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Every tool serves a purpose, but artists like Baptiste Debombourg know how to unleash greater potential in everyday items. For Debombourg, staples aren't simply tiny, metallic instruments used to fasten papers together or to a wall. The French artist uses the little pieces of bent metal to paint his grandeur pictures of human figures and natural settings, as…

We know that Google has cars mounted with cameras to grab picture for its street view maps, but Harrod Blank's Camera Van had a different goal in mind, back in 1993, when its design was conceived. The van, loaded with cameras all across the exterior shell of the vehicle was positioned to capture shots of…

Spanish artist Jaume Piensa's sculptural installation titled Nomade, translated as Nomad, is a literal man of steel. The figurative sculpture displays a gigantic replica of a man sitting with his knees to his chest. The painted stainless steel figure is left incomplete, without a discernible face, feet, or hands, as a sign of welcoming spectators in, literally. The sculpture is open…

While time travel has not yet become a viable option, we are given the opportunity to take a journey into the past through images. Even moreso, we're able to view two points in time at once! Like Shawn Clover's spectacularly blended images of San Francisco's…

Have you ever seen Barbie dress like this? Vancouver-based photographer Hayden Wood has a found a new look for the iconic doll in his fashion photo series known as Living Dolls. It may not be the real Barbie, as manufactured by Mattel, but it certainly is inspired by the blonde toy figure, who is accompanied by her fictional male counterpart, Ken.

Barbie has undergone…

If you're unfamiliar with Google Earth, it's an application, similar to Google Maps, that allows one to view the world from the comfort of one's own home. You get to see some amazing satellite images of this planet of ours that's filled with a plenitude of colors and textures. A Research Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia named Paul Bourke took a liking to this…

It didn't take very long for Vietnamese artist Vu Cong Dien to be recognized for his carefully produced oil paintings. Within a few years, Dien's nature-inspired landscape paintings could be found at several galleries across the globe. Revered for the methodical approach and the often monochromatic color scheme present in each painting, the artist's body of work has a signature…

Photographer Stephanie Jung is back with more dizzying cityscapes, this time capturing the busy streets of Paris and Berlin. We first got a glimpse of the photographer's viewpoint of crowded urban landscapes a few months ago when she shared similarly styled photos of Japan.

One…

Korean artist Wonman Kim, aka Curt Man, is a graphic designer and illustrator who recently held his first solo exhibition, titled Trinity, for his intriguing digital works. The colorful mix of puzzling images depict what appear to be x-ray scans of different animals. Although, these are no ordinary x-rays. These are the kind of radiographs that make you question what you're really…

Last week, we introduced you to a remarkable series of computer key portraits by Australian artist WorkByKnight. We mentioned his other collection of portraits made of buttons and couldn't resist sharing the works. Like the digital renderings using computer keys,…

Here on My Modern Met, we know the importance of sharing art. Talented artists blow us away on a daily basis and that's only made possible by their decision to contribute to the art world. One great site for discovering and sharing art, whether you're looking to showcase or simply browse, is deviantART. The site provides an online community for all forms of visual art creators and…

Time and time again, we're reminded of nature's beauty. It's hard to believe, but these photos of real landscapes, not abstract paintings. They are actually aerial shots of streams, alive with motion and color, finding their way down the ashen sides of volcanoes in Iceland.

The stunning images were captured by photographer Andre Ermolaev, who reminisces over the lovely charm of the…

Author Burton Silver and illustrator Heather Busch have collaborated on an art book titled Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics that has been received in varying degrees of praise and disgust. What many don't realize is that it is categorically a humor book…

They say that the human hands are the most difficult subjects to illustrate, but I wonder how it compares in difficulty to painting directly on them. Instead of simply drawing a pair of hands, these series of images by photographer Ray Massey use palms, fingers, fingernails, and fists as the canvas for some incredibly illusionary body art. As an advertising campaign for…

Los Angeles-based street artist Miles MacGregor, better known as El Mac, has recently collaborated with rock band No Doubt to put together one awesome album artwork for the band's next full-length album, their first group effort in over ten years. El Mac held a photo shoot with the band members and created four acrylic wood panel portraits of them based on the…

Chinese-American painter Ken Hong Leung, often referred to simply as H. Leung, creates beautiful landscapes illuminated by rainbow-hued washes of light. The touch of colorful vibrance add a hint of magic to each environment. There is an engagingly unearthly quality to his natural landscapes that draws the viewer's gaze and guides the eye all across the frame.

Many of Leung's…

As part of the Smart City Expo in Barcelona, Endesa Pavilion is an energy efficient venue designed by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. The abstractly designed architecture is equipped with photovoltaic panels on the angular, multi-level roofs that…

We know that a long day at work can be tiring, but have you ever seen people so sleepy that they can't stay awake in public spaces? Photographer Adrian Storey definitely has! The photographer, also known as Uchujin, has taken it upon himself to capture all of the dreaming citizens of Tokyo, where he is currently based. The series, titled Let the Poets Cry Themselves to Sleep, features plenty of commuters that can't seem to keep their eyes open, lounging in the most unusually public…

We've marveled in awe over Scottish sculptor David Mach's unconventionally structured sculptures composed of magazines, matchsticks,…

New York City is populated with millions of people that each serve as an essential piece of the city's eclectic pie. The Big Apple's offering of unique and diverse individuals is arguably unmatched. We always hear about what a melting pot this immense metropolis is with its endless supply of quirky characters and the ongoing photo series known as Humans of New…