Tag: Art
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Dutch Artists Paint Giant Bookcase On An Apartment Building Featuring Residents’ Favorite Books
While many street artists choose abandoned buildings and old train tracks as the canvases for their explosive masterpieces, Dutch street artist Jan Is De Man chooses to go another route – by realizing lively works for local communities who want to connect. His aim is to create projects ‘where everyone can identify themselves’ by asking…
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Trees Grow from Bricks and a Storefront on the Streets of New York by Pejac
Elusive Spanish artist Pejac travels the world creating street interventions, often integrating natural elements into man-made structures through a combination of stenciling and trompe l’oeil painting. His most recent projects have brought him to New York City for the first time, where he has created two arboreal artworks in Bushwick and Chinatown. Pejac formed Fossil,…
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Stunning Close-Up Photos Of Everyday Objects By Self-Taught Photographer
A photographic project by self-taught composer and photographer Pyanek – "Amazing Worlds" – reveals details of our everyday lives from a new perspective. Foods and objects are captured with a macro lens which turns them into distinctive images that inspire awe. “It’s an exploration of the details of everyday things we might commonly dismiss. In…
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This Company Turns Children’s Drawings Into Cuddly Plush Toys
All children try to draw what their small imagination conjure, using as little or as many colors as they'd like. And while some parents might proudly hang the colorful masterpieces on their fridges and walls, usually that's all we can do to understand and appreciate their efforts. However, we live in the times where innovation…
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Elegant Ceramic Vessels Use Famous Optical Illusion to Animate the Space Between Them
To really appreciate Greg Payce’s artwork, you’ve got to read between the lines—or in this case, look between the vases. In 2008, the Canadian ceramicist created an alluring sculptural arrangement called Alumina, in which seven ornate vases stand in a line on a concrete platform. They are assembled in a graceful, alternating pattern of slender…
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Mesmerizing Translucent Waves from 19th Century Paintings
The late 19th century Armenian-Russian painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky created some truly spectacular paintings of seascapes that capture the beautiful, shimmering essence of the tumultuous waters. The marine artist gained recognition for his impeccable ability to recreate the expressive quality of oceans with over half of his 6,000+ paintings from his lifetime being devoted to…
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Photographer Captures The Intense Beauty of Ethiopia’s Suri Tribe Women
It's hard to believe that photography is "just a hobby" for the Sydney-based Macedonian-Australian mum Biljana Jurukovski, as her striking images of remote communities around the world have already attracted accolades from several international photography publications. For the past five years, she has focused her craft on taking moving portraits of different cultures around the…
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Chinese Artist Sculpts Life-Sized Female Sculptures Inspired by the Graceful Beauty of Renaissance Art
From the surreal to the sublime and every where in between, Chinese artist Luo Li Rong produces realistic sculptures that convey the beauty and grace of the human figure. Working primarily in bronze, her life-size creations feature women in motion. They strike elegant poses that elongate their bodies with a seemingly windswept appearance; their hair…
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Photographer Spends 10 Years Travelling The World To Photograph The Most Beautiful Libraries On The Planet
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At first thought, you might not regard a library as a place to go to see amazing design and architecture. German architectural photographer Reinhard Görner has made it his life's work to change these perceptions, photographing both historical and contemporary architecture. Attending photography classes during university, he was intrigued by architectural photography after attending a…
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The Best Costumes From The Cheap Cosplay Guy That Are Hilariously On Point
Fandago may have not been prepared for the "Avengers: Endgame" fans, the latest film from Disney's Marvel Studios, but no doubt hardcore fans will be prepared for the film – especially cosplayers. Cosplay can get pricey with all the wigs, make-up and elaborate costumes, so why not take some tips from Thai cosplay enthusiast Anucha…