Artist Bruce Gardner one day read about a Japanese art from called ‘Hikaru Dorodango’ and ever since he immediately decided to pursue to perfect this art form. Dorodango is sphere made out of simple water and mud ball that the artist tries to mold into a perfect circular object.
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DIMITRI TSYKALOV
This Russian artist based in Paris uses materials to create sculptures of body parts or objects that are in injunction position to the real materials of the subjects. Fruit for body parts, wood for skin, meat for masks or guns. More of his art @ http://dimitritsykalov.com/#intro JAWS | 2005 | lambda print, 50x50cm © Dimitri Tsykalov…
Goth Photography, is that a thing?
Historically Goth style was an architectural definition. After sometime it included also literature , later on a fashion style until it developed into what now a days is called a life stlye. Although there are disagreements in the goth community on what defines a goth life style or how, what, who is goth, nobody disagrees…
Jeff Koons ‘ Puppy
The American sculptor Jeff Koons is mostly renowned for his pop art and cartoon style sculptures and installations, such as his iconic Balloon Rabbit piece. But in his work Puppy he combined high tech computer technology with traditional gardening techniques, to create this giant West Highland terrier in colourful plants and flowers. It is a visually…
Yayoi Kusama’s Art
Polka Dot Love Room Every body must at some point come across her art on the internet. She’s been working with many different artistic media such as visual art, performance, film, literature, and design for more than 6 decades. We have seen her work posted on this blog, but her work is so iconic that I had…
Beasts and Bones
In 2004 the William D. Cannon Art Gallery in San Diego, California featured Beasts and Bones: The Cartonería of the Linares Family. The exhibit was over 70 papier-mâché (or cartonería) figures either inspired by Mexican Day of the Dead Figurines (calavera) and companioned with (alebrije), mythical dragon-like, griffin, and gargoyle like creatures that look like…
Hana Coufalová Fashion Art Designer
Yes, I don’t know if this is a real category. If it isn’t it should be. Even if I’m in the mist of changing carriers , I can’t help myself being drawn to fashion in some sort of form. It might be out of habit, after over 10 years in that field, or I truly have…
Polly Morgan Artist? Taxidermist? Both? Both.
Born in 1980 living in east London, Polly Morgan has spoken out to try to end public stigma about out in-vitro fertilization, often through her art exhibitions such as Still Birth (example on the bottom). I am a Tim Burton, Edgar Allan Poe fan type and has always been the weird kid that liked the unusual…
Terkoiz 1 – The internet Era
Here is a little video to enjoy created by the artist Terkoiz 1. He is a great example of how great simplicity, sound and a funny story line can be successful and give exposure to your talent.
Roman Dirge, One of many America’s obscure Artists
I discovered this artist through a comic book he created called ‘Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl.’ It’s a fun story about a girl that most likely doesn’t even realize that she is dead. Roman Dirge’s art is a creation of gory cuteness and naive sarcasm translated to canvas and print. I know this might sound bizarre,…
A(n) US(A) Valentine’s day
Every year NY Times Square Alliance throws an annual Valentine Heart Design Competition, where design firms and architects submit a ‘romantic public art installation’ for Valentine’s Day. This 2017 winner is The Office for Creative Research with an installation titled ‘We Were Strangers Once Too.’ It is a public data sculpture represented in pink and red on poles, that…
World Wide Largest Calligraphy Artwork -by Pokras Lampas
I didn’t do anything special this past week other than studying and reading and my own work… So I went online to find something appealing and the internet didn’t let me down. I googled calligraphy and the artist Pokras Lampas from St. Petersburg, Russia popped up. This video is about his amazing and impressive massive calligraffiti work. While…
FNAR 264-402: ART/DESIGN/DIGITAL CULTURE 