Such a great idea.
There are many more over here.
Posts Tagged: ‘Art’
April 22, 2012
Little People Street Art
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.
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.
March 21, 2012
Frida Photographs
But it’s only Wednesday!
Oh wait. That says “Frida.”
Our collective mental image of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has been informed, mostly, by the vibrant self-portraits she painted over the years. But she also had a collection of photographs — about 6,500 of them — that were held privately for decades after her death at the request of her husband, Diego Rivera.
In 2007, those photos were finally opened to the public, and since then, perceptions of Kahlo have been evolving. “There’s so much to find in them,” says Cythnia Connolly, visual curator at Artisphere in Arlington, Va., where a selection of Kahlo’s photos are on display for the first time in the U.S.
One shot, titled “Frida Kahlo and Unidentified Person”:
March 3, 2012
Roger Ebert: “gobsmackingly gorgeous web site”
From Roger Ebert’s FaceBook page: “One of the most gobsmackingly gorgeous web sites I have ever seen.” It’s focus is the Ghent Altarpiece:
The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (Dutch: Het Lam Gods or The Lamb of God; completed 1432) is a very large and complex Early Netherlandish polyptych panel painting which is considered to be one of Belgium’s masterpieces and one of the world’s treasures.
You should click on the icon in the upper right and read the ”How To.” Look at one of the options:
You can:
• view the whole altarpiece in four different modes: digital macrophotography, digital macro infrared (IR) photography, infrared reflectography (IRR), or X-radiography…
Note: For simple use, choose an image on the home page you like, and hit the “+” symbol to zoom in. You can get really up close and personal with these astonishing paintings.
“Gorgeous” was exactly the right word. Wow. Have fun.
February 15, 2012
Elevator Floor Scares the **** Out of People
Oh this is good. We might see a collection of photographs like this one coming soon. (Typos fixed!)
Oh – looks like it’s been done before.
January 27, 2012
“Fetal and Anatomical Hello Kitty”
The work of Jason Feeney. (You may have seen it before.)
Bonus: You can follow the creation of some of his work at his FaceBook page.
January 25, 2012
Victorian Photo Subjects Become Sci-Fi Heroes
October 6, 2011
MacBook Pro Turned Into Portrait of Steve Jobs
A tribute from Mint Digital:
This morning, surrounded by the fruits of his labour, we heard the news that the man behind all of these incredible products had died. It seemed fitting to create a tribute to him using the spare components of the old Mac book pro. Every component has been broken down to its most basic form and reassembled into a portrait of Steve Jobs. This is how it turned out:
October 5, 2011
New Animation: Real-Life Nyan Cat!
This just appeared on YouTube a couple days ago:
From Guy Collins.
For those who aren’t familiar with Nyan Cat, here you go.
