Art

July 5, 2016

Van Gogh Masterpieces Reimagined with Spellbinding Tilt-Shift Effect

Vincent van Gogh is renowned for his Post-Impressionistic paintings, depicting open air scenes with lush color and swirling movement. Using Photoshop, Redditor melonshade has reimagined some of the artist's masterpieces, blurring the backgrounds as if filtering the works through a tilt-shift lens. The digital technique appears like a modern cousin to the hyper-stylized aesthetic of the Post-Impressionism movement, warping sharper shapes into softened forms to heighten sensory and emotional impact.

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July 2, 2016

Optical Illusion Graffiti Creates Portal to a Parallel Universe on the Side of a Building

Parisian graffiti artist Astro contorts flat architectural facades into illusory vortexes with a vibrant graphic twist. His painted patterns combine smooth, swirling curves and calligraphy with sharper shapes in dynamically detailed designs that are eye-catching on their own; and, as if to suck his viewers farther into each piece, he adds the appearance of dark, receding chasms, tunneling deep into the walls.

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June 19, 2016

Surreal Mixed Media Paintings of Nature Littered with Man-Made Memorabilia

Brooklyn-based artist Lauren Matsumoto explores how humans relate to nature in her Fauna and Flora series, which combines painting, drawing, and collage to symbolize the natural world's perpetual cycles of growth and decay. Each piece portrays an eclectic mix of birds and plant life paired with vintage-inspired memorabilia: chandeliers hang haphazardly from branches, old televisions and typewriters perch between boughs, and antique cameras, shoes, and bicycles burst forth from branches like leaves.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.