Tag Archives: Artist
Comic Book Portrait Collages by Sandra Chevrier
Mixed media on woven paper paintings where she uses traditional mediums combined with actual pages from comic books to create her colorful and lively pieces by Montreal based artist Sandra Chevrier.
Dove Real Beauty Sketches
This is the most touching commercial I’ve seen this week!
Women are their own worst beauty critics. Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful. At Dove, we are committed to creating a world where beauty is a source of confidence, not anxiety. So, we decided to conduct a compelling social experiment that explores how women view their own beauty in contrast to what others see.
Watch the whole experience here.
Thanks to Silas for finding this.
“I’m Google” by Dina Kelberman – A Visual Exploration of Google Image Search
I’m Google is an ongoing digital art project by Baltimore artist Dina Kelberman that documents digital patterns through non-artistic photography found on Google Image Search. Note, that every single image share a slight visual characteristic with the image before it.
“I’m Google is an ongoing tumblr blog in which batches of images and videos that I cull from the internet are compiled into a long stream-of-consciousness. The batches move seamlessly from one subject to the next based on similarities in form, composition, color, and theme. [... ] I feel that my experience wandering through Google Image Search and YouTube hunting for obscure information and encountering unexpected results is a very common one. My blog serves as a visual representation of this phenomenon. This ability to endlessly drift from one topic to the next is the inherently fascinating quality that makes the internet so amazing,” Dina Kelberman says.
Leonid Tishkov’s Portable Moon Installations
Russian physician, who became an artist, Leonid Tishkov‘s latest project consists of a portable crescent moon photographed in nostalgic and sentimental scenes all over the world. Creating images in China, New Zealand, Taiwan, the Arctic, France and beyond, Tishkov’s global ongoing project tells the story of: ”A man who met the moon and stayed with her forever.”
TED Talk: Amanda Palmer – The art of asking
Don’t make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer. Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.
Dramatically Blurred Oil Paintings by Valerio D’Ospina
Cool oil paintings by Valerio D’Ospina, who was born in southern Italy, but now living and working in Pennsylvania. The artist paints gritty scenes from industry including ship yards, trains, and factories as well as broad “urbanscapes” that are captured from a dramatic, almost blurred perspective. His most recent solo show was at Hall Spassov Gallery back in October.
Animals by Andreas Preis
Super cool animal illustrations by the talented designer, illustrator, and artist Andreas Preis. Andreas is currently living and working in Berlin, Germany.
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Unique Umbrella Floating Figurines in Prague by Michal Trpák
Czech artist and visionaire Michal Trpák played a major role in the art installation happening over at Prague’s EBC office center. His “Slight Uncertainty” figurines have been a whimsical, yet somewhat melancholy presence in the building.
Each figurine is hung individually, suspended through a narrow space from the ceiling on down. The polyester shaped pieces are finished in a concrete color, and the overall mood of these figures adds a look of sorrow; while the colorful floating umbrellas juxtaposes it all to have a more joyful appearance. The long installation “floats” about 1.4m down into the interior of the building, and gives a great upward view of the expansive ceilings in the Prague offices.
The Secret Life of Superheroes by Greg Guillemin
Artist Greg Guillemin shares with us the secret life superheroes. Each illustration is available as a print through Guillemin’s Society6 page.
Scattered Crowd Balloon Installations by William Forsythe
I absolutely love balloons!
Next appearing at the Frankfurt Bockenheimer Depot in 2013 is William Forsythe’s “Scattered Crowd” installation, where the artist pairs relevant architecture with clear wired balloons all strung in a linear fashion. Music accompanies the exhibit, which alludes to an all around sensory experience of both feeling and space. Both beautiful and etherial, this experience is one not to pass up.
Chandelier Made from 3,000 Gummy Bears by Kevin Champeny
Artist Kevin Champeny recently designed this crazy chandelier made of 3,000 hand-cast acrylic gummy bears called the Candelier for home furnishings company Jellio. The light comes in two sizes, the largest of which actually uses 5,000 bears, is 31″ in diameter, and weighs in at about 50 lbs.
18” diameter: $2400.00 open edition
31” diameter: $6500.00 open edition
The Seven Deadly Sins animated by Boulet AKA Gilles Roussel
Envy
Wrath
Greed
Lust
Gluttony
Sloth
Pride
Cool. French comic artist Boulet aka Gilles Roussel has decided to create his own unique animated version of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Realistic Pencil Drawings by Dirk Dzimirsky
Check out Dirk Dzimirsky! An extremely talented hyperrealist artist. His realistic pencil drawings are stunning and full of soul.
“I choose drawing over painting as this allows me to create many layers over layers of lines and dots, which react to each other in order to create a vibrant texture with directions and movement”, Dzimirsky says.
The Balanced Rock Sculptures of Michael Grab rely solely on gravity
Land artist Michael Grab creates astonishing towers and orbs of balanced rocks using little more than patience and an astonishing sense of balance. Grab says the art of stone balancing has been practiced by various cultures around the world for centuries and that he personally finds the process of balancing to be therapeutic and meditative.
“Over the past few years of practicing rock balance, simple curiosity has evolved into therapeutic ritual, ultimately nurturing meditative presence, mental well-being, and artistry of design. Alongside the art, setting rocks into balance has also become a way of showing appreciation, offering thanksgiving, and inducing meditation. Through manipulation of gravitational threads, the ancient stones become a poetic dance of form and energy, birth and death, perfection and imperfection”, Grab says.
Almost all of the works you see here were completed this fall in locations around Boulder, Colorado.
