Category Archives: Art

Upcoming Group Show at Beinart Gallery Celebrates the Intricate Art of Miniatures

Melbourne, Australia’s Beinart Gallery is gearing up for an exhibition of small scale paintings, scratch-built models, and tiny sculptures. Co-curated by artist Joshua Smith (previously), the Miniature Art Group Show features impressive works by a group of around 30 artists from around … Continue reading

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Bold Illustrations by Calvin Sprague Camouflage Geometric Figures and Detached Body Parts

American illustrator and designer Calvin Sprague blends bodies, disconnected hands, and wide-open eyes into their surrounding environments in his vibrant illustrations. Now based in Rotterdam, Sprague uses thin black lines and color-blocked shapes to create surreal scenes, including a red-shirted girl … Continue reading

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Sheets of White Paper Layered into Dense Cityscapes and Forests by Ayumi Shibata

Japan-based artist Ayumi Shibata (previously) constructs intricate paper cities and natural landscapes that both fit in the palm of her hand and are expansive enough to pass through on foot. Using dozens of layers of paper for a single project, Shibata … Continue reading

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New parts New workbench New start – Marble Machine X #113

Happy to be back in the workshop! Take care and good luck with everything you are doing / Martin Video edited by Chris Check out Maureen Krauth’s animation of the Kinetic Fingers: Meticulae Design ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBEk… Support the Marble Machine … Continue reading

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Artist Tomás Saraceno Launches a Fuel-Free Solar Air Balloon, Breaking World Records

Saraceno’s balloon flew over the Salinas Grandes salt flat, making it the first time a human has flown without the use of any fossil fuels, only air and sun.   “Fly with Aerocene Pacha,” Tomás Saraceno for Aerocene, 21-28 January … Continue reading

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Erosion: Layered Porcelain Sculptures Sandblasted to Mimic Biological Forms

British ceramicist Tamsin van Essen is fascinated by what she describes as the “the fragile boundary between attraction and repulsion,” a place where tension is created by the visible and the obscured. For her Erosion series Essen created layered blocks … Continue reading

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How Jacob Lawrence’s Paintings Captured the African American Experience – My Modern Met

How much do you know about Jacob Lawrence’s “The Migration Series” paintings? New York City has always attracted avant-garde artists. From the energetic Abstract Expressionists to the pioneers of American Pop Art, forward-thinking creatives have flocked to the city that … Continue reading

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Misha Makarov’s photos –  VK in 2020 | Stair railing design

Feb 14, 2020 – Misha Makarov’s photos – 4,179 photos | VK Source: Misha Makarov’s photos – 4,179 photos | VK in 2020 | Stair railing design, Staircase design, Modern stairs

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ArtHunter on Instagram: “Quote of the day 💭 – “The man who cannot visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot.” ― Andre Breton – Sculpture art

Feb 16, 2020 – ArtHunter on Instagram: “Quote of the day 💭 – “The man who cannot visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot.” ― Andre Breton – Ear by Michael Beitz” Source: ArtHunter on Instagram: “Quote … Continue reading

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Anatomical Forms Emerge From Zippers, Quilted Fabric, and Felt by Élodie Antoine

“Zip thorax” (2014), zippers. All images © Élodie Antoine Belgian artist Élodie Antoine understands the behavior of fibers, controlling them in ways to produce textile designs that are organic, fungal, and oftentimes anatomical in nature. Her anatomies emerge from taut lycra, … Continue reading

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