Tag: Art
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Johnson Tsang Creates a New Series of Warped Face Sculptures
When we last sawJohnson Tsang (here), he masterfully crafted organic and fluid forms to bring otherwise mundane stoneware to life in his Living Clay series. Tsang is back with his latest series, Open Mind, where he continues to push realism’s boundaries in his sculptures of faces that are stretched and opened up in surreal ways. Tsang…
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Zoos Are Posting Reviews Of Their Animals Left By Visitors, And It’s Hilarious
We all know it's a good idea to check the product reviews before buying something, whether it is a washing machine or a bottle of hair conditioner. Most people are used to seeing a 1-5 star rating next to inanimate objects, however, Oregon Zoo decided to put a twist on the usual format. On Friday,…
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H&M Files Lawsuit Against Graffiti Artist, Claims All Unsanctioned Artwork Can Be Used By Corporations Without Payment
H&M has entered a legal dispute with artist Jason “REVOK” Williams over the copyright usage of his work in a recent advertising campaign. The campaign features imagery as well as videos of a male model clad in the retailer’s “New Routine” sportswear line while in front of a wall with Williams’s graffiti painted on it.…
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Artist Creates Pop Mashups By Mixing Famous Paintings With Pop Culture References
We recently came across the work of Instagram user Radioshead who has mastered the craft of mixing collages of pop culture with some of the most famous paintings ever created. There’s lots of Mona Lisa, including Marilyn Monroe-aLisa and Mona eats pasta, a clever collab featuring Lily Sullivan shot by Sarah Bahbah. Radioshead must be…
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When Visitors Found Their Doppelgängers In Museum Paintings And Couldn’t Believe Their Eyes
Ever met your Doppelgänger? These musuem visitors were lucky enought to meet their lookalike in a painting and snapped a selfie to preserve the moment for life. Don’t forget to vote for the best matches below, and let us know in the comments if you ever saw found yourself in a situation like this! [zombify_post]
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Photographer Imagines What Darth Vader Would Do If He Was Just Like Us
“We never think of movie characters like they were regular people. And they are. With different life goals, obviously, but they’re just people.” That was photographer Pawel Kadysz‘s initial thoughts when he embarked on his latest photo series called Daily Life of Darth Vader. In it, Kadysz shows that the infamous Sith Lord performs many…
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The Amazing World of Chicken Beauty Pageants Photographed by Ernest Goh
Photographer and visual artist Ernest Goh is known for his work photographing wildlife and other animals. His latest book documents the strange world of chicken beauty pageants in Malaysia where he encountered a breed of bird called the Ayam Seramas, an ornate chicken raised not for its meat but purely for its appearance. These chickens…
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Voyeurism, Nudity and Art? The Life and Work of Conceptual Artist Milo Moire (NSFW)
Swiss artist Milo Moire is no stranger to controversy. She has sustained a career based largely on nudity and the controversy that comes along with it. When we first saw her, she removed all of her clothes and walked to Art Basel with the words of the articles of clothing she would normally be wearing…
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Can A Single Book Disrupt the Foundation of a Brick Wall?
How much power does one book hold? That’s the central question of a unique installation by Mexican artist Jorge Mendez Blake. For his 2007 project, “The Castle” (named after The Castle by Franz Kafka), Mendez Blake constructed a single wall of bricks—75 feet long, 13 feet high—without mortar. Each brick was placed uniformly and intentionally, as with any wall, but Blake also included an…
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Couple Mistakenly Buys Tickets for Bagpipe Band ‘Red Hot Chilli Pipers’ Instead of Red Hot Chili Peppers
Thinking that they’d gotten a really good price on tickets to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers, an unsuspecting Duncan Robb and his partner Sarah, who live in Chesterfield, Derbyshire UK, excitedly flew over to Belfast, Northern Ireland only to find out that they had not purchased tickets for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but…