Art

March 23, 2012

World’s Smallest Micro-Sculptures

You'll need a magnifying glass or superhero vision to check out these miniature works of art by England-based micro-sculptor Willard Wigan. All of his sculptures are displayed on the head of a pin, the tip of an eyelash, or a grain of sand. He uses materials such as toothpicks, sugar crystals, and grains of rice to carve and paint his sculptures and the smallest sculpture can be measured in thousandths of an inch.

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March 15, 2012

5,000 Books Pour Out of a Building in Spain

Artist Alicia Martin's tornado of books shoot out a window like a burst of water from a giant hose. The Spain-based artist's sculptural installation at Casa de America, Madrid depicts a cavalcade of books streaming out of the side of a building. The whirlwind of literature defies gravity and draws attention with its grandeur size.

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March 14, 2012

D*Face Takes Over the Streets of New York

UK-based street artist D*Face has just recently made the trip to the States and transformed urban walls across New York City with his Roy Lichtenstein-inspired murals. The three public works known as Love Her, Hate Him, Handle With Care, and Grim Tales each reflect D*Face's comicbook style. In this new set of street murals, the artist recreates a character eerily similar to the skull-faced man in a suit from Beauty and the Skeletor.

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March 12, 2012

Geometric Faces Fused Together

France-based artists David Mesguich and Valentin Van der Meulen combined their creative efforts to construct this large triple-headed sculpture known as FOLDS. The structure, made of polypropylene, presents an interesting image of a series of three-dimensional, geometric, bodiless heads. It seems like two halves of a face pulling away from a centered skull. There is a remarkable sensation of animated movement in this stationary sculpture that makes it an anomaly.

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