Posted on May 6, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Yes, easter is over now, but anyway I want to share with you this beautiful art work from the slovenian artist, Franc Grom.Via : www.notcot.org
Suzanne K. Langer (1895-1985, American Philosopher) :Art is the objectification of feeling
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Posted on May 4, 2008 by successbusinessstory
From December to January, Arnaud has been displaying this metal sculpture work at B21 Progressive Art Gallery…for those who don’t live here, check out some of his work on their site. His work evokes calming emotion and it’s simplicity allows it to work anywhere, inside or out. Enjoy.Via : www.blog.2modern.com
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Posted on May 4, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Watch out for massive murals, empowered once again by digital technology that can easily alter form, scale and colour. Leading the field is Digetex (0161 873 8891; www.digetex.com). Digital printing will put patterns onto ceramics, tiles, blinds and other surfaces as clearly as a photograph. See, for example, surreal tiles and papers by Dominic Crinson [...]
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Posted on May 4, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Check out the incredible photos that have been floating through email lists and chat rooms. A Red Jellyfish member discovered that the unique artist is melon carver Takashi Isho.
Via : www.redjellyfish.com
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Posted on May 2, 2008 by successbusinessstory
But (no pun intended) I think it’s pretty cool. Sculpture on Whitman campus in Walla Walla by Deborah Butterfield, from driftwood, then cast in bronze.
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Posted on May 2, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Nathan Sawaya is an artist who creates pretty amazing sculptures out of LEGO bricks. And they’re not just recreations of objects, like a car or a building, but actual creative sculptures. Although none of them compare to my LEGO masterpiece: a giant rectangle. Via : www.geekologie.com
Check out a gallery of Nathan Sawaya’s work here : [...]
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Posted on May 2, 2008 by successbusinessstory
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Posted on May 2, 2008 by successbusinessstory
The templates for the Kelpies, which form part of the £25 million lottery bid for the HELIX project, are currently situated at the Falkirk Wheel.
The 35 metre high “Kelpie” heads are based on the mythical Scots creatures of the same name. The sculptures, which will be the world’s largest horse sculptures, will be created by [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by successbusinessstory
A recently emerging fashion trend has designers asserting their believe that “fashion is art” by transforming their designs into a living painting. The dresses are treated as a canvas and exquisitely painted as an artistic painting.
Designers who have jumped on this bandwagon, as illustrated in the main image, include YSL Resort ‘08 (modeled by [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
London-based James Hopkins takes everyday objects and makes them do tricks in his current exhibition From This End to That. Web Head is a spider web sliced out of an umbrella, Spirit Level Vodka is a group of eight bottles perched precariously on a shelf set at an angle, the contents level, Upper Limit is [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Bruce Nauman’s installation of three fountain sculptures wraps up today at the Donald Young Gallery in Chicago. The One Hundred Fish Fountain is made up of ninety-seven cast bronze fish spurting water from punctured holes. The water is collected in a large basin below and then pumped back through tubing. But there is nothing peaceful [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Canadian artist Brian Jungen provides us with a cultural twist with his collection of sculptures depicting West Coast native masks created out of Nike running shoes. For Prototype of New Understanding series Jungen takes apart the runners at the seams in order to re-stitch them as reminders of ceremonial masks and the ceremony of consumerism. [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Willie Cole has often depended on found objects for his sculptural works, so when he recently came upon a supply of several thousand pairs of high-heeled shoes, it was time to go back to one of his original inspirations. Cole went into a secondhand shop and decided on high-heeled shoes because they seemed to be [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Montana sculptor Deborah Butterfield has focused on horses throughout her career and her pieces range from delicate animals of straw, sticks and mud to sturdier cast bronzes or found metals. In order to cast her work, Butterfield first puts together an original sculpture of logs, sticks, branches and boards and then carefully photographs the resulting [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
One of the striking themes amongst the works of Vancouver sculptor John Clair Watts is their verticality. Watts uses a variety of materials for his pieces, but their link is to be found in the constant reaching upwards. Wider at the base, the pieces taper, as though they are stretching to their utmost in the [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Esma Paça Turam uses silicone in a hot glue gun to create delicate, shimmering sculptures that are lacy and web like, inspired by raindrops flowing down glass. Turam loves the control that this material gives her and the fact that she can draw directly with it, creating intricate pieces that depict domes and bazaars, or [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Polly Verity does the most incredible paper folding and wire work. These small mythical creatures are part of a series, each first formed as wire bases, covered in tissue paper, with folded paper inserts. Verity has done larger creatures also, as well as paper dresses and extremely intricate abstract origami. Sometimes all one can do [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Richard Deacon’s current Paris exhibition features several of his large free standing sculptures, including a very large stainless steel one called Another Mountain. The simple tubes of steel, like sausage links, connect to form a structure that looks to be full of movement, as though the tubes are leaning or pushing against each other. Not [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Kate Street’s sculptured wreaths are rich in colour and form, and it is only when one approaches that the bugs and flies that lurk within become apparent. Pocket watches dangle from beaks, eyeballs dot a black-petal heart crossed by a sword, and flies hide among the licorice allsorts and chocolatey leaves. There is an air [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Phil Toledano’s photographs are a contemporary representation of what he believes to be the hopes and fears that run through America today. The warp and weft of the American dream are changing, and these changes are worn by the people in this series. While one man is covered in babies of every colour, a woman [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Art has always needed patrons and House of Campari fits the bill quite nicely. The Campari Commissions for 2007 were recently on display in Miami, featuring the Fallen Bierstadt by Valerie Hegarty and the Mosaic Mask (XXX) by Nathan Mabry. Hegarty’s piece is a reconstruction of a landscape by Albert Bierstadt that she pushes several [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
DIG: An Imagined Archeo-logism is an exhibition of ceramics by Sierra Pecheur, based on the artist’s belief that “history is made of skulls and bones and hearts.” During this show of about 400 pieces, the skulls and bones are sold by the pound, so Pecheur has had to keep up production in order to keep [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Granada Design is producing Lee Jang Sub’s Complexcity wall art collection inspired by the patterns found in cities and nature. Per the artist, “This project is an exploration to find a concealed aesthetic by using the pattern formed by the roads of the city which have been growing and evolving randomly through time, thus composing [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by successbusinessstory
This warming image comes from The Australian Postal Service.
The text in the background of the image appears to be wrapping around the hugging couple. It says, “If you really want to touch someone, send them a letter”.
The concept is a nice optical illusion that really brings the metaphor to life. Great ad.
Themes in Contemporary Art [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by successbusinessstory
What do you get from 31 industrial design students working together yet isolated on the same project? You get unique crazy chair designs!
The project is inspired by a children game, the folded sketch, in which each kid draws one part of a character without knowing what or how the previous or next person will [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by successbusinessstory
The East Meets West sofa by Tonio de Roover fuses oriental carpets with the fluidity of western sofa aesthetic, resulting in a cool sofa for those who love carpets but do not want to sit on the floor.
The artistic patterns of the carpets add a rich dimension to the sofa that you can not get [...]
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Posted on April 27, 2008 by successbusinessstory
Leesa Leva is one such artist who uses faces like that of the Olsen Twins or Britney Spears to create charming pieces of art. The drawings use color and symbols to create an environment around the figures making for nice pieces of work to hang on one’s walls.
www.leesaleva.com
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and [...]
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