Art

December 6, 2011

Painting with Salts and Spices

Spice of Life, recreation of Van Gogh's “Starry Night” Photographer Kelly McCollam does more than simply take snapshots of rich landscapes. She constructs textured landscape portraits using salts, spices and food coloring. The Ohio-based artist has crafted two series of works, each utilizing common cooking materials to create masterful pieces. In her series entitled Salt of the Earth, McCollam produces a multitude of generously colored landscapes.

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November 26, 2011

Bergdorf Goodman’s Wild Holiday Window Displays

It's that time of year again when New York's biggest department stores bring out the big guns with their holiday window displays. Bergdorf Goodman decided to up the fantasy and drama quotient with their 2011 windows entitled “Carnival of the Animals.” Taking inspiration from diverse settings reimagined in various materials and the animals that dwell there, the department store transformed five of their main Fifth Avenue windows into wonderfully wild themes.

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November 23, 2011

Beethoven Made of His Own Musical Notes

What better way to pay tribute to one of the greatest composers of all time than with a portrait using his own music? Earlier last year, Erika Iris Simmons embarked on a neat project. She would carefully cut up two full pages of second-hand sheet music with an X-acto knife, keeping all the bits of music as intact as possible. Then, she aligned the remainder of the two pages over her rough outline.

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November 19, 2011

Beautifully Decomposing Frames

Perfection is overrated. In works of art, it's the flaws that we truly appreciate. Brooklyn-based artist Valerie Hegarty should know, her installations revolve around the destruction of beautifully framed artwork. Each demolished painting and decomposing frame only contributes to the intrigue. The bubbling decay and weathered remains, of what we can only assume was once a solid form of art, make for an even more engrossing installation.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.