Tag: Art
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Anamorphic Portraits by Bernard Pras Made From an Entire Room of Objects
French artist Bernard Pras works almost entirely within the realm of assemblage and anamorposis, a visual illusion where a distorted projection—often made from paint or a collection or objects—must be viewed from a specific vantage point to reconstitute the intended image. His latest piece, a portrait of Malian actor Sotigui Kouyaté, is comprised of numerous objects including clothes, paint,…
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Melting Ceramics by Livia Marin
When dropping a ceramic plate or cup we’ve all braced for the familiar sound of impact as the object explodes into a multitude of sharp fragments on the kitchen floor. Artist Livia Marin imagines a wholly different demise for ceramic bowls, cups and tea pots in this series of work titled Nomad Patterns. Inexplicably, each piece seems to…
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Jumping Spiders Wearing Water Drops as Fancy Hats
Even if you have arachnophobia, don’t be too quick to close this page yet! Jumping spiders have got to be the cutest spiders of all. More than that, they were recently photographed wearing tiny water droplets as their hats, and that way completely denying their image of being threatening and scary. Uda Dennie, 33-year-old photographer…
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Artist Uses a Medium Favoured by the Old Masters – Egg Tempera – to Create Stunning Paintings
We’ve been a huge fan of artist Robert Clinch‘s work for some time now, mesmerised by the glow and brilliance of detail in his beautiful paintings. Clinch works in a traditional medium favoured by the Old Masters, egg tempera, which is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of coloured pigment mixed with egg yolk. Tempera paintings are very…
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3D Pencil Drawings by Ramon Bruin
Even though Ramon Bruin has a degree in airbrushing, it’s his other skill that made our jaws drop. A Netherlands-based artist creates amazing 3D optical illusions all with an ordinary pencil. As he puts it, trying photo-realism was just another way for him to push his boundaries and add another technique to his portfolio. A 31-year-old Ramon…
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Walking in the Clouds – Spectacular NOT PHOTOSHOPPED Images From Bolivia
A spot of reflection is always good for the soul. And judging by these pictures, there’s plenty of room for that. For this is the world’s largest natural mirror, created when a thin film of water gathers on a vast plain of salt deposits. So magnificent is the dream-like sight that the salt pans in the…
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Sakir Gokcebag turns toilet paper into art
It’s a beautiful thing when an artist can take the simplest of materials, and with a vision and a little blood, sweat and tears, turn it into something moving. Something to behold. Sakir Gokcebag has made a name for himself by doing just that. Taking everyday objects like tape measures, discarded umbrellas, clothes hangers, clocks…
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Stunning Self-Portraits by a 14-year-old Photographer
Being 14 years old is the time when we are still fully entitled to be careless and unburdened, but 14-year-old Zev from Natick, Massachusetts will make you feel that you could’ve done more at that age. This teenager, now better known by his nickname ‘fiddle oak‘, has already become an internet sensation thanks to his ‘Little…
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Nelson Mandela Captured In The Most Beautiful Way By Marco Cianfanelli
As the world mourns the great Nelson Mandela, we wanted to once again bring light to an amazing sculpture by Marco Cianfanelli that stands at the site of Mandela’s capture in 1962. Installed in 2012, the striking piece was installed to mark the 50-year anniversary of what began Nelson Mandela’s ‘long walk to freedom’ –…
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Tadashi Kawamata – Turning Trash Into Sculptural Treasures
Consisting of thousands of found objects, construction materials and other life refuse, the stunning art installations of Tadashi Kawamata are gritty, in-your-face, urban creations. Built entirely in situation, these site-specific, twisting, morphing pieces of reconstituted life seem to engulf and redefine the public spaces they inhabit. Tadashi Kawamata‘s early work focused on construction and deconstruction. Commonly installed in…