Art

July 26, 2012

Colorful Umbrellas Magically Float in Mid-Air

Flickr photographer Patrcia Almeida recently shot these great photos of a wonderfully whimsical umbrella art installation in Portugal. Like something out of a fairy tale, the umbrellas look almost like they're magically floating in mid-air. As she writes, “In July, in gueda (a Portuguese town), some streets are decorated with colorful umbrellas. I felt like a kid, amazed by all that color!” She calls it Umbrella Sky. Love this kind of outdoor art.

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July 22, 2012

Animal Watercolor Portraits Burst with Color

Oregon-based artist Dean Crouser produces some of the most fantastic watercolor paintings of animals. His lively renditions feature a multitude of vibrant colors that fit so perfectly, they make you rethink about the real colors typically found in these wild creatures. Crouser exhibits a truly artistic eye, mixing shades of green with reds, blues, and browns in the mane of a bear as well as an equally diverse collection of hues in his other subjects.

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July 19, 2012

Three-Dimensional Magazine Sculptures Defy All Boundaries

Korean Yun-Woo Choi is an emerging artist who creates incredibly impressive sculptures using rolled up pages of magazines. Though not much information can be found on the artist, he did say in a fairly recent interview that he was inspired by three artists you may already be familiar with: Anish Kapoor, Tara Donovan, and Tom Friedman. Can you see their influences in his works?

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July 17, 2012

Animal Sculptures Covered with Complex Crochet Patterns

Lisbon-based artist Joana Vasconcelos creates amazing sculptural work and site-specific installations of all kinds. From life-sized high heels in the palace of Versailles to nautical buoys covering the surface of a building, there is nothing Vasconcelos won't do! The artist's bio says, “The nature of Joana Vasconcelos' creative process is based on the appropriation, decontextualization, and subversion of pre-existent objects and everyday realities.

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