Tag: France
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I Use My Surreal Balloon Photography To Transport People To Another World
In 2015, I was approached to take part in a celebratory project for the 375th anniversary of Montreal. The commission was to develop a postcard that creatively depicted the future, which would be stored in a vault and sent in 25 years. I dreamt a scenario around a gathering of flying balloons; a concept which…
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Optical Illusion Added To The Louvre’s Pyramid Then Immediately Destroyed
Artist JR has created a giant 3D optical illusion from paper that imagines the iconic pyramid at the Musée du Louvre in Paris continuing underground, but it has already been destroyed. Named The Secret of the Great Pyramid, the trompe l’oeil was made from 2,000 stickers surrounding Pritzker Prize-winning architect IM Pei’s glass building, making…
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French Street Artist Seth Globepainter Explores The Innocence and Wonder of Childhood
Prolific French Street Artist continues to create childhood-inspired interventions around Paris and the world. In February he held a major museum solo show at MoCA Shanghai which included elaborate sculptures and site-specific installations. He also painted one of his largest pieces to date on the banks of the Seine in Paris, and took part in…
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French Street Artist Turns Pedestrian Crossings Into Art
OakOak is at it again! He is a master of integrating his art into everyday surroundings, giving various objects new, different meanings. This time, the French street artist is using the white strips of pedestrian crossing as his canvas. What's your favorite? Scroll down to see them for yourself! [zombify_post]
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A Giant Serpent Emerges From the Sea Off the Coast of France
If you’re after something a little different and love skeletons, head to France. That’s because there you will find Serpent d’océan, a giant aluminum sea serpent skeleton by artist Huang Yong Ping situated off the shore of the Loire River where it empties into the Bay of Biscay just outside of Nantes, France. Measuring nearly…
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Banksy is Back and Taking on Paris With Sharp Political Criticism
Banksy is back and in France, taking aim at the French government’s crackdown on migrants in a series of new murals in Paris. The world’s best known street artist has “blitzed” the French capital over the last few days, leaving as many as six works on walls across the city. The first work takes issue…
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Artists From Around the World Respond to the Attack On Nice
On July 14, a truck drove into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, leaving at least 84 people dead and 50 others in critical condition. “Horror has again struck France,” French President Francois Hollande said in an address following the attack. As we struggle to make sense of the world we…
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Paris Graffiti Removal Guy Comes Back to Discover Image of Himself in the Same Spot
Street artist Combo has spectacularly gotten back at a graffiti cleaner in Paris by making him the star of his next work. Combo snapped the cleaner painting over his recently completed piece featuring a graffiti-ing Huey, Dewey and Louie – so what did he do? He put up another piece the next day featuring the same cleaner! Gold! This…
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Black and White Photography of Male Ballet Dancers
The beauty and grace of a ballet dancer is a sight to behold. But what about twenty amazingly flexible, sculptured, male ballet dancers? That was the task faced by photographer Matthew Brookes in his recent Les Danseurs project. Matthew worked with twenty male ballerinas from the Paris Opera Ballet, bringing the dancers to a minimalistic setting that allowed the men…