Art
November 21, 2014

Giant Head Sculpture is Covered with Wads of Chewing Gum

So this is what it looks like when you give people free reign to put their chewing gum on a sculpture! Artist Doug Coupland created this seven-foot black, resin and polyester sculpture of his own head and then encouraged the public to engage in his work by applying their own chewed gum on it.

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Art
November 18, 2014

Enormous Raised-Earth Sculpture of a Horse Stretches Over 200 Meters in Wales

Sultan the Pit Pony is a spectacular raised-earth sculpture of a horse that extends over 200 meters in Caerphilly, South Wales. Designed by Welsh artist Mick Petts, the colossal work of art is known as the largest figurative earth sculpture in the United Kingdom. The sculpture, located in Parc Penallta, offers unobstructed views of the surrounding woods, grasslands, marsh, and trails carved from the former coal tip of Penallta.

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Art
November 17, 2014

New 3D Optical Illusion Drawings by Ramon Bruin

Dutch artist Ramon Bruin, aka JJK Airbrush, is a master at creating optical illusion drawings that blur the line between art and reality. Bruin, who is mostly self-taught, brings his anamorphic drawings to life by photographing them at precise angles, making the subjects appear to pop right off the page. Even more impressive than his single-page works are Bruin's “multilayered illusions,” which are composed of drawings spread out over multiple sheets of perfectly aligned paper.

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