Alice's Blog Posts Tagged 'Art' (104)

Fine Art of Storms (13 photos)

Los Angeles-based photographer Mitch Dobrowner takes incredibly striking black-and-white photos of landscapes in the likeness of his inspiration, Ansel Adams. His most breathtaking series is about ominous storms that form over Wyoming, Kansas, North Dakota and Oklahoma.

"Storms are living, breathing things," Dobrowner says. "They are born everyday, they fight against their environment… Continue

Added by alice on January 19, 2011 at 9:00am — 11 Comments

Mind-Shattering Digital Art (10 total)

Poland-based Maciej Hajnrich or Valp, is one of those digital artists who can take an ordinary photograph and turn it into something completely mind-blowing. He's not only a master of photo manipulation, he's a talented illustrator who can whip up his own, unique designs.

As a self-taught artist, Valp has been able to hone his skills over the past 15 years. He started his career when… Continue

Added by alice on January 18, 2011 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Mischevious Street Art Characters (19 total)

Most people would never look twice at an old, decrepit wall but then again artist Richard Vermaak isn't like most people. He sees these eroded surfaces as his blank canvas and that inspires him with ideas. His mini Dia De Los Muertos-looking characters, called Skelewags, spring to life, finding ways to get into some hilarious trouble.

"This started out with the search for interesting… Continue

Added by alice on January 10, 2011 at 11:00am — 6 Comments

Trippy Art of the Day: Sharpie Man (2 pics)

Aligned with Alexa is a new piece by the one and only Alexa Meade. Alexa continually blows us away with her originality. Here she sits next to what looks like a man created with a black Sharpie! (But we all know it's actually another one of her amazing illusions.)

Alexa sent us these photos and explained to us that Aligned was performed at… Continue

Added by alice on December 6, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Homeless Street Art (10 pieces)

Street artist Michael Aaron Williams purposely puts up his homeless street people in places where others will find them. He doesn't glue them up, rather, he simply tapes them to the walls so that anyone who passes by might want to stop, take them off the wall, and bring them home. And if no one does? "They will cease to exist," Williams says. "They will be…

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Added by alice on December 4, 2010 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

Whimsical Art Installation at Art Basel Miami

We've been asked a few times if My Modern Met will be covering Art Basel this year. Though we'd love to check out all of the amazing art, due to time constraints, we're skipping it this year. One reason why I'd personally love to go is to see Friends With You's outdoor installation called Rainbow City.… Continue

Added by alice on November 30, 2010 at 8:30am — 5 Comments

Emotionally Charged Art (14 pieces)

We first fell in love with D. Yee's work through his cinematic photos. Yee has that ability to take slices of life and make them appear like silent scenes out of a movie. Looking through his website, you'll find that Yee is also a very talented artist. Whether it's through his smooth… Continue

Added by alice on November 29, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Sam Flores: Graffiti-Infused Fine Art (10 pieces)

Some might say that Sam Flores was born an artist. Painting and drawing since he was a little boy, Flores is always looking to develop his creative side, no matter how much success he's achieved. He paints characters that are immersed in tragic worlds, where beauty and darkness seem to be able to harmoniously coexist. Given their brightly colored surroundings, why are… Continue

Added by alice on November 28, 2010 at 2:30pm — 5 Comments

Explosive Digital Art by Archan Nair (15 pieces)

Archan Nair is a visual artist, illustrator and art director based in New Delhi, India whose work can only be described as explosive. At 18, he began working in fashion at his family's apparel manufacturing business. It was only when he started dabbling in digital art in 2006 (at the age of 24), that he found his true calling. Just a year later, he became an independent… Continue

Added by alice on November 23, 2010 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Calligraffiti: An Explosive New Art Form (17 pics)

By mixing beautiful and traditional calligraphy with the rawness and grittiness of graffiti, Niels Meulman gives a whole new way of appreciating both art forms. Meulman, also known as Shoe, is an artist, designer and art director who was born in Amsterdam and who's worked at international ad agencies like BBDO and television networks like MTV (where he was their… Continue

