Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
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Animals Made From Lego
Where can you expect to find a life-sized tiger sculpture made entirely out of LEGO blocks? At the Bronx Zoo, of course. Or, at least you could have in 2011 when the LEGO Master Builders designed and built several animals that were installed at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Each animal sculpture was displayed within a natural set to resemble the creature’s natural habitat (or ...
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Aquarium In A Phone Booth
Lighting designer Benoit Deseille and artist Benedetto Bufalino has transformed an unused phone booth in Lyon, France, into a beautiful aquarium in honour of the city’s annual Festival of Light. The artists aimed to transform the forgotten and unused telephone booth into something interesting an beautiful for a change – the exotic coloured fish presented passersby with an invitation to escape and travel, and also consider ...
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Insanely Detailed Origami Insects
Here’s what his pattern looks like… scary eh? Brian Chan is an origami master – obviously, from the photos of his works of folded paper insects above, you’d be hard-pressed to argue. The young artist has been participating in origami competitions and hosting origami seminars alongside origami “legends” for several years. Chan admires the art of origami because of the intricacy involved, especially when it comes ...
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The Modern Ruins Of Detroit City
Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre are photographers from Paris who decided to take a trip to Detriot, USA, to capture the urban decay of the once thriving city that became more or less abandoned in 2005. The artists have a book entitled “The Ruins of Detroit” where they share images of the abandoned buildings they encountered during their stay. The book features chilling images of a ...
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Human Torso And Organs Constructed Out Of Paper
What do you say about a human-scale torso that has been constructed entirely out of white card? We’d say: Bravo! Kudos go out to Australian architect Horst Kiechle for creating this interesting work of art from nothing more than paper product. The sculpture, entitled Paper Torso features geometric organs, including a heat, lungs, intestines and more, that are all removable in order to be studied in ...
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Starwars Goes Samurai
Brooklyn-based artist Steve Bialik is a genius. Ok, maybe not by scientific standards, but surely a pant load of Stars geeks who love classic Japanese illustrations will likely tout him as one. Bailik’s first series of Samurai Star Wars include Star Wars characters remained as JApanese Samurai in typical Japanese block printed scenes. Furry Chewy looks more like a Japanese dragon than a fuzzy space creature, ...
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Actual Palettes Of Famous Painters
VAN GOGH GAUGUIN GUSTAVE MOREAU GEORGES SEURAT DELACROIX DEGAS RENOIR Ever wonder what the palette of history’s most influential painters might look like? Us neither, but we were happy to stumble upon some photographs of what we’re hoping actually ARE the real life wood palettes of masters like Gaugin, Degas and Delacroix. The remnants of pigment blobs on each palette can give present-day researchers a lot ...
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Sculptures Made From Heavy Chains
Korean artist Seo Young Deok has created a series of nudge sculptures constructed entirely out of lengths of chain. The artist uses medium-gauge household chains and bicycle chainrs to create incredibly beautiful and realistic human forms. The reflection of the chain material is evocative of the traditional sculptural medium of bronze, and yet the chain provides the sculptures with such a distinct and tactile texture that ...
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Very, Very Strange Shoe Sculptures
Foot Crazy Series of Shoe Sculptures by Artist Gwen Murphy. She creates faces from dirty old boots. At first glance this unique artwork might look identical to normal shoes, however each one is cleverly designed to breathe new life into them. Since 2005 she has buckled down focussing on her true love…shoes, and they sell for more than $1,000. Gwen, from Boston Massachusetts, USA, revealed her ...
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Korean Building Covered With 1000 Doors
Doors was an enormous 10-story public art installation made from 1,000 reused doors by South Korean artist Choi Jeong-Hwa.
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Famous Artist’s Styles As Sandwiches
Mark Rothko Jackson Pollock Piet Mondrian Damien Hirst Marcel DuChamp Brittany Powell over at Low-Commitment Projects has recently created Sandwich Artist, a fun food-based (and almost all open-faced) tribute to artists like Piet Mondrian, Jasper Johns, Damien Hirst and more. CHECK OUT THESE NATIONAL FLAGS MADE OUT OF FOOD
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Movie Posters From An Alternate Universe
Artist Peter Stults is a New York based illustrator and designer. He has created some very WHOA WORTHY movie posters by taking current films and casting golden-era stars in the main roles and giving the posters a distinct vintage feel. He has this to say about the pieces: A while back a friend of mine forwarded me a site (http://hartter.blogspot.com/2009/11/misc.html)where an artist had made posters of ...
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Amazing Art Made From Date Stamps
Artist Federico Pietrella was born in Rome and now lives and works in Berlin. He creates art using a number of different methods involving resins, flashlights, photocopies, and other found objects, but most striking to me are these lovely paintings made with rubber date stamps. Pietrella opens a exhibition starting this weekend at Galleria Civica G. Segantini in Arco, Italy. Source: www.thisiscolossal.com/
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Crazy Mirrored Building Defies Gravity
Bâtiment (Building) is a mirrored installation by artist Leandro Erlich currently on display at Le 104 in Paris as part of their In_Perceptions exhibition. The piece is clever in its simplicity: a massive building facade is constructed on the floor near a towering mirror giving anyone reflected the uncanny appearance of being weightless. Optical illusions are familiar territory for Erlich, whose pool installation appears to plunge ...
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Real Life 2D Cartoon Paper Handbags
JumpFromPaper™ is a playful and innovative line of handbags created by Taipei-based design duo, Chay Su and Rika Lin. One cozy afternoon, the two girls were chatting, when they got to sketching their dream designer handbag. A surprising idea popped up – “How amazing it would be if a two-dimensional hand-drawn illustration could come to life as a real bag!” They explored every possibility, rendering fantasy ...
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Portraits Carved From Oreos
It’s a well-known fact that the best part of an Oreo cookie is the creamy filling. Judith G. Klausner, a Massachusetts-based artist, likely agrees, which is why she created a collection of altered food items for her latest art series called “Food Scratch”. This interesting series includes classical style cameos carved out of Oreo cookie cream filling in 2011. Klausner used straight pins, toothpicks and a ...
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Funky Dish Art By Jean Francois De Witte
In his latest series of concept photography, Jean-Francois breathes life into common kitchenware. Source: Buzzfeed
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Portrait Of Pippa Middleton Made From Crumpets
We don’t know much, but we do know two things are for sure: 1.) 28-year-old artist Laura Hadland has a weird idolization for Kate Middleton’s little sister; and 2.) That’s a lot of breakfast food. Hadland used 15,000 English crumpets and 100 jars of coloured spread (including jam, jellies and Marmite) in order to create his 43 x 66 feet (13 x 20m) portrait after Pippa ...
