A good artist can make just about anything their canvas medium. That includes dirt, it seems. Artist Sarah Rosado has taken dirt and turned it into cute, clever and interesting works of art. All images courtesy of the artist.
Curiot is the most impressive street artist I’ve seen, making exquisite and deep works of art that combine fantasy with folklore with pure expressionism. Via Colossal:
A striking and imaginative series of photos called Touching Strangers, by Richard Renaldi. The people being photographed are total strangers to each others, but posed as if they are long-lost friends, or lovers, or family. It’s a series of images incredibly simple to devise, yet genius in execution.
The animated GIF ain’t got nothin’ on the phenakistoscope, a device from 1841 that created animated scenes within a series of spinning discs.
Via the Richard Balzer Collection
Via the Richard Balzer Collection
Created by Joseph Plateau, the Phenakistoscope was a device thought to be the first mechanism for true animation. Via Juxtapoz:
The phenakistoscope used a spinning disc attached vertically to a handle. Arrayed around the disc’s center were a series of drawings showing phases of the animation, and cut through it were a series of equally spaced radial slits. The user would spin the disc and look through the moving slits at the disc’s reflection in a mirror. The scanning of the slits across the reflected images kept them from simply blurring together, so that the user would see a rapid succession of images that appeared to be a single moving picture.
Artist Scott Campbell has been turning classic movie characters and scenes into charming, some may say adorable little paintings. He has a vast series entitled Great Showdowns that feature protagonists and antagonists side by side, and in each painting, everyone is happy. It’s this twist and playfulness that make these clever pieces resonate. Here are just a few from his website.
9,000 human silhouettes were scraped into the sand to signify the horrible casualties of the D-Day beach landing. A stunning and fleeting sand sculpture, which was quickly washed away by the tide. Via Colossal:
Colossal has a look at the fantastic whirling color forms of Brendan Monroe.
The work has beautiful hues, great motion, and a warm sense of kinetic energy. Love it.
Aldous Huxley’s The Crows of Pearblossom is his only children’s book, and a beautifully illustrated one by Barbara Cooney. It’s a somewhat dark and fascinating story, from way back in 1967. I love the color palette. Via BrainPickings:
We all know that digital renderings are impressive these days. Go to any decent science-fiction movie, and the CGI has progressed to a point that you hardly notice what is a digital effect and what is real life anymore. Well, the following images push that limit even further. All of the below are digital renderings, not photographs. They are mind-blowingly true-to-life, and yes, these digital artists spent way too much time making them so. Make certain to click on the images and see them up close. Wow. Via Gizmodo:
Artist: Marcin Gruszczyk
Artist: Marek Denko
Artist: Leandre Hounnake
Artist: David Lesperance
Artist: Jan Kristian Volmer
Artist: Denis Lebedev
Artist: Andrey Kobushenko
Artist: Marcelo Souza
The Montreal International Mosaicultures show has a tremendous collection of stunning plant sculptures. Via Colossal:
Photograph by Bela Borsodi
You would most definitely think the colorful image above is four separate photos, but perplexingly, it’s just one.
Via Twisted Sifter:
We can’t fault you for thinking that. Especially if you just glanced. But a closer inspection reveals that this is indeed a meticulously crafted photograph (singular) by Italian photographer Bela Borsodi.
The conceptual image was taken for the album cover, Terrain by VLP, a supergroup of Pia Palme (sub-bass recorder, electronics), Electric Indigo (synthesizer, computer) and JSX (turntables).
Photograph by Bela Borsodi
Bela Borsodi was born in Vienna 1966. After studying graphic design and fine art he started to work as a photographer. In 1992 Bela moved to New York and in 1999 he focused on still life photography, which is still the main direction of his work. Bela lives and works in New York. You can find his impressive portfolio and more at his official website: http://www.belaborsodi.com<br /
Check out the video for proof!
Hans Wegner’s Shell Chair, designed in 1963, is the epitome of elegance. Visually perfect from every angle, the chair elevates seating to an art form. It remains one of the more beautiful designer chairs around. Here is a stunning collection of 20 new colors and finishes by CarlHansen for the chair’s 50th birthday.
There have been some clever redesigned versions of movie posters floating around the web in the last few years, but none as simple and minimal as Michal Krasnopolski’s. It’s as if the posters have been simmered on the stove until they are just the essence of the concept. They make me grin. Via FastCo Design:
from the artist:
The basic concept was to create a very modernist, minimalist poster series for movie enthusiasts.The idea is based on a very simple grid: a circle and two diagonals inscribed in a square. It surprised me how many posters I could create based on this very simple approach; the possibilities are theoretically unlimited.
