Art

November 23, 2016

Colorful Storybook Illustrations of Whimsical Birds and Fantastic Beasts

The colorful creatures conjured up by artist Vorja Sánchez are both fit for a fairytale and from your wildest dreams. Everything about the animal-loving, Barcelona-based illustrator’s oeuvre—from materials used, style employed, and fauna depicted—is eclectic, making each peculiar piece entirely unique and visually alluring. To create soft and dreamy depictions, like his comprehensive collage of realistically rendered birds, Sánchez uses washes of watercolor and subdued colored pencils.

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November 22, 2016

Indoor Rainbow Made of Thread Flows Through the Toledo Museum of Art

The colorful string explosions of Gabriel Dawe have been mesmerizing us for years. With Plexus 35, the Mexican artist brings his work to the Toledo Museum of Art, making a bold juxtaposition between old and new. The site-specific installation is composed of embroidery threads strung to create an indoor rainbow, one that plays with space—from interior architectural elements to light sources.

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November 17, 2016

Artists Reimagine Children’s Monster Drawings to Promote Creativity

In 2015, The Monster Project gave one group of lucky children the chance to bring their dreamy drawings of monsters to life. Now, one year later, the make-believe beasts are back, thanks to talented artists, imaginative children, and a successful Kickstarter campaign. The Monster Project is an inventive initiative that invites artists from around the world to recreate elementary school students’ monster-themed masterpieces.

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November 15, 2016

Detailed Drawings of Tree Roots Symbolically Connect Pages of Bible, Quran, and Torah

The awe-inspiring work of Italian artist Tindàr is more than meets the eye. Though visually captivating and created with great skill, his art is also highly conceptual. With deliberate motifs, unique installations, and meaningful materials, Tindàr comments on a range of poignant topics, including the migrant crisis, explorations of identity, and, in his Roots series, a plea for peaceful coexistence. The natural world is a key theme in Tindàr’s oeuvre.

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