Posts Tagged: ‘Art’

May 9, 2013

Giant Duck in Hong Kong Harbor!

Giant Duck in Hong KongThough it does closely resemble our ducky mascot, we swear that we are not behind this.

For the past few weeks, a gigantic, inflatable rubber duck has sat in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour and drawn thousands of onlookers. How big is it? Pretty big—16.5 meters tall, or 54 feet of inflatable ducky goodness.

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman designed and launched the duck as nothing more than a whimsical act of happiness and goodwill. “It makes you feel young again. It refers to your childhood when there was no stress or economic pressure,” Hofman told reporters.

Officially named Rubber Duck, Hofman came up with the goodwill duck idea in 2001, but put it into motion this year. He’s already sent the duck to Osaka, Japan; Syndey, Australia (we covered this visit earlier this year); Sao Paolo, Brazil; and Amsterdam, in his home country. It will stay in Hong Kong until June 9th, after which it will head to the U.S. But where exactly? Hofman won’t say. “It’s confidential.” All will be revealed around June 1.

So be on the look out for that giant rubber duck. 10-4, good buddy.

P.S. Our San Diego office would like to put in a formal request to bring the duck to the San Diego Harbor. Perhaps we can bring one of our duckies to the harbor to meet Rubber Duck! Pretty pleeeeaaaaassssseeeee??

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March 14, 2013

Art (and Explosions)

This is cool – art made from layers of wire mesh:

And now that we have that artsy fartsy stuff out of the way – let’s get to the explosions!

1. “The Explosive Collection”:

2. “Huge explosions”:

3. “The Ultimate Explosion”:

4. “Underwater Explosions”:

5. “8 CRAZY EXPLOSIONS IN 1080p!!”

6. “Nasty Big Oil Tank Explosion”:

7. “Massive Propane Explosion – LPG filling station – Bucheon, South Korea”:

Pssst: BLEVE.

8. “H-Bombs in HD”:”

9. “Boum” (includes French comics!):

And finally, 10. “Surprised Kitty…EXPLODING!!!”

This has been another fine edition of “Art (and Explosions).” You’re welcome!

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September 26, 2012

The Eiffel Tower is Alive


“Eiffel Tower: Growing by myself”

Posted with permission from the artist, Olivier Defaye.

Click on the image to enlarge, click on it again to super-magnify.

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September 4, 2012

Internet Wonders: Randy Otter

 

Sometimes the internet makes up for itself:

By Randy Otter. Okay one more:

Found here, a wonder in itself. Main page here.

Bonus Wonder: Boom. And another one. (Pick through many illustrators.)

 

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August 12, 2012

Octopus of the Day

If you don’t follow Wikimedia Commons’ “Picture of the Day” — you really should. Because every day you get treated to things like this (click to enlarge):

That’s a drawing, made in 1896, by Italian zoologist Giuseppe Jatta, from his book, I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (Cephalopods Living In The Gulf Of Naples) which you can feast your eyes on online here. Not a bad Sunday activity, we say!

 

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July 9, 2012

Paris: The Art of Kal Gajoum

Sometimes a piece of art just reaches out and grabs you. Click on this—it takes a bit for the whole thing to get up (and you can click again to zoom in):

Here’s a larger version – found on StumbleUpon.

It took us a heck of a long time to figure out who did this – but we did it! It’s Kal Gajoum. (Bio.) Just a bunch of great stuff there. Enjoy.

(Here’s the apparently Russian site that had his work: artsodug.ru. (Lots of great stuff to see there as well.)

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June 14, 2012

Artwork: Lego Men’s Innards

A while back we showed you the very weird and wonderful work of Jason Freeney, with “Fetal and Anatomical Hello Kitty.”

Jason’s got some new work out:

You’ll never see Lego Men the same!

Another:

So great.

You can see more of Jason’s work at MoistProductions.com.

 

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April 22, 2012

Little People Street Art

Such a great idea.

There are many more over here.

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April 14, 2012

15th Century Flemish Portraits Recreated in Airplane Lavatory

Using toilet seat covers, paper powels, and toilet paper. File this under “Stories Uncle John Dreams About“:

On a 14-hour trek from San Francisco to Auckland, Katchadourian guessed that she’d be left with periods where few people were using the facilities. Over the course of several trips to the bathroom, she adorned herself with paper towels and snapped self-portraits in the same style of Flemish Renaissance portraits.

We might love this woman.

Many more to see at her website.

If you’ve got a little time, take a stroll around the website. You’re sure to find some interesting things.

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March 21, 2012

Underwater Sculpture

Thing #2, 319 you won’t mind doing even if it’s raining:

There’s a new phase of travel for art lovers, and it includes putting on your scuba diving gear and jumping into the ocean to check out the latest underwater sculpture.

Yes, you heard correctly. Underwater sculpture.

Jason de Caires Taylor is the creator of the world’s first underwater park, and now you can see his latest creation in Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan. A ring of solitary life-size figures will greet you as you make your way down the deepest lake in Central America.

And, uh…wow:

Much more to see at the website of Jacque de Caires Taylor.

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