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Arts
Vintage Photography Collection — Figure#1
A while ago I came across this book in a garage sale. Beautiful collection of Vintage Photography Figure#1 by famous photographers. See image 3 below for photographers’ credits. Thanks to Asha P. for inspiring me to scan it finally. More on some of the photographers: Earl Leaf, Man Ray, Peter Basch, Peter Martin and Philippe Halsman.
Salvador Dali Portraits by Phillipe Halsman — A Collection
“For me, photography can be dead serious or great fun. Trying to capture the elusive truth with a camera is often frustrating toil. Trying to create an image that does not exist, except in one’s imagination, is often an elating game. I particularly enjoy this game when I play it with Salvador Dali. We were […]
Tom Waits Illustrated by Penyo Ivanov 2016
Penyo Ivanov is a Bulgarian illustrator/print maker. Check out more of his work on Behance.
Banksy needles France with migrant mural blitz in Paris
Banksy’s young black girl sprays a pink wallpaper pattern over a swastika on a wall next to her sleeping bag and teddy bear in an attempt to make her patch of pavement more cosy. The mysterious British street artist Banksy appears to have targeted the French government’s crackdown on migrants in a series of new […]
Found Art — Matchstick Men
I know nothing about this piece that I’m calling ‘Matchstick Men’, please contact me with any info about it. Previously similar on Puppies and Flowers: Two very different crayon carving artists Dalton Ghetti’s pencil tip carvings. Related Posts:
Lucie Birant is a French Illustrator
Lucie Birant is a Paris-based illustrator who combines photorealistic drawings with splashes of paint. Found here. Previous similar posts.
Loving Vincent: The first fully painted film
An amazing amount of work went into this production from Altitude Films. Release date October 30, 2017. From the BBC: One hundred painters came together from all over the world to make this animated film about Vincent van Gogh. After shooting the scenes as a live action film with Saoirse Ronan, Chris O’Dowd and Phillip […]
Mechanics Recreate Renaissance Paintings
Photographer Freddy Fabris had always wanted to pay homage to the Renaissance masters with his photos in some way, but he wasn’t sure how until he stumbled upon an auto-mechanic shop in the Midwest. This led to a brilliant series of funny portraits with auto mechanics. Via Sad and Useless. Link to Fabris Photography. Thanks B.C. Farbo.
14 Self-Portraits by Pablo Picasso Show the Evolution of His Style
It’s possible to look at Pablo Picasso’s many formal experiments and periodic shifts of style as a kind of self-portraiture, an exercise in shifting consciousness and trying on of new aesthetic identities. The Spanish modernist made a career of sweeping dramatic gestures, announcements to the world that he was going to be a different kind […]
Wonderful Collection of Funny Graffiti
I posted about the Montreal road graffiti previously here. Previous ‘Post no Bills’ graffiti on Puppies and Flowers Found at Sad and Useless
A portrait of the Artist… by Irish Photographer Muiris Moynihan
A nice collection of work by Irish photographer Muiris F. Moynihan. Judging by some of portraits it must span nearly 40 years . From his website: While I’ve never lost my interest in the Arts – I’ve been lucky enough to shoot portraits of many of Ireland’s most prominent painters, one of which now hangs […]
Artist paints over ‘tag’ graffiti
with legible typefaces.
Images courtesy of Mathieu Tremblin Mathieu Tremblin lives and works in Rennes and Arles, France. After graduation from a university of fine arts he began working with site specific urban interventions, graffiti culture, branding and the détournement of objects used in publications, installations, photography and video. This helped him document or reinvest the fruits of his experimentations. […]
American Art Posters 1890-1920
A collection of the Boston Public Library
An amazing collection of vintage American Art Posters 1890-1920 from the Boston Public Library. There are nearly 600 posters in this collection, below is just a sampling. Most are lithographs but there are some linocuts also. You can see echoes of Toulouse-Lautrec and Maxfield Parrish amongst others. Below is an interesting example of different deployments of the same print, […]
Maurizio Cattelan’s middle finger displayed in front of Milan Stock Exchange…
From designboom: the most recent and much discussed artwork by maurizio cattelan arrived today in milan’s piazza affari, in front of the italian stock exchange building. the controversial monument is made in marble, about 4 meters high and has been allocated on a base that brings the sculpture to a total height of 11 meters. […]
The Art of the [Glenfiddich] Barrel
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From Glenfiddich’s site: Following the success of the inaugural Glenfiddich Barrel Art exhibition in 2007, we have developed a new exhibition for 2008. This year’s programme involves a single artist who will produce a collection of works that encapsulate the theme of time. We’ve chosen esteemed designer Michael Johnson. Michael has been at the forefront […]
Incredible portraits made from trash
Assemblage artist Bernard Pras creates incredible 3D installation portraits from trash. (via boingboing.net)
The illustrations of mixmasterangel
mixmasterangel has some very different styles, here are some of my favorites, click images for larger. Links to mixmasterangel: deviantART blog
SHOTA KOTAKE — Father Ted a Day
“Celebrating 20 years of holiness of Father Ted. I decided to do a drawing of Father Ted everyday for one year”— SHOTA KOTAKE (360 drawings)