Charles McGee is an African-American artist living in Detroit, Michigan. He was born in Clemson, South Carolina in the year 1924. When he was ten years old, his family moved to the “Motor City” where he is living and creating to this day. (more…)
Microsculpture’s Printed On Dibond Captures Beautiful Tiny Insects
Photographer, Levon Biss, makes the microscopic world visible to the unaided eye. His exhibit, Microsculpture, is a macro photography project that captures insects in all their detailed-glory on large-scale printed Dibond aluminum composite. What started out as a side project in his home, featuring bugs caught by his son, grew into a dream project worthy of entomologists from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. (more…)
Artist Uses Dibond In Unusual Ways For Abstract Glitch Art Installation
British artist, Justin Hibbs, transforms influences from the modern, digital world into abstract art using Dibond. His collection, once held at the London gallery Carroll/Fletcher, included sculptures, paintings and site-specific installations. Expanding on the modern world, Hibbs experiments with technological glitches we face everyday and gives them architectural forms. (more…)
Artist Transforms Student Creations Into Community Murals Using Dibond
David Fichter, a muralist, transforms student artwork into colorful collages and often uses Dibond aluminum composite material in the process. Three projects stand out near the artist’s hometown of Cambridge, Massachusetts in which Fichther worked with young artists to create the fantastical community murals. (more…)
Contemporary Artist Creates Abstract Tree Paintings On Dibond Aluminum Composite
‘Alarming’ … a detail from Untitled (Baum 44), 2015, by Albert Oehlen. Photograph: Stefan Rohner/Courtesy Gagosian Gallery
Recently, Sean O'Hagan at The Guardian interviewed Albert Oehlen about his Gagosian Gallery exhibition in Mayfair. O'Hagan’s interview explores the artist’s skeletal tree paintings, but also is an examination of the artist himself. Oehlen’s interpretations of trees, being abstract and minimalistic in nature, are painted on the artists’ substrate of choice, Dibond aluminum composite. (more…)
Artist Helps Elementary School Students Create Floor To Ceiling Mural On Healthy Living In Their City
Muralist, David Fichter of Cambridge, Massachusetts, recently worked with a local elementary school to assist in the design and construction of a large mural showcasing healthy living in the town of Danvers. As part of a grant, from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the John Thomas Schroeder Foundation, Fichter oversaw the project and assisted the students in their endeavor, which was sponsored by the DanversCares community Coalition. (more…)
UK Artist Creates Captivating Exhibition Using Several Different Substrates
Genesis Imaging, in London, recently completed a large-scale exhibition project for artist Gayle Chong Kwan’s ‘Anthropo-scene.’ The project utilized several different substrates, in large and small format, to include, “…Direct to Media UV prints on Dibond, marine plywood and glass, Lambda C-type prints, Giclee Fine Art prints and Bespoke framing for the multilayer installation that explores the built environment, strata and waste, in relation to the City of London,” according to experts at Genesis. (more…)
Photographer Examines Life In 14 Different African Cities For Exhibition
Lard Buurman, trained Dutch photographer, travels the world examining the every day life of human beings. Starting his photographic exploration in Europe, he traveled to China to examine urbanization in the second and third world. Interestingly, that’s what brought the artist to Africa where his “Africa Junctions—Capturing the City” photography series was created. (more…)
Artist Wallpapers 3D Rooms In Famous Artworks
The series, “Brand New Paint Job” by Canadian artist Jon Rafmann, utilizes Google 3D Warehouse models as templates for his artist renderings of famous works. He, in essence, “wallpapers” these rooms with art exposing the idea of what if a canvas hadn’t been the artists’ preferred substrate, but interior design instead. (more…)
GRAFT Architects Use Silver Mirror Dibond For Hurricane Katrina Exhibit In Berlin
The Distinct Ambiguity exhibition in Berlin’s “Haus am Waldsee” made its rounds at the AIT ArchitekturSalons in Munich, Cologne and Rotterdam. The exhibit, designed by GRAFT architects, featured a three-dimensional mirrored Dibond installation. (more…)