Category: Art
Photorealism
Artists by Movement: Photorealism 1960′s to 1970′s Photorealism is a movement which began in the late 1960′s, in which scenes are painted in a style closely resembling photographs. The subject matter is frequently banal and without particular interest; the true subject of a photorealist work is the way in which we interpret photographs and paintings [...]
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
This monument called Worker and Kolkhoz Woman (Rabochiy i Kolkhoznitsa) was made for one of studios in VDNKH and first time displayed in Paris in 1937. There was hold a competition for the post of a chief architect and one of the famous Soviet architects at that time, V. I. Mukhina, won the contest. The [...]
Smoke Photography and Smoke Art
In this article we are showcasing beautiful examples of smoke art, the very difficult technique of photographing smoke. Truly awesome and inspiring!
The Headington Shark Sculpture
The Headington Shark is a sculpture situated at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a shark embedded head-first in the roof of the house. The enormous fibre glass shark, created by sculptor John Buckley, was erected on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 1986, designed [...]
Joshua Callaghans Public Art
L.A.-artist Joshua Callaghan brilliantly hides the typically undesirable city objects such as utility boxes. His work creates an illusion of an uninterrupted view and the images reflect the view of what you would see if the box were not there.
Fat Donald
Fat Donald – Illustration Art Fat Donald by ~DonMak is dark, repulsive and intentionally so. It may not be a most balanced portrayal of good ol’ Ronnie but it runs with the current zeitgeist and expresses it very well. So it marks a point in time where there is a global phenomenon in which we [...]
Mona Lisa comes to life
This Mona Lisa chats with you in Beijing. A visitor looks at a three-dimensional, holographic version of the 16th century portrait “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci as it indicates not to move any closer in Beijing’s Alive Gallery August 21, 2009. This Mona Lisa is a digital re-creation courtesy of the Alive Gallery in [...]
Paint Drop Sculptures
When we came across these ‘Paint Drop Sculptures ‘ we were really impressed by it and we were sure you too would like it. These sculptures are the creation of Chris Dorosz. He maintains a studio practice in San Francisco where he teaches at the Academy of Art University. Apart from this he also runs [...]
Hands of Buddha
Huang Yong Ping – french artist of Chinese origin is exhibiting as part of arsenale at venice art biennale 09. Ping’s work has its roots in confrontation, contrast, exchange, and the coexistence of different cultural and spiritual worlds. his oversize recreations of the hand of buddha is made from a type of cedar tree [...]
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