Tag: Art
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Sculptor Creates Giant Angel Using Thousands of Illegal Knifes Confiscated By Police
The creators of a 24ft-high angel statue made of knives collected from police amnesties have said they were overwhelmed by how many weapons they had gathered, but the sculpture has divided opinion among the families of knife crime victims. The sculpture, the work of artist Alfie Bradley, will be finished next autumn and will tour…
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Architects Create Giant Sea Urchin Installations That Interact with Their Surroundings
Choi+Shine Architects have designed The Urchins, as part of an art installation for the recently held 2017 iLight Marina Bay Festival in Singapore. The Urchins were created in response to the festivals theme of biomimicry and sustainability. The three large Urchins were designed to interact with natural light during the day, and glow when illuminated…
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Klimt’s Most Famous Paintings Recreated with Live Models
For the stylebible of this year’s life ball in vienna — an annual AIDS charity event — photographer inge prader has recreated the impression of the vienna secession by bringing the painted personages of gustav klimt to life. Carefully posed models and intricately crafted props duplicate some of klimt’s most iconic masterworks like ‘death and life’…
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How the World Celebrated Easter in 15 Spectacular Photos
From eggs to bunnies, there are almost as many ways to observe Easter as there are countries.
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Ever Noticed How Ugly Medieval Cat Paintings Are? Now You Will
Ever tried to paint a cat? Turns out, it’s not as easy as you might expect. It certainly wasn’t for these medieval artists anyway. While they excelled at painting religious scenes, portraits of Royalty and naked ladies, cats proved to be an altogether different challenge. While most of them have got the basic shape of…
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The Dizzying Beauty of Vincent Van Gogh’s Art as Seen Through a Tilt-Shift Lens
Inspired by the experimental work of Artcyclopedia, redditor melonshade posted a series in which the art of Vincent Van Gogh was being viewed through a tilt-shift lens. The photographic effect made the artist’s legendary colors pop from the page in a dizzying array of beauty. According to Melonshade, “I saw this a while back and…
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The Spectacular Winners of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards
The finalists have been announced for the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards. There are several spectacular entries in a number of categories, so we thought we’d let the images do the talking and list our favorites below. Let us know which photographs you like and why in the comment section! [zombify_post]
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If Music Gives You Shivers Down Your Spine, You Have a Special Brain
Do you ever hear a drum beat, a harmony, or a tweak of a guitar string that makes a pleasant chill run up your spine? Well, in that case, you may have a special brain. Alissa Der Sarkissian, a research assistant at the University of Southern California's (USC) Brain and Creativity Institute, noticed this strange feeling when…
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Artist Who Is Tired of Being Asked To Work For Free Starts Drawing Her Client Requests
@forexposure_txt is a Twitter account dedicated to compiling quotes from artists who were expected to work for free. Now an artist has decided to take some of those quotes and use them to inspire various portraits of what she imagines those people look like. They’re part of a series titled “For Exposure,” and they were…
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Crochet to Look Like Bacteria Growth in Elin Thomas’s Fiber Art Petri Dishes
Elin Thomas is a fiber artist who builds her science experiments using a felted wool base, and then carefully crafts individual growths using crochet and embroidery techniques. The end results are both striking and unique: petri dishes that look like they are filled with festering mould. Elin is based in the UK and Wales, but…