Art

September 30, 2010

20 Great Pieces of Non-Preachy Advice

If you need a little help to get you through the day, these community service announcements by artist Jeremyville are just the ticket. They each serve as little reminders to stop and look around, to take a moment for yourself and appreciate what's around you. In this crazy and chaotic world, it's easy to get bogged down. The harder part is muddling your way through it and remembering what's truly important.

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September 17, 2010

Poetic Expressions (15 photos)

Look at the world through the eyes of a creative 16-year-old and, if you're lucky, you'll see something like this. Julia Wang (aka auroille) is a teenager who is “obsessed with bokeh, life, and color.” She uses double exposure and sweet quotes to create wonderfully emotive works of art.

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September 9, 2010

Body Landscape Art (25 total)

Another series of beautiful black and white landscape photos? Not quite. Using his own naked body, Finnish-born artist Arno Rafael Minkkinen interacts with the outdoors, providing us with curiously interesting photos that are both humorous and inspiring. These unmanipulated photos show us that you don't always need Photoshop to create surprising, surreal-like images. All you need is a little imagination.

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August 26, 2010

Investigating Catastrophic Events (7 oil paintings)

The Architect's House In this thought-provoking series, Jonathan Wateridge gives us clues, but expects us to solve the mystery. Another Place consists of seven, large oil paintings depicting scenes from the production and narrative of a fictional American film that is centered around an unseen catastrophic event. The production process of the paintings is reminiscent of film-making.

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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.