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Theo Jansen’s Kinetic Sculptures are alive and walking on the beach
“The walls between art and engineering exists only in our minds.“ Theo Jansen is a Dutch kinetic sculptor who creates light weight, movable objects that are powered by the wind. He main creations...
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Sao Paulo: A City Without Advertising
Ever wanted what it would be like to live in a city without advertising? São Paulo is where you should head. São Paulo is city that has passed laws preventing outdoor advertising of any sort. This...
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Schizophrenia, Louis Wain and Cats.
A 20th-century artist, Louis Wain, who was fascinated by cats, painted these pictures over a period of time in which he developed schizophrenia. The pictures mark progressive stages in the illness and...
View ArticleArt Student knits her own Ferrari
Art graduate Lauren Porter knitted a Ferrari sportscar for her honours degree at Bath Spa University.The classic red bodywork consists of 250 squares of garter stitch made by Lauren and 20 family...
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The Russian Empire in 100 year old Picture Post Cards
English Russia has a great collection of the picture postcards depicting the Russian empire at the start of the 20th century. Some of them would make great stamps and wall stickers. At the beginning...
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The Unknown Woman of the Seine: A Death Mask
L’Inconnue de la Seine (French for “the unknown woman of the Seine“) was an unidentified young woman whose death mask became a popular fixture on the walls of artist homes after 1900. Her visage was...
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Innocence Suspended in Time, Stuck on Rewind: The Art of Minchi
minchi is a Japanese artist who paints using oil and watercolors. The pictures on his/her website have a bishojo feel to them. Random acts of fantasy committed in a lazy summer afternoon. Secrets in...
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The Art of Mark Bryan
Recently discovered Mark Bryan’s art and liked what I saw, particularly because I’m a fan of satire.. especially when it borders on the surreal. From his artist statement: In my paintings I see the...
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The Art of Sven Prim
Sven Prim is a terrific artist that specializes in photo retouching and his portfolio features some magazine work along with some morbid, graphic novel-ish stuff. There isn’t a lot of info on his...
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