Tag: artist
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Melbourne’s Famous Street Art Lane Covered in Blue Paint in the Name of Art?
As we’ve previously written HERE, street art in Melbourne, Australia, has come a long way since the days of “zero tolerance” where street artists were considered vandals and fines and arrests for perpetrators were commonplace. As Melbourne’s street art culture has evolved and street art has become a major tourist attraction for the city, however,…
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Artist Spends 5 Years Covering Entire Kitchen in Millions of Glass Beads
You might think you know what patience means, but American artist Liza Lou clearly has a bit better understanding about what meticulous work really is. Her first large scale work Kitchen took 5 years to complete (1991–1996), and is, as the title suggests, a life-size replica of a kitchen, covered entirely in millions of glass beads. Liza…
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Hot Dogs or Legs? Tumblr Blog Parodies the Internet’s Most Overused Selfie
Hot Dog Legs is a Tumblr blog featuring photos of people showing off their legs, but they occasionally switch it up by replacing the legs with hot dogs. The blog will have you continuously asking yourself, “Are they hot dogs or legs?” So which of the below shots do you think are hot dogs or legs???…
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A Transparent Traffic Signal Box Painted Street Art Style by Mona Caron
We recently showcased the traffic signal boxes painted by some of Australia’s most amazing street artists including Kaffeine, Lucy Lucy and Makatron HERE. So we were super-excited to see that illustrator and muralist Mona Caron has also helped de-uglify traffic light boxes in the USA as well! Titled Manifest Station, the small mural was painted on a standard traffic…
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A Robot That Can Create Art Forgeries
The collision of art and technology takes many forms. One recurring, especially straightforward one is a robot with a paintbrush. It’s easy to see the fascination; there’s something poetic about the idea of imbuing a machine with the soul of an artist. But while many of these projects involve some sort of effort to approximate…
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An Illegal Mountain Constructed Atop a 26-Story Residential Building in China
While most property and homeowners might be lucky to erect a small fence, add a new wall, or plant a few trees without applying for a permit or checking local zoning laws, things in Bejing are apparently quite different. For the last six years an eccentric doctor built a sprawling mountain villa on the roof…
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See Paintings by Vincent Van Gogh So Close You Can See the Cracks in the Paint!
If you haven’t had the time (or the money!) to visit the many amazing art museums around the world, Google gives you a chance to catch up on your art education. Its new feature – eloquently titled the Google Art Project – allows you to virtually explore over 40,000 images, gathered from more than 40 countries. All…
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The Most Beautifully Terrifying Spiders You Never Knew Existed
Wow! Ick. Oooh. Whaaaaaaat. No. No. NOPE. That pretty much summarizes our reactions while looking at these incredible macro shots of spiders photographed by Nicky Bay who lives and works in Singapore. The boundless biodiversity found on the country’s 64 islands includes a vast array of insects and arachnids, many of which Bay has painstakingly documented up close…
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The Girl and the Bubble Blowing Hedgehog
Paris-based photographer Cath Schneider recently became aware of a small hedgehog living in her garden and decided to investigate a bit closer with her daughter. Schneider tells us they set out a small plate of (lactose free) milk and sure enough the fearless little guy ambled over and started blowing bubbles. Camera in-hand and graced with perfect…
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Pencil vs Reality – Where Do You Draw The Line? Incredible Optical Illusions By Ben Heine
We’ve all heard about art imitating life, but an artist has taken the saying to a whole new level with an incredible collection of drawings that reveal a masterful eye for illusion. Using expertly-drawn sketches, Belgian artist Ben Heine blends pencil, photography, imagination and reality – and the results are truly astonishing. Heine describes himself…