Water and sound into art – Finnbogi Pétursson

Finnbogi Pétursson, Reset (2011)

My favourite kind of art is that which makes us think about the natural environment and the elements; works that combine art and life. Finnbogi Pétursson- from Iceland – does just that.

Art that gives you wings – Heather and Ivan Morison

Heather and Ivan Morison, Little Shining Man (2011)

Where sculpture meets design; Heather and Ivan Morison created this cube structure that flies just like a kite.

Crammed spaces – Marjan Teeuwen

Dutch artist Marjan Teeuwen makes an art out of what might first look like hoarding.

Klunk Garden – Gelitin

Klunk Garden - the product of Austrian art collective Gelitin – is a more unusual take on the traditional Zen rock garden.

Ceilings are in, walls and floors are out – Jim Isermann

American artist Jim Isermann is currently exhibiting at the Mary Boone gallery in New York (through 17 December).

The invisible man – Lui Bolin

Lui Bolin is an artist with the ability to make himself disappear. Well, almost.

Walking in the rain – Luzinterruptus

The anonymous artist group Luzinterruptus carry out urban interventions in public spaces, very du jour of them.

DIY art with a difference – Kees Goudzwaard

Overleaf (2004), oil on canvas

Artist Kees Goudzwaard, from The Netherlands, makes oil paintings with a hand-crafted, collaged look.

The Eyes of the Skin – Susie MacMurray

Animus (2011), air compressor hose, wax, steel bracket

Exploring the dichotomy between life and death, calm and chaos, and seduction and repulsion, Manchester-based artist Susie MacMurray’s sculptures and installations are currently on show in her first solo show at London’s Agnew’s Gallery (The Eyes of the Skin, through 4 December).

Oedipus – Ján Mančuška

So, on a recent trip to the Centre Pompidou I came across this text-based sculpture by Slovakian artist Ján Mančuška, entitled Oedipus (2006).