Art
May 27, 2012

Delicately Crafted Glass Sculptures

Artist Robert Mickelson is an expert sculptor whose medium of choice happens to be glass. There's something so pure and serene about glass. Perhaps it's the material's transparency coupled with its fragility. Whatever it may be, Mickelson knows how to accentuate the element's most appealing qualities. Each of his life-like sculptural pieces exude realism with a refined quality. Mickelson's work emulates objects just as well as the human form.

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Art
May 25, 2012

Self-Portrait Sculpture Made from Shanghai Temple Ashes

New York-based artist Zhang Huan integrates a variety of media into his art, ranging from performance and installation pieces to photography, sculpture, and painting. Initially, his artistic practice grew from a response to the expressive limitations of living in a rigid society. Today, the China-born artist continues to devote himself to social issues through conceptual and performance art. The artist uses ashes as a base for many of his paintings and sculptures. Ash Head No.

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Design
May 24, 2012

Gorgeous Pantone Stained Glass Window Door

Armin Blasbichler Studio strives to develop innovative projects that combine architecture, design, and visual arts, and this house is no exception! The playful and well-designed home, called der Muslhaufen, is filled with architect Armin Blasbichler's minimalist and modern dcor concepts. Located in South Tyrol, Italy, the outside of the home resembles musls, or log stacks, and was constructed to blend in to the surrounding scenery.

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Art
May 22, 2012

A Drunkard’s Spiraling Thoughts

Contemporary artist Gilles Barbier's sculptural installation titled L'ivrogne, translated as The Drunk, depicts a sullen man, down on his luck. Replicated after the artist himself, the figure has a spiraling whirlwind of thoughts physically emerging from his head. The artist uses his masterfully sculpted clone to give us a glimpