Art

June 1, 2010

Flying High with Paper Planes (8 pics)

Artist Dawn Ng created this incredible art installation involving thousands of paper planes. Titled “I Fly Like Paper,” planes are seen bursting through a small window, and into a massive indoor exhibition space. The installation is meant to represent the artist's feeling of homesickness, and the planes symbolize a wave of emotion rushing in all at once.

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May 16, 2010

2010 World Cup Official Art Posters (17 pieces)

Football Miracle – Zhong Biao The World Cup will start in less than a month, and for the second time in history, it is is accompanied by a major official art project. The collection features works by seventeen internationally acclaimed artists with a special relation to the African continent. Famous top-ranking artists include William Kentridge, Marlene Dumas and Romero Britto.

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May 4, 2010

Children’s Drawings Come to Life (17 total)

How much fun would it be if you could make childhood drawings come to life? That's what Korean artist Yeondoo Jung did with his creative Wonderland series. Jung transformed crayon drawings filled with sweet and sometimes bizarre imagery into real life photographs. Without the help of any computer graphics, Wonderland takes us from fantasy to reality in one fell swoop.

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April 23, 2010

Mysterious Shadow Art (7 pieces)

Paul Pacotto doesn't think like most conventional artists. Instead of “painting between the lines,” Pacotto bounces light off sculptures to make mysterious shadows spring to life. After welding sheets of brass, Pacotto finishes off his sculptures with 24 carat gold or silver. He then uses a projector to illuminate his pieces, and mysterious shadow characters magically appear. “It is the soul before which the body bends,” he says.

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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.