Michael Rees : Synthetic Cells
de Gary Garrido Schneider, Tom Moran, Edward Shanken, Murat Orozobekov, Edward Winkleman
"The contemporary artist Michael Rees is an acknowledged leader in the field of cutting-edge digital art. This stunning new volume documents a compelling group of Rees's inflatable sculptures that incorporate brilliant structural elements and dramatic colour with dynamic interventions of augmented reality. Commissioned for an exhibition at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey, that will run until January 2021, these objects, which also feature augment works by six other leading contemporary artists, illuminate how digital thinking and its rich visual vocabulary are clearly at the forefront of the future of art. Synthetic Cells features augmented reality artworks by Michael Rees, Claudia Hart, Chris Manzione, Will Pappenheimer, John Craig Freeman, Carla Gannis and Tamiko Thiel"--