Art

August 21, 2014

Man Hilariously Inserts Himself into Pop Culture Photo Calendar Thanks to a Lost Bet

As football season approaches, it's becoming time for a fan-favorite activity – fantasy football. Maybe you're playing it just for fun, but for Henry Stern and his friends, getting last in their league means a punishment. Stern, last season's loser, had to put together a calendar of himself recreating famous moments in pop culture. The results are embarrassingly hilarious! Each month features Stern's face Photoshopped onto the body of a celebrity or fictitious character.

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August 19, 2014

Brilliantly Red Lines Radiate From the Top of a French Waterfall

Brilliantly-colored red lines radiate from the top of a waterfall and over a pool in this stunning installation by French artist Pier Fabre. The 240 strings are suspended in front of a cascade at Egliseneuve d'Entraigues, in the mountainous Sancy region of central France. Titled Dripping, Fabre designed his piece to create an unusual space above the rushing water, and for the liquid to cling to its multiple strands.

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July 30, 2014

Mosaic Self-Portrait Constructed with 7,000 Colorful Bottle Caps

Bottle caps have taken on an entirely different purpose and form in these creative works by Chicago-based multi-media artist Mary Ellen Croteau. She believes that these little plastic parts, which cannot be recycled, are a major curse on our environment. So, in an attempt to find ways to repurpose the objects which would otherwise be garbage, Croteau began reworking them into portraits and sculptures. While building her Endless Columns (far below)

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July 24, 2014

Stunningly Realistic Portraits Created with Thousands of Tiny Holes

Norwegian artist Anne-Karin Furunes crafts images that fool the eye. At first glance, her monochromatic portraits look like photographs, but are definitely not. They're actually painted canvases that are punctuated by thousands of tiny, hand-punched holes. Light plays an important role in her pieces, and the entire work can change its appearance based on the surrounding luminance.

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