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紐約是許多藝術家的迦南之地, 但是舊金山西岸溫暖的陽光給了藝術家創作環境. 舊金山當地藝術家 John Zaklikowski到De Young 舉行個人特展Culture and Physics Collide. 他的作品材料都來自於電腦耗材和攝影器材, 也許有人會好奇如何蒐集現在已經越來越少見的主機板和舊式攝影機以及其他原料, 問了Zaklikowski 得到的答案很幽默, 大部份都是從Ebay 和Amazon蒐購的. 隨著創作的多樣化, 他也嘗試將中國傳統羅盤融入進作品裡, 裡面的亞洲文字是Zaklikowski 翻書選擇自己喜歡的字體而描繪出來的, 也可看到身為藝術家血液裡的堅持. 最後看到了ㄧ個樂高床, 全部都是用樂高和報廢零件所拼湊而成的, 滿滿的樂高引起了孩子們的注意, 大家開始創作屬於自己的藝術品. 這也是Zaklikowski 的創作本意, 藝術不應該是曲高和寡, 共鳴不應只來自於喜歡藝術的人, 他的藝術取自於生活, 所分享的也是來自於他生活周遭的妳我他, 還有那些同我們被John Zaklikowski 作品吸引的人 San Francisco based artist, John Zaklikowski has explored the connection between art and science. All his artworks are made of the electronic material, leg's, and circuit board. He always would make a series of artwork that could incorporate some science, art, even junked pieces. He has traveled widely, both in North America, Europe, and Asia. The cultures have been deeply influential to his artistic development. His artworks have been represented in many group exhibitions, and now a number of his large-s...

本以為男生的領結就只能在布料上面做變化, 沒想到紐約藝術家Nicholas Tee Ruiz 用我們平常生活中幾乎隨手可得的材料做成領結, 不管是吉他的撥片, 或是膠卷底片, 還有軟木塞甚至樂高積木通通被Nicholas 拿來巧手創意一番. 在紐約現代美術館工作之餘, 居住在紐約森林小丘區的他想要為時尚男性們設計ㄧ款既有創意又能吸引別人注目的配件. 他的作品也在被放在現代美術館展示, 現在他想要把作品生產讓更多人擁有, 每個領結都是手工製作,如果想要擁用這些富有創意和帶點時尚藝術的領結, 可以密切注意Nicholas Tee Ruiz 的網站！ A creative bow tie hand made from fun, fashion and found material in Forest Hill. Nicholas Tee Ruiz would like to bring the everyday objectives to his artworks, he has blossomed into forwarding thinking and initiative to repurpose everyday material into works of wearable arts. He kept challenging himself to bring his art to folks. The series of artworks were inspired by his colleagues, artist research, technical studies. Now he is working on the collection and start-up the shop. Who wants to wear the bow tie?  Source from:   madeinforesthill.com