Art

August 16, 2012

The United Nations of Ant Farms

Across the course of his career, Japanese artist Yukinori Yanagi has found ways to collaborate with the tiny little world of ants in his artwork. In The World Flag Ant Farm, Yanagi created a series of world flags by pouring colorful sand into a labyrinth of plexiglass boxes connected by tubes. He then introduced live ants into the art farm and let them go about their daily lives.

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August 9, 2012

Photorealistic Pencil Portraits of Animals

I came across these animal drawings by Sydney-based artist Jaimee Paul and was amazed by just how realistic they looked. (The fur! The feathers!) Growing up on a farm in New Zealand with eight dogs, four cats, two horses and many lambs, she's used to being surrounded by animals. It's no wonder then, that now she focuses on them. “They have such personality, they're so complex and every one is so different.

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August 7, 2012

Colorfully Stenciled Garden at Singapore Art Museum

Japanese artist Shinji Ohmaki just sent us these photos of his latest installation at the Singapore Art Museum. Known for bringing bare white rooms to life with his use of pigments and stencils, Ohmaki worked with a team, over the course of 10 days, to create this colorful wonderland. Called Echoes-Infinity-The Forest, the installation opened on May 18 and is being exhibited until August 12.

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August 1, 2012

China’s Outrageous Optical Illusions Interactive Exhibit

Why simply look at art when you can be part of it? Last month, travelers Michael Powell and Jrgen Horn shared their fun photographic adventures at The Trick Eye Museum in Busan, South Korea where they basically had a good time taking entertaining pictures of themselves interacting with three-dimensional paintings.

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