Photography
September 4, 2012

A Satirical Look at the Controversial Art of Painting Cats

Author Burton Silver and illustrator Heather Busch have collaborated on an art book titled Why Paint Cats: The Ethics of Feline Aesthetics that has been received in varying degrees of praise and disgust. What many don't realize is that it is categorically a humor book that essentially pokes lighthearted fun at the art industry and our societal obsession with cats. Naturally, images from the book have made their way online, igniting some controversy.

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Art
August 31, 2012

More Amazing Wire Coat Hanger Sculptures by David Mach

We've marveled in awe over Scottish sculptor David Mach's unconventionally structured sculptures composed of magazines, matchsticks, bricks, and wire coat hangers. Yet again, the sculptor has managed to draw our attention with his incredible coat hanger sculptures, this time depicting two giant cats–a tiger and a cheetah.

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Photography
August 31, 2012

Spectacular Underwater Acrobatics Using a Self-Propelled Wheelchair

Performance and installation artist Sue Austin has been using a wheelchair for 16 years. As an artist, she embraces the experience as a foundation for her artwork, where she challenges the stigma of the disabled as ‘other' and creates opportunities for empowerment. Her website states, “Over an extended period of time her practice has operated as a vehicle to open up a thinking space around the materiality of the wheelchair.

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