Yong Ho Ji Hybrid   Human Tire Sculptures 1من اصل2

korean artist yong ho ji has expanded his ‘mutant mythos’ series, continuing to create
sculptures with layers of used tire strips bound together by synthetic resins on
supporting frames of steel, wood, or styrofoam. examining genetically modified
organisms
and darwin’s evolutionary theory, this body of work depicts eight stages of
transformation in the tradition of classical sculpture: carnivorous, herbivorous and
omnivorous animals, anthropods, fish, hybrid animals, hybrid humans, and finally
humans, having grown up at the base of a large mountain in korea, ji adopted tires as his
signature material based on a childhood memory of the spare wheel on his family’s
jeep, vital in the rural landscape where his grandmother raised cattle and other
livestock, this early exposure to both domesticated and wild animals informed his
desire to make art about humanity’s responsibility to nature,
AIA Announces 2013 Honor
Awards Recipients
“USA”
The American Institute of Architects has selected the 2013 recipients of the Institute
Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify
excellence in architecture, interior architecture, and urban design. AIA will honor the
28 winners, selected from a pool of more than 700 applicants, at the AIA 2013
National Convention and Design Exposition in Denver. From a sustainable convention
center to an automotive garage turned into hip wine tasting room, here’s a peek at a few
of the amazing award-winning projects
Originally housed in a Paul Cret gallery in an arboretum in Merion, Pennsylvania, the
Barnes Foundation collection has moved to a 93,000-squre-foot building on the
Benjamin Franklin Parkway in downtown Philadelphia. Conceived as “a gallery in a
garden and a garden in a gallery,   “the new building honors the Merion facility and
provides visitors with a personal and contemplative