Art

June 28, 2018

Glow-in-the-Dark Murals Transform Ordinary Spaces Into Dazzling Cosmic Worlds

Hungarian artist Bogi Fabian uses her own self-developed UV paint to create mesmerizing wall murals that come to life after dark. By day, seemingly blank walls appear as normal, but with the flick of a switch, the artist’s painterly strokes and spray-painted textures start to glow. Her works illuminate entire rooms, transforming ordinary spaces into spectacular cosmic worlds teeming with spiral galaxies, glittering stars, and dazzling clouds of dust and gas.

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June 25, 2018

Giant Serpent Emerges From the Sea Off the Coast of France

Just off the shore of the Loire estuary outside of Nantes, France, a slithering serpent rises from the water. Completed in 2012, Serpent d'océan is an impressive 425-foot (130 meters) sculpture by French Chinese contemporary artist Huang Yong Ping and is part of the Estuaire permanent public art collection along the estuary's 37 miles.

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June 21, 2018

Artist Spends 15 Months Constructing Ghostly Pirate Ship With Ordinary Found Materials

Tattooist Jason Stieva has been creating assemblage art for almost 20 years, extending his creativity beyond the flesh and into three-dimensional space. For the past nine years, he's been working on his Gothic Times series, which began when he acquired a portion of an old clockmakers estate. Mixing cases and mechanisms with other found materials, his sculptures are wildly surreal and filled with detail.

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