Category: Art
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Beautiful Hand-painted Ceramic Plate Installations by Molly Hatch
Massachusetts-based artist Molly Hatch creates immense installations of hand-built ceramic plates painted with a variety of patterns and scenes. Hatch frequently re-contextualizes historic images used centuries ago by old porcelain manufactures as well as paintings and textiles. Her largest artwork to date, Physic Garden, was installed last year at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, a monumental installation of…
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Artist Photographs Women From 37 Countries To Show That Beauty is Everywhere
Mihaela Noroc is a photographer from Romania that quit her job and started a new life. Two years ago she took her backpack and camera, and began to travel around the globe, photographing hundreds of natural women surrounded by their culture. Her project is called “The Atlas Of Beauty”, which is about our planet’s diversity shown through the portraits…
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French Street Artist Injects Humor into the Streets of Paris
A bronze bull head fountain is suddenly transformed into a minotaur. A decrepit corner of an alley becomes a holding pen for ostriches. If any of these odd happenings sound familiar to you, you’re probably living in Paris and have just witnessed the work of French artist Charles Leval. Going by the name Levalet, the artist…
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CT Scans Show 1,000-Year-Old Mummy Hidden Inside Statue
A CT scan has recently revealed that a Buddha statue is actually a tomb, containing the mummified remains of what scholars believe is the body of Buddhist master Liuquan, a monk who lived in the 1100’s. The statue is currently on display at Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands (exhibit info here). The exhibit marks the first time the ‘Buddha…
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Stunning Watercolor Cats by Endre Penovac
In an ongoing series of watercolor paintings, Serbian artist Endre Penovác captures the mystique of black cats. Born in 1956 in the small Serbian village of Tornjoš, the artist, who now calls Bačka Topola his home has been exhibiting his work since 1981. You can find much more of Penovác’s artwork on his website and Facebook page. And don’t forget,…
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Beautiful Post-Pregnancy Photo Series Shows How Mothers’ Bodies Look After Giving Birth
As we all know, the majority of images we see these days are photoshopped to within an inch of their lives. The likes of Beyonce and Kim Kardashian even employ a full time “photoshop expert” to touch up all of their images. It is therefore a welcomed relief to see the work of photographer Jade Beall, who provides…
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An Abstract Series With a Twist: Shampooed Hair!
In his recent magazine piece, photographer Lo Cheuk Lun turns the common salon scene of shampooed hair into swirling designs of abstract art. Lun snapped pictures of sudsy heads from above, showing off bubbly hair that is swirled and teased in a variety of patterns. Barely recognizable as part of the human body at first…
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Famous Photographers Pose Behind Their Iconic Images
They’re the world’s most iconic images. But unless you’re a photography buff, you probably have no idea who the people behind the lens of these photographs actually are. US photographer Tim Mantoani, however, aims to fix all that with his epic “Behind Photographs” series. Tim started this series in 2006, when he rented a 20×24 Polaroid camera (itself an…
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Bracelets Made with Clear Resin Allow You to Be One with Nature
These enchanting handmade bangle bracelets let the wearer take a little bit of nature wherever she goes. Small, beautiful relics from forest and field are trapped inside clear resin. Some of the jewelry pieces look delicate, displaying small bouquets of tiny dried flowers. Others are heartier and represent an entire forest with moss, twigs and…
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Starry Night Painted in Miniature on a PUMPKIN SEED by Salavat Fidai
We’re lucky at artFido to be able to share the most amazingly talented art and artists from around the world with you. Every now and then, however, we discover something that truly blows our little minds. Russian miniature artist Salavat Fidai is one such example. Having mastered the art of pencil-head carving (see images below), Salavat…