Art

September 10, 2012

More Incredible Staple Art by Baptiste Debombourg

Every tool serves a purpose, but artists like Baptiste Debombourg know how to unleash greater potential in everyday items. For Debombourg, staples aren't simply tiny, metallic instruments used to fasten papers together or to a wall. The French artist uses the little pieces of bent metal to paint his grandeur pictures of human figures and natural settings, as inspired by Italian Mannerism, the German Renaissance, and western art.

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September 5, 2012

Colorfully Altered X-Rays of Fantastical Digital Animals

Korean artist Wonman Kim, aka Curt Man, is a graphic designer and illustrator who recently held his first solo exhibition, titled Trinity, for his intriguing digital works. The colorful mix of puzzling images depict what appear to be x-ray scans of different animals. Although, these are no ordinary x-rays. These are the kind of radiographs that make you question what you're really looking at.

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September 5, 2012

Gorgeous Iceberg Sculpture Made of Tissue Paper and Staples

If you ever thought you needed fancy, expensive materials to make an impressive piece of art, then you haven't seen this sculpture by Gabby O'Connor. Called What Lies Beneath, it's a huge installation that resembles an iceberg. Hanging from a ceiling, it's made up of thousands of small paper triangles dyed in shades of blue-green, coated in shellac and then stapled together with thousands of staples.

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September 3, 2012

Breathtakingly Enchanted Landscapes Radiate with Color

Chinese-American painter Ken Hong Leung, often referred to simply as H. Leung, creates beautiful landscapes illuminated by rainbow-hued washes of light. The touch of colorful vibrance add a hint of magic to each environment. There is an engagingly unearthly quality to his natural landscapes that draws the viewer's gaze and guides the eye all across the frame.

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