Emily Silver's exhibition 'Superpositions' opens tonight, January 25th at Raid Projects in Los Angeles. On view will be Silver’s whimsical, glittery sculptural vanitas*. *In the arts, a vanita is a type of symbolic work of art especially associated with still life painting in the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th centuries. RAID PROJECTS:  602 Moulton Ave., Los Angeles, California 90031. OPENING 7:00pm

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TW FineArt artists Rebecca Norton & Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe will be showing their work at this fantastic exhibition curated by Christian Haub. If you live in New York City or are planning a visit, be sure to check it out at Terrazzo Art Projects on the Lower East Side.

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An installation artwork by physicst Dr Andrew Melatos and visual artist Briony Barr, called ‘Drawing on Complexity: Experiment 4’, has been unveiled at the inauguration ceremony of Seoul’s $230M National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA). The event was attended by the President of South Korea, Park Geun-hue. The artwork was one of four commissioned for the Aleph Project, a four-month exhibition at the MMCA inspired by the ideas of the writer Jorge Luis Borges. It explored the themes of complexity and emergence in an art-science context. Dr Melatos, from the School of Physics, said exploring the deep connections between art and science through the creation of an artwork, in partnership with an established artist like Briony Barr, had been a wonderful experience. "To be invited to contribute an artwork to the opening of Seoul's premier contemporary art museum was a real honour, not to mention a lot of fun for someone who plays with mathematical equations for a living,” Dr Melatos said. "The enthusiastic response Briony and I received from the Seoul public when lecturing about art and complex systems in the museum's educational program replicated the sort of excitement we have encountered in Australia over the last two years, for example during activities with primary school kids at the civic studio ArtPlay. 'Drawing on Complexity: Experiment 4’ is an expanded drawing constructed from three kilometres of coloured electrical tape by a team of 25 local volunteers, or agents, enacting the rules of a cellular automaton on a 10 metre by 10 metre grid. Each agent is assigned a two-component genetic code; when agents meet at a point in the drawing, their interaction and hence the tape marks that they make are determined by the combination of their genetic codes, leading to the emergence of scale-invariant forms. The drawing and video are on public display at the MMCA until 16 March, when the artwork will be "undrawn" - and the process recorded - by the same group of volunteers. It will also feature in the MMCA's educational program. A time-lapse video of the artwork's creation: http://vimeo.com/brionybarr (see Experiment 4). (University News, Melbourne University)    

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Since 1997, the IMA have presented Fresh Cut, an annual exhibition showcasing their pick of emerging local artists. The show is limited to artists born or living in Queensland, who are up to six years out of art school, who have not shown at the IMA before. This year, the four artists have been selected by IMA Director Robert Leonard and artist and QUT lecturer Grant Stevens. They are Joseph Breikers, Caitlin Franzmann, Anita Holtsclaw, and Ruth McConchie. Each will receive $5k to help them realise their work for the show, courtesy of a Creative Sparks grant from Brisbane City Council and Arts Queensland. This year, the show will come in two instalments. First up, Breikers and Franzmann. Breikers nags at cultural conventions. His project explores the humble, and humbling, composting pit toilet. His multi-storey long drop takes inspiration from François Rabelais, Jorge Luis Borges, death-metal, and toilet humour. Meanwhile, Franzmann wants us to slow-down and reflect. She has made sound pieces that you don helmets to hear. The pieces will inform and alter listeners' perceptions of the gallery space. [image: Caitlin Franzmann and Courtney Coombs]

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Created by 12th grader Sabrina Brady of Sparta, Wisc., "Coming Home" faced great competition in being crowned the 2013 U.S. Doodle 4 Google national winner. Google received more than 130,000 submissions for the contest, which garnered millions of votes. But in the end, Sabrina's drawing clearly moved the voters. "Sabrina's doodle stood out in the crowd," Google said in its official blog on Wednesday. "It tells the story of her reunion with her father as he returned from an 18 month deployment in Iraq. Her creative use of the Google letters to illustrate this heartfelt moment clearly resonated with voters across the country and all of us at Google." Beyond seeing her doodle appear on Google's home page, Sabrina will receive a $30,000 college scholarship, a Chromebook computer, and a $50,000 technology grant for her school. She's headed to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design this fall, where Google says "she will continue her artistic pursuits." Google also singled out four national finalists, each of whom will be given a $5,000 college scholarship. All 50 state winners will be treated to an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan where their artwork will be on display until July 14.

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