Category: artist
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A 1979 Ford Falcon Converted into a Tank Armored with 900 Free Books
In celebration of World Book Day (last week) 7UP commissioned Argentinian artist Raul Lemesoff to construct one of his famous book tanks. In this case he began with a stripped down 1979 Ford Falcon which he used to build a new roving library on wheels with an exterior framework capable of carrying 900 free books. Lemesoff refers to his…
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Photographer Captures The Cutest Squirrel Photo Session Ever
When we last saw Russian nature photographer Vadim Trunov, he was looking at the macro world of bugs and snails (see HERE). His latest series sees him in close encounters with squirrels doing the strangest things! Vadim recently published some of the photos he’s captured of squirrels that seem to be building snowmen, taking photos of…
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Terminally Ill Woman Taken by Ambulance for One Last Visit to a Museum
Viewing artwork can be a comforting, moving experience, and one you might not easily forget – even on your last days. This past Tuesday, a terminally ill woman was taken by ambulance to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam so that she could visit the arts and history museum one more time. She’s seen taking in a self-portrait by…
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A Vagina From the 19th Century Sparks French Lawsuit Against Facebook
A 149-year-old vagina is at the center of a legal dispute involving France, Facebook, and online censorship. If you’ve been an avid follower of artFido’s arty posts, you’ll recall that we posted an article mid last year about Luxembourgian artist Deborah de Roberti who transformed Gustave Courbet’s famous painting, l’Origine du Monde, into performance, by revealing her own…
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Body Painting Turns Torsos into Mind-Bending Optical Illusions
Amazingly, these mind-bending optical illusions aren’t made with the help of projections or Photoshop. Artist Natalie Fletcher painted them directly on human skin! The Oregon-based body painter created this impressive series completely freehanded with an airbrush. She calls it Just an Illusion, and the “canvases” feature bright base colors of fuchsia, cyan, green, and yellow. Black…
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Did Vincent Van Gogh Hide ‘The Last Supper’ in One of His Most Famous Paintings?
Vincent Van Gogh, most known for “Starry Night” and losing his left ear, may have left one final secret up his sleeve. His iconic painting “Cafe Terrace at Night” depicts a group of anonymous patrons enjoying an evening in Arles, France. Yet new research suggests that the individuals lurking in the group of 12 —…
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The World Falls in Love with Quokka, Australia’s Most Adorable Animal
The world has spoken and it’s declared the quokka, the happiest, most photogenic animal on the planet. Taking the Internet by storm is the hashtag #quokkaselfie which shows the small marsupial posing for the camera, with humans, while donning its most charismatic grin. Though it bears a slight resemblance to its cousin the kangaroo, the quokka is…
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People From Around the World Next to the Amount of Food They Eat Every Day
Photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D’Aluisio traveled the around the world for three years. Their mission was to visit and document the eating habits of 80 people from incredibly diverse backgrounds. What they discovered delivers a hard hitting dose of perspective. What they did was photograph individuals with the amount and type of food they…
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Supervenus: a Graphic Animation That Explores Female Body Image Issues (NSFW)
“Supervenus”, by French artist Frédéric Doazan, is an animation that uses knives, botox needles and liposuction to completely makeover a woman’s body until it’s unrecognizable. It’s terrifying, to be honest, but is something that is becoming more and more common in our celebrity culture where beautiful bodies are turned into monsters in the quest for perfection. Doazan…
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Stunning Triptych Shows Photographer’s 14 Year Struggle with Fibromyalgia
According to Wikipedia, Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes chronic muscle pain, fatigue, insomnia, headaches and tender pressure points on the body. Photographer Brooke Shaden has suffered from the debilitating disease for the past 14 years, and recently produced a beautiful series of images to raise awareness for the cause. According to Brooke, “I wanted to show three…