Art

June 13, 2018

Characters Step Out of Their Canvas Into the Real World

At first glance, the work of Japanese artist Shintaro Ohata might look like textural oil paintings, but a closer look reveals that his subjects are not confined to the flat surface of his canvases. Depending on the viewer's perspective, his colorful, childlike sculptural characters seem to live halfway between their painterly worlds and the gallery showroom. To create his mixed media work, Ohata places three-dimensional, figurative sculptures made from polystyrene in front of his canvases.

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June 11, 2018

Interview: Artist Creates Spellbinding Sculptures of Children Covered in Moss

Finnish artist Kim Simonsson stumbled upon sculpting while playing in the snow as a young child. While his peers were creating standard snowmen, he was crafting a model of Donald Duck. Since this unexpected epiphany, Simonsson has sculpted a range of fascinating figures, including his enchanting collection of Moss People. This spellbinding series features life-sized sculptures of children that appear to be molded out of vibrant and verdant moss.

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June 4, 2018

Clever Illustrations Visually Define the “Same” Words With Different Meanings

Is it soar or sore? Led or lead? If you've ever doubted your spelling or mixed up two words, Homophones, Weakly is for you. For five years, illustrator Bruce Worden made it his mission to ensure that you'd never get your homophones confused again. In case you don't remember, homophones are two or more words having the same pronunciation, but different spelling and meaning.

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