Art

July 9, 2013

Photographer Creates Memorials Around Found Roadkill

At Rest is a series by photographer Emma Kisiel that features roadkill found on American highways that are finally given a floral and natural memorial by the artist herself without ever moving or repositioning the animals. Depending on how one views the images, they can seem utterly disturbing or absolutely beautiful. (There are slightly more graphic images of animals that are further along the decaying process, which can heighten either feeling, on the photographer's website.)

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July 8, 2013

Amazing Hyperrealistic Sculpture of Brawling Monkeys

Chicago-born, New York-based artist Tony Matelli captures the ugly, hairy scene of a violent monkey fight in his hyperrealistic sculpture titled Old Enemy, New Victim. Made of steel, fiberglass, silicone, paint, and actual yak hair, the lifelike installation presents three primates nearing the end of a vicious brawl.

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July 4, 2013

Huge Mural of a Graffiting Grandma in Montreal

It's been a few years since we wrote about Montreal-based artist collective A'shop but the team is back. One of their latest works was for the MURAL street art festival that recently took place on Saint-Laurent Boulevard, in downtown Montreal. As one of twenty street artists that came from all over the world, A'shop painted one huge side of a building in some eye-popping colors.

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July 3, 2013

Classic Posters of Iconic Movie Cars

Cars And Films is a series of prints paying homage to some great films and the iconic vehicles used in them by graphic and web designer Jess Prudencio. Based out of Seville, Spain, Prudencio embarked on this passion project with a simple, clean perspective.

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