All Blog Posts Tagged 'art' (3,545)

Though I've seen everything from body wallpaper art to water dresses, here at the MET, nothing could have prepared me for these gorgeous shots by London based…

Passengers without ticket in Bangladesh by G.M.B. Akash [Link]

If you make your way to the Lyceum Theatre Gallery in San Diego's historic Gaslamp Quarter from now till November 1st, you'll get to see a world-class international exhibition of photographic art. The competition was judged by Charlotte Cotton, the…

Stormtrooper with Rebel soldiers of the Tantive IV



Take a close look Christian Waggoner's Star Wars art and you'll find unbelievable photorealistic paintings that make you wonder how he achieves such skillful detail with a mere brush and canvas. After a decade of high-profile commissions, in 2007, he decided to turn his love and passion for the Star Wars series into fine art. His…

The Persuasion of Penelope



Step into the mysterious world of Dan May and you'll find yourself amongst a large gathering of monsters. At first they may seem scary, but take a closer look and you'll find lonely creatures looking to find meaning in this world. The question is, are they really there? Or do they only appear when we need to reflect on our own troubled emotions and…

San Francisco-based artist Chris Dorosz must have a mad amount of patience. You can only imagine how many tedious hours it must take to create these intricate sculptures that are made up of tiny paint drops on a grid of acrylic rods. Using this style, his installations create a wicked 3D effect.



"Out of material discovery I began to regard the primacy of the…

Perhaps the most interesting thing about Allison Torneros' paintings is the thought process behind her pieces. Letting the paint do the 'talking', she throws around paint and other materials onto the canvas in an unpredictable manner and leaves it to dry overnight. Later, she begins drawing…

More than anything, when I finally take that giant step and become a mother, I want to make sure I foster my child's creativity. I want them understand the important of imagination and I want them to feel like there's nothing they cannot do.



Here are five creative truths put together by Shirley-Anne Dick. Her idea was to design a poster calendar, bearing quotes…

What would happen if a princess didn't need her prince? If you've ever wanted to imagine what the most prim and proper princesses would look like if they decided to take control of their own destiny, check out the artwork of Jeffrey Thomas. His Twisted Princesses series gets dark and dirty, changing up our familiar fairy tales and giving us beautifully wicked…

Horacio Salinas has a weird and wonderful way of taking everyday objects and turning them into interesting pieces of art. The New York-born son of Argentine immigrants, Salinas has worked with everyone from Vogue, The New York Times, and GQ. Currently, he's based in New York. What we love most about his work is his fresh and clever perspective. You can just tell that…

Peg Mirror



Daniel Rozin is an interactive artist who wants you to experience his magical mirrors. Made of various materials, these interactive art pieces act just like a regular mirror - when someone stands in front of one their image is instantly reflected on its surface. What's so weird about that? Well, the mirrors are made of substances like wood and trash.



The…

Can't You Take a Joke



Loved and hated in art circles, Damian Loeb is a photorealistic painter who has been called everything from a genius to a copycat. In the 90s he battled copyright-infringement lawsuits for borrowing photographs and combining them into unusual -- sometimes disturbing -- images and calling them his own. Heralded as the bad-boy art star of the 21st century, Loeb…

While some sculptors work with clay and others with marble, sculptor Frank Plant decided early on that he wanted to work with steel. He twists and bends it to create these dramatic pieces that each tell its own story.



"I do what I refer to as drawings in steel. The subjects of said drawings are sometimes objects that i like for their composition, sometimes…

Underneath it All



What's the real story behind our favorite comic book superheroes? Artist Patrick Ballesteros exposes us to the things our parents tirelessly hid from us all throughout our childhood. Who's the real Iron Man? Is Superman a manufactured robot? Is Batman actually a prepubescent girl? What's going on here?



Born in North Carolina, Patrick grew up in several…

Peter Jansen must have watched the slow motion parts in The Matrix thousands of times. A student of physics and philosophy, the Dutch artist captures sequences of human movements within a single frame of space and time. The result is quite stunning.…