El Anatsui

His wood pieces are rearrangeable, allowing the artwork to be reconstructed particular to space and time, even in a two-dimensional sense.

Plus...dense, rich, draped beauty.

A good article here.

And More Elegance!

This one I missed, but heard about from a friend.

An installation of a downpour, and floor of weight-sensitive grating, so that wherever you step the ground sends a signal to the sky to take a break from breaking--right over your head.  Very interesting Biblical undertones to this idea, plus juxtapositions of control and manipulation, natural and mechanized.  Inevitable, somehow.

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1380

A Lot in a Little--Photo Installations in Studio

Here's some installation art that (some more than others) conveys a simple, elegant solution to her idea and space.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/lee-jeeyoung-stage-of-mind-room

Us, the Earth, and Things

Two recent reads.

Words are from the second--though they'd fit pretty well in either.

"I'm learning to embrace the idea of gardens that need us not to toil against weeds and bugs but rather as a part of the ecosystem, to hold the rudder and help steer nature in a direction of delightful abundance and elegant complexity." 181

"The yield of a system is theoretically unlimited.  The only limit on the number of uses of a resource possible within a system is in the limit of the information and the imagination of the designer." 202

And lastly, a lovely manifesto-of-sorts:

"We have a simple, creative life, full of family and friends, laughter and love, connected to the land and supported by meaningful work, with the time to appreciate it and experience it fully." 163

Words to live by.