Art

June 9, 2010

Sick Spider Web Installation Made of Packaging Tape (6 pics)

Imagine Spiderman going completely insane and losing control of his web shooters and then look at this crazy art installation by Viennese/Croatian design collective For Use/Numen. Using nothing but nearly 100 pounds of packaging tape, For Use/Numen transforms abandoned attics, galleries and stock exchange buildings into a spider's cocoon paradise. The coolest part about, of course, is that the installations invites visitors to sit and relax, asking them to partake in the experience.

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May 27, 2010

Urban Street Art: Os Gemeos and Blu Collaborate in Lisbon

There's a lot going on in this collaborative piece by artists Os Gemeos and Blu. If you look closely at the huge mural which covers two sides of a tall building, you'll notice that the man sucking the globe wears a crown adorned with oil company logos. The piece is timely considering what's going on in the Gulf of Mexico. Hopefully that dude with a human slingshot will take him out.

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May 5, 2010

If at First You Don’t Succeed… – Banksy (2 pics)

Not one to just rest and enjoy the success of his critically acclaimed documentary, “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” Banksy's been tearing up San Francisco, beautifying the city with over ten pieces within the last 30 days. Out of the five new pieces that were just found, this one really stands out. “If at First You Don't Succeed – Call an Airstrike,” says a child wearing a gas mask.

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April 27, 2010

Art Made from Real Human Bones (12 pieces)

Francois Robert spent hundreds of hours arranging the real bones of a single human skeleton into a series of striking iconic shapes, each five or six feet wide. He titled the beautiful yet eerily haunting series, ‘Stop the Violence.'” “In the mid-90's, during an auction from an old school, I purchased 3 metal lockers and to my surprise one of them held a real, full size articulated skeleton,” he says.

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