Art

August 18, 2012

Dazzling Pen Portraits by Josh Bryan

While at first glance these stunning black and white portraits look like they were created in Illustrator, you'd be surprised to find out they're actually pen drawings. 20-year-old England-based artist Josh Bryan has a set called Triangulations where he's taken some well-known celebrities – like Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Helen Bonham Carter, and Johnny Knoxville – and created their likeness in abstract, geometric form. Hundreds of tiny triangles make up each face. Love love love.

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August 11, 2012

Billowing Tire Sculptures Address Global Pollution

Tel Aviv-based artist Gal Weinstein replicates a number of burning tires emitting heaps of billowing smoke in the aptly titled series Fire Tires. Each sculpture, which reaches up to a height of 4 meters, is made of wax, carved to look like tires, accompanied by various skillfully crafted components to mimic the thick, swirling smoke rising into the air.

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August 8, 2012

An Incredible Matrix of Red Beads

German artist Katharina Hinsberg's installation titled Mitten, roughly translated as Middle, features a network of red beads hanging in a grid-like formation. Each crimson sphere is aligned with the next, creating an intriguing Matrix similar to Muti Randolph's Deep Screen and somewhat reminiscent of Ana Soler's Causa-Efecto. Similarly, Hinsberg's installation is one that visitors can walk into and experience firsthand.

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August 4, 2012

Artist’s Mother Inspires Beautiful Butterfly Installation

Late last year, artist Taegan Roberts created this beautiful installation at a youth art exhibition in Geelong (a city in Victoria, Australia) called “Peel Your Eyes.” Lit underneath with just one white light, 1,000 origami butterflies are stunningly soaring up to the ceiling. Called “Alis Volat Propis” (or “She Flies With Her Own Wings”), the installation is dedicated to the artist's mother who lost her own mother when she was young.

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