Art made from shoelaces by Frederico Uribe

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By Samantha Dalrymple in New Art on Friday 18 May 2012

In our everyday life, we just use our shoe laces to tie our shoes up. Aren’t we suckers? Miami-based artist Frederico Uribe creates conceptual art out of shoe laces, influences by the history and tradition of classical art. Conjuring emotions of pain and guilt, we can never look at shoe laces the same way again.

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Taiyo Kimura

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By Gerry Mak in New Art on Thursday 28 July 2011

It’s refreshing to see a conceptual artist such as Taiyo Kimura that is hilarious, sophomoric, and borderline insane rather than uptight and overly academic.

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