Art

March 24, 2011

Photorealistic Falling Horses (3 drawings)

Feel the fragility of life through Larassa Kabel's fantastic drawings. While all of these works are comprised of black colored pencil only, the application process is different than you might think. “Colored pencil can be dissolved in rubbing alcohol, so I use the stick form of Prismacolor's black to paint on the first couple of layers of tone,” she tells us.

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March 14, 2011

Captivating Body Patterns

A lot of work goes into creating art like this but it's not in the order that you'd think. Yasmina Alaoui and Marco Guerra mix old and new techniques together to create life-size body portraits that are mysteriously beautiful. In the series they call 1001 Dreams, Guerra first photographs their nude subjects in black and white either with film or Polaroid.

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March 2, 2011

Living Art @ Cosmopolitan Las Vegas (9 pics + video)

On my recent stay at the Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas, I was taken aback by an incredibly cool experience in their lobby. Created by Digital Kitchen, the living art is made up of 8 columns, which have 12 individual screens on each side. Using a combination of photography, film, and 3D and 2D animation, Digital Kitchen presents several stories that are as beautiful as they are intriguing.

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February 24, 2011

Hyperrealistic Balancing Elephant

My fondness for hyperrealistic art led me to this strangely mesmerizing sculpture by French contemporary artist Daniel Firman. Exhibited back in 2008, this life-size piece was seen at the Fontainebleau Castle in Paris, France. Called Wursa, the sculpture is balancing on its trunk 18,000 km above the earth. Firman consulted with a professional taxidermist to construct this piece making it look as real as possible.

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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.