Art

June 24, 2010

Beautiful Ballpoint Pen Art (10 pieces)

With digital art getting a lot of attention these days, it's easy to forget the beauty of more traditional mediums. UK based artist Andrea Joseph takes us back to that place with her wonderfully whimsical hand drawings. Using nothing more than pencils and pen, she creates incredibly detailed illustrations of everything from converse shoes to clothes in a washing machine. I'm sure you'll agree that her original work stands out for its deniable charm.

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June 19, 2010

Japanese Surreal Pop Art (17 pieces)

Hailing all the way from Japan, Fuco Ueda is a super-talented artist whose paintings feature beautiful women in surreal situations. To create these intriguing narratives, Ueda paints with acrylic and powdered mineral pigments on paper, cloth, and wood. By looking at her paintings, it's clear that there a few common themes which include music, as well as animal and plant life from the land and sea.

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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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