Art

July 8, 2017

7 Colorful Masterpieces That Define the Pop Art Movement

Since making its colorful debut in the 1950s, Pop Art has remained a prominent artistic movement. Thanks to the innovations of well-known masters like Andy Warhol, David Hockey, and Keith Haring, the one-of-a-kind genre marked the end of modernism and celebrated the onset of contemporary art. Key pieces of Pop Art helped to facilitate this significant shift in artistic sensibilities.

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July 6, 2017

Artist Creates Replica of Parthenon from 100,000 Banned Books

Argentinian conceptual artist Marta Minujín has just installed The Parthenon of Books in Kassel, Germany as part of the Documenta 14 art festival. Created from 100,000 banned books, this architectural replica of the Parthenon in Athens is a work in progress, with the public being asked to continue bringing volumes with them when visiting the exhibition.

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July 2, 2017

Unexpected Discovery Reveals a Rare 18th Century Coloring Book for Adults

The adult coloring book trend really took off several years ago, but it turns out that these soothing publications were around long before then. And not just decades—we’re talking hundreds of years. Amy Pool, a plant taxonomist at the Missouri Botanical Garden, made the discovery of Robert Sayer’s The Florist while browsing another book on the history of botanical illustration.

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June 30, 2017

Artist Creates “Wrecked” Mercedes-Benz from 12,000 Pieces of Reflective Steel

New York-based artist Jordan Griska bases his practice on recreating objects that represent aspects of American culture and history. With his sculpture Wreck, he created a model of a Mercedes-Benz S550 out of nearly 12,000 individual pieces of reflective stainless steel. The reflective sculpture is currently in a private collection outside of Philadelphia, but was on public view for a short period at Pier 9 with Philadelphia Contemporary.

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