All Blog Posts Tagged 'Body' (8)

A lot of work goes into creating art like this but it's not in the order that you'd think. Yasmina Alaoui and Marco Guerra mix old and new techniques together to create life-size body portraits that are mysteriously beautiful. In the series they call 1001 Dreams, Guerra first photographs their nude subjects in black and white either with film or Polaroid. Next, Alaoui draws the complex Henna-like patterns, by hand, mostly with pen and ink and with some…

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Fine art and body painting are two genres that typically aren't associated with each other. As you can see in their "Museum Anatomy" series, Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector were never the type to follow the status kuo.



After receiving permission from museums around the world, the artists look for an elaborate painting that will cover Chadwick's body.… Continue

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

Alexa Meade thinks completely backwards. Most artists use acrylic paints to create portraits of people on canvas. But not Meade - she applies acrylic paints on her subjects and makes them appear to be a part of the painting!



Meade is an installation artist based in the Washington, DC area. Her innovative use of paint on the three dimensional surfaces of found objects, live models,…

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It's pretty cool how wallpaper backgrounds really add to the visual effect of body art; it almost looks 3D. Here are ten fun photos to brighten your day...…

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Ashes of Time Redux

Celebrated director Wong Kar-Wai revisits his 1994 film Ashes of Time, the Hong Kong filmmaker's only entry into the martial arts genre. Based on the novel by Louis Cha, this film follows a lone swordsman (Leslie Cheung) as time passes. Ashes of Time Redux also stars Tony Leung… Continue

Guido Daniele is an artist who lives and works in Milan, Italy. He was born in Soverato. In 1972, he graduated from Brera School of Arts, majoring in sculpture and then attended the Tankas school in Dharamsalawent, India until 1974. In 1990, he developed a body painting technique, and his work has been used in advertising images and commercials, as well as fashion…

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