mind, an issue Chicago-based artist [Sarah Ross](=.Kq2u43Snyuff1xJ4KGFMp2-VfbVqbXiNLcwk-d6FNpU) sought to remedy back in 2005 with the satirical Archisuits. Nearly twenty years later, the project has gained new urgency as the climate crisis requires an overhaul in how we collectively conceive of public areas. [See more](=.ZJHmJ82S50wsrWXRX6DUPm3bFx1TgyHsOdMfHROV17Q) Diverse Ecosystems Merge in Hyperrealistic Paintings of Flora and Fauna by Lisa Ericson [A hyperrealistic acrylic painting of a deer standing in water atop a rock covered in coral.](=.ADqurR1X7fM0szPw6P3ICVceYViMZ0G8uuTH914s-2o) Ecosystems intermingle and mammals find themselves immersed in an increasingly watery world in [Lisa Ericson](=._M3T-6Y-vyvOe5donYlvVr9kMNtk99rX6O18gCjiLHA)’s hyperrealistic acrylic paintings. [See more](=.USZ08aRYNU0vNcc35ShBToqTWWmzl6g0UWi6DOVFwUY) Undulating Volumes of Rattan Wind Through the Interior of a Chiang Mai Gallery [The interior of a room and lighting feature constructed from rattan.](=.uejEYPBqZZjqvkz_kF8VZcAv1gOPZ5pa5uKHw6P9gb8) Architecture firm [Enter Projects Asia](=.g63ejhJv3OrkIPv-0QzphUgfqqS_UVlG0CpLYkpsWco) has transformed an art gallery in Chiang Mai, Thailand, by weaving a continuous, undulating form throughout the space. Winding from room to room, the rattan structure provides lighting along the ceiling and drops to the floor to create three pods. [See more](=.tnxqL6KQmHsebP1ELVtXsO3Rj3P3NlILLjawbAwS7ac) Photographer Levon Biss Illuminates the Strange, Otherworldly Chrysalises of Butterfly Pupae [A photograph of various butterfly pupae.](=.d-nP7tuJKS0tE5McXgMo8EHjeGsFQlFckE4lEnMwXuY) A photographer known for using the macro to investigate the micro, [Levon Biss](=.Q2oToQ3jVCb0WnpmQj_ycfDcFFN4xkKlMa8jB8t4vAs) continues his explorations into the vast world of entomology in his recent butterfly pupae series. 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