Art

June 30, 2011

Riveting Story Behind that Striking Sculpture

Though Paige Bradley has a few “trademark” sculptures, the Internet came and fell in love with one particular one that's causing people from all over the world to see her art for the very first time. It's an incredibly beautiful sculpture of a naked woman with light bleeding out of her cracked body. How did this piece, called Expansion, come about? The sculptor just shared with us her fascinating and inspiring story.

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June 18, 2011

20 Most Cool and Unusual Portraits

Over the past three years, we've come across an endless amount of portraits. Today, we've chosen 20 that really stood out to us for their originality and creativity. What these artists have done is take everyday materials like screws, maps, CDs or junk mail and turn them into incredibly cool and unusual works of art.

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June 7, 2011

Moving Shadow Art

On the front of a model train running around a darkened room is a small, lit-up LED light. As the train moves slowly along its route, small and large objects are projected onto the walls and ceiling. Due to the movement of the light source, the shadows of the stationary objects appear to move, leaving viewers with the impression that they are passengers riding on the train (watch video, below).

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May 30, 2011

Funny Pop Art Illustrations

What happens when cinema meets art? You get cinemart! Triple threat Fernando Degross (who's equally adept at design and illustration as he is to branding) blends art and cinema to create these fantastic illustrations. By combining different pop culture references – or even icons together like Bart and Charlie Brown – Degross makes us believe that we're all living in one small, silly and spectacularly funny world!

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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.