Inge Jacobsen has a real talent for flawlessly creating hand-stitched
Vogue magazine covers. What she does is stitch over the magazine so that it becomes completely covered with thread! “I like the idea of having something mass produced become unique and handmade,” Jacobsen shares. Her work is impeccable, and it gives a whole new meaning to stitching, doesn't it?…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on April 13, 2011 at 12:30pm —
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SIT is an artist that has been a part of the Amsterdam creative scene for many years. He's a jack-of-all-trades dabbling in everything from action painting and graphic design to advertising and more until one day he decided stop everything. With
Noir, he is able to go back to basics using bold black and whites colors. With these pieces, he examines the troubled relationship between animal kingdom and…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on April 12, 2011 at 1:30pm —
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Met favorite Sarah Joncas recently sent
Hi-Fructose some shots showing what she's been up to in her studio as of late. The Toronto-based artist is currently in the process of creating new works for her yet to be titled solo show at Last Rites Gallery in New York City, which opens at the end of April. Joncas shares that she will be taking a…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on April 7, 2011 at 1:30pm —
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A few years ago, Helsinki-based Artist Jonna Pohjalainen spent the summer at an environmental art workshop in Pedvale, Latvia. She arrived there supply-less, but with an open mind. Every day, she would sit quietly, taking in the rural landscape, sharpening her pencils and watching the sunset. It was during those quiet moments that she got the brilliant idea to transform the gray aspen logs that…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on April 6, 2011 at 12:30pm —
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Added by Alyssa Anda on April 6, 2011 at 12:30pm —
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With the recent natural disasters in Japan, many people are doing what they can to help.
Christina Conway, a curator, graphic designer and illustrator from San Diego, California, came up with the genius idea to organize an art auction with the proceeds going to the recovery of Japan. She asked artists to paint on an ema - a small wooden…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on April 6, 2011 at 12:00pm —
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Dorie Millerson is a Toronto-based artist who’s medium is lace. She creates intricate, small sculptures made from lace and suspends them using string. Millerson holds an Masters in Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Her work is exhibited in Canada as well as in the United States. According to her website, “her studio practice involves research into stitched and constructed…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on April 4, 2011 at 1:30pm —
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If you were blown away by
Andrew Myers' screw art, you'll be equally impressed with these nail art compositions. Marcus Levine can take up to three weeks to create one of these pieces but that's not the crazy part. Levine is known for putting, quite literally, his blood, sweat and tears into each…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on April 1, 2011 at 1:30pm —
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Last year, artists Jean-Pierre Roy and MIchael Kagan had a brilliant idea. They would recycle the countless, used MetroCards New Yorkers mindlessly throw away and turn them into something amazing. These discarded pieces of trash would serve as canvases on which to create miniature works of art. They would call the show
Single Fare.
Well, Roy and Kagen fulfilled their dream and…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on April 1, 2011 at 1:30pm —
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Sheffield-based street artist Phlegm is at it again! His new city center piece looks as if it could have been taken from the pages of his comics.
Spring Sun is reminiscent of his
comic book-inspired street art which we've featured on theMET or his…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on March 30, 2011 at 1:00pm —
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Iain Macarthur is an artist from Swindon, United Kingdom who, at the young age of eight, became an art fanatic through cartoon shows and comic books. The Batman series started his obsession with drawing fantasy characters and when he grew older, his style matured to include more detailed illustrations of realistic figures and faces. Cartoons still inspire him, as well as lighting, people’s facial…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on March 30, 2011 at 12:30pm —
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Ben Slow is a talented portrait artist from London. His subjects range from beautiful starlets to pop culture icons. “Working from my London studio, I find an exciting dynamic in the contradictory relationship between the glamorous pop images and the raw, unrefined urban context in which such icons are celebrated. The point of my work is to reduce the silhouette to its most elegant and minimal,…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on March 29, 2011 at 2:00pm —
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Laz Marquez has a passion for creating art. He never goes a day without thinking about the power, execution and integrity behind it. While at work, he started thinking about his movie marathon of Oscar nominated best films and had a sudden burst of inspiration. Everyday for seven days he would tackle an original poster design. He ended up with the full set of ten because, as he says, “sucks at…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on March 4, 2011 at 3:30pm —
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Beastman is an artist, designer and photographer from Sydney, Australia who creates intricate, symmetrical paintings. They portray a world of hope and survival inhabited by beast-like creatures. These instantly lovable characters reflect human nature and our everyday burdens and struggles. Beastman makes his mark all over Australia helping us find hope in a world we are constantly lost in.…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on March 1, 2011 at 3:30pm —
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One of the Met’s favorite artists,
Stella Im Hultberg works with pencils, wood and sketchbooks to make illustrations for her upcoming show
Fragmented, which runs from March 11th to March 21st at London Miles gallery.
Midway through preparing for this show, Hultberg started…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on February 28, 2011 at 1:00pm —
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Cartoons characters are often tangled up in messy situations but what happens when you mix them with classic paintings by world famous artists? Hilarity ensues! Though we couldn't find the person who took on this challenge, he or she has done an impressive job in inserting our favorite cartoon characters into memorable paintings. The result? What would happen when art meets…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on February 23, 2011 at 1:00pm —
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After Banksy’s film
Exit Through the Gift Shop was nominated for an Oscar, the UK street artist made a special trip to Los Angeles to honor the momentous occasion. Here are a few standout pieces that he put up in the last couple weeks.
The boy shooting crayons (below) is located in Westwood, home of UCLA. As a Bruin myself, I can tell you firsthand that many students have…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on February 22, 2011 at 3:30pm —
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St. Martin’s School of Art graduate Dianne Harris turned heads at the 2011 Kinetica Art Fair with her neon works: Caduceus, E=MConsciousness2 and Eternally Yours. She specializes in producing, constructing and photographing environments. The Kinetica Art Fair is a London exhibition dedicated to bringing kinetic, electronic and technological art to the public.
“My work,” says Harris, “aims…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on February 11, 2011 at 3:30pm —
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Janne Parviainen is an artist from Finland who's photographs show us the art of
light painting. Creepy skeletons come alive, finding a new lease on life.
These haunting photographs are the result of combining light with darkness. Each photograph tells a different story, like moments in time brought to life by the…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on February 4, 2011 at 3:00pm —
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Talented animator, designer, director and producer Lynne Naylor works in the “pop surrealism” scene. Her award-winning illustrations have been featured in successful animated TV and film projects, such as
The Ren and Stimpy Show,
Powerpuff Girls and
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. Naylor also completed conceptual designs for DreamWorks and Sony Pictures…
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Added by Alyssa Anda on February 2, 2011 at 12:30pm —
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