Art
July 5, 2015

Married Painters Express Raw Emotions through Life-Size Hyperrealistic Paintings

Artist Kit King and her husband Corey Oda Popp have collaborated to create paintings that feature a spectacular amount of detail. Each piece demonstrates the power of hyperrealism, utilizing intricate components to make lifelike art on a two-dimensional plane. Upon viewing their portfolio of work, the audience is given the remarkable feeling of looking through a microscope, witnessing individual pores, characteristic wrinkles, and fine hairs.

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Art
July 1, 2015

Artist’s Meticulously Detailed Paintings Play with Perceptions of Size

Using canvases of all different dimensions, artist Michael Zavros is able to paint incredibly meticulous works of art. From paintings that can be held in the palm of your hand to those that are larger than the average human being, Zavros has tackled it all. But no matter what the artwork's size is, his work is always impeccably detailed to the point where it is reminiscent of a photograph.

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Art
June 30, 2015

Artist Uses 2,000 Meters of Paracord to Breathe New Life into Vacant Church

Using over 2,000 meters of blue cord, Brooklyn-based artist Aaron Asis breathed new life into West Philadelphia's St. Andrew's Collegiate Chapel. The space, which had been closed for more than 20 years, was the site of his temporary installation called Ci-Lines (pronounced “see-lines”). Asis created the impressive environment by wrapping and tying the colored paracord around the ornamental posts and columns that laid inside of the forgotten church.

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