Added by alice on November 4, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Sneak Peek into the Surreal Pop Art Show of the Year

Yosuke Ueno

If you're looking for one art show to attend this year, I'd like to suggest Thinkspace's upcoming 5 Year Anniversary blow out. Established in 2005, Thinkspace is one of the few galleries who doesn't follow trends, they start them. They've been a part of the contemporary art movement for years now, showcasing groundbreaking… Continue

Added by alice on October 29, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

New Photorealistic Oil Painting by Linnea Strid

To celebrate their 5 Year Anniversary, Thinkspace Gallery is putting on the mother of all shows. One of the artists whose work they'll feature is none other than Linnea Strid. The internet went wild over Linnea's photorealistic oil paintings last year, as we discovered an artist who could… Continue

Added by alice on October 21, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

LA Contemporary Art Fair This Weekend

One of my favorite art galleries in LA, Thinkspace is taking part again in this year's Beyond Eden, a multi-gallery event. Beyond Eden starts tonight, Sat, Oct. 9th and continues to tomorrow Sun, Oct. 10th at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery located in Barnsdall Park off of Hollywood Blvd.

Thinkspace will debut new paintings from Aaron Nagel, Brett… Continue

Added by alice on October 9, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

More Hyper-Realistic Acrylic Body Painting (7 pics)

When we first wrote about Alexa Meade, we knew her mind-blowing art would generate buzz. In fact, as one of our most popular posts of all time, Hyper-Realistic Acrylic Body Painting was seen by over 350,000 people on My Modern Met alone. What set it apart?

Meade masterfully… Continue

Added by alice on September 22, 2010 at 10:30am — 9 Comments

Body Landscape Art (25 total)

Another series of beautiful black and white landscape photos? Not quite. Using his own naked body, Finnish-born artist Arno Rafael Minkkinen interacts with the outdoors, providing us with curiously interesting photos that are both humorous and inspiring.

These unmanipulated photos show us that you don't always need Photoshop to create surprising,… Continue

Added by alice on September 9, 2010 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

Nick Knight's Artistic Fashion Photography (15 photos)

Nick Knight isn't just any fashion photographer. Sure, he travels around the world shooting editorials for famous fashion magazines like Vogue, taking photos of some of the biggest supermodels in the world. But then take a look at his work and you'll see that Knight is also an artist who embraces digital technology. As he says, "it's just a way of having more control… Continue

Added by alice on September 8, 2010 at 11:00am — 7 Comments

New! 80-Feet High Art at NYC Elementary School

It's the sign of the times when "street art" makes its way (legally) onto a school wall. Brazilian artists Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo (aka 'Os Gemeos') and graffiti artist Futura have just completed an 80-feet-high mural at William T. Harris elementary school, in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. Backed by Nike and driven by New York-based creative studio… Continue

Added by alice on August 13, 2010 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Fantastic Futuristic Art (20 total)

Russian graphic designer Tatiana Plakhova blows us away with her beautiful art featuring science fiction-like creatures living under the sea. Her handmade vectors come alive when the lines and dots connect to form intricate patterns and shapes. If you feel as though you're seeing living, breathing organisms, that's exactly what Plakhova wants. In fact, before making a… Continue

Added by alice on August 11, 2010 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

Art About Overcoming Obstacles (20 total)

Rain Stain

Los Angeles based artist Mel Kadel creates complicated characters you can easily identify with. Influenced by Shel Silverstein and Maurice Sendak, Kadel creates drawings that also have a wonderfully whimsical nature about them. Going through her body of work, you'll notice that her characters are always struggling with something. In her words,… Continue

Added by alice on August 8, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Art That Eases My Melancholy Soul (12 total)

Tran Nguyen is a Vietnamese artist who's beautiful imagery captures our complicated emotions. Her art will ease your melancholy soul because, somehow, she makes you feel connected to her characters and the hardships they may face. Her use of patterns or ornamental forms also serve to " convey the duality of the complex emotions — the strenuous as well as triumphal…

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Added by alice on August 4, 2010 at 11:30am — 2 Comments