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Surrealist Paintings from Paco Pomet

Art

Jump into the world of the surreal with Paco Pomet, whose work is traditional on the surface, with just a hint of the surreal and absurd. His mostly greyscale paintings show scenes from years past, like Victorian portraits, land surveyors, and 50’s nostalgia. But each one has a pop of surrealist color, either an out-of-place symbol, or a bizarro jet of light overtaking a body part. The work doesn’t take itself too seriously, changing up the surrealism each time. It makes Pomet’s paintings fun and charming, versus dark and mysterious.  Based in Spain, his work is on display in the US, Denmark, Spain, among others.  Via Colossal:

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A family gathered round to watch a fire icon?
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Hmm…. what’s going on here, gentleman?
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A Victorian portrait interrupted by extreme jets of brilliant light.
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A digital pin looking quite out of place in the wilderness.
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My, what long legs you have!
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A setting sun matched by a low battery alert.
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Some might big colored pencils, gentleman.
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Art

Vibrant Embroidered Vintage Photographs

Art

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Victoria Villasana has a great series of classic photographs that have been painstakingly embroidered, to add colorful clothing, outlines, and bursts of color.

The contrast between the vintage black and white photos with the bright and colorful embroidery work beautifully together, creating pop art that we’d love to see hung on a wall.  Marilyn Monroe, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan and Frida Kahlo are just a few in the series.  We’re particularly impressed by the intricacy and care of the embroidery, we’d be afraid of ripping through the photographs and ruining the effect. Via Colossal:

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Design

Cereal Box Art: Hipster Vintage

Design

If I know anything about hipsters, it’s that they love vintage triangles.  Say what?

I happen to know a lot of hip, young, design-y types, and the work I see coming from them is geometric, pattern-based, and desaturated, usually with a lot of scenic outdoor photography.   There is a lot of cool looking stuff, don’t get me wrong.  But it can be so derivative as to become pastiche and meaningless.  It is sometimes as if a ‘style’ has to be applied to everything before it has relevancy, and this ‘veneer’ concept can get old and stale.

Here is a quick example of the style I see:

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