Monday, July 19, 2010
keetra dean dixon: just between you and me
'just between you and me' by keetra dean dixon sees items intended for use by one person (or at least by one person at a time) transform into objects of co-dependency.
10 Photorealistic Painters That Rule
Dan Witz - Big Mosh Pit 2007 - Oil and Mixed Media On Canvas 46 in. x 70 in.
Photorealism emerged from the 1960’s and 1970’s as a movement that countered both minimalism and abstract expressionism. In a photorealist painting, the artist paints from a photograph with a level of detail so fine that they can easily be mistaken for photographs. While the movement waned in the 1980’s it’s coming back in a big way. In 2009, the ArtPrize award was awarded to Ran Ortner’s immense canvas, Open Water No. 24, beating out 9 other finalists (Ortner won after receiving a majority of the 37,264 registered votes cast). His work was the only painting out of the final 10 candidates. (You can read about that here.) With artists’ like Dan Witz (above) using the techniques in a more contemporary setting, the movement is not only coming back, but coming back in a big way.
Here are 10 photorealistic painters (and 21 photorealistic paintings) that are at the height of their game. Remember, they are all oil paintings.
ED NOTE: Each photo links directly to the artists’ website and portfolio in a new window.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Inspiration: 33 Creative and Smart Print Ads You’ll Love
Although there are tons of new print ads being created everyday, we managed to pick out the best 33 print ads, that in our opinion are the most creative and delivers the great portion of inspiration. At some of these ads you need to look twice to see the hidden message, and that makes the ad even more special. Have fun
> The Nikon S60: Detects up to 12 faces
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Kinetic Sculpture BMW Museum, Munich
The Kinetic Sculpture is a metaphorical translation of the process of form-finding in art and design. 714 metal spheres, hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually-controlled stepper motors and covering the area of six square meters, animate a seven minute long mechatronic narrative. In the beginning, moving chaotically, then evolving to several competing forms that eventually resolve to the finished object, the Kinetic Sculpture creates an artistic visualisation of the process of form-finding in different variations.
Terribly Inappropriate Comics
Ah yes, the olden days, when girls were girls and men were men. It was a different time then, a time of innocence. A time when the simply gesture of bending over didn’t solicit laughs from an audience of onlookers, when the word “wang” was always promptly followed by “chung,” and when it was never implied that Superman was some sort of deviant.
Of course, looking back on media from these times reveals that there really not all that innocent. The following image gallery shows several comic book covers that, in hindsight, are unintentionally hilarious.
Steampunk Sculptures
Belçikalı sanatçı Stephane Halleux’tan muhteşem Steampunk heykelleri. Daha fazlası sitesinde.
Gorgeous collection of Steampunk sculptures created by Belgian artist Stephane Halleux. For more images click here.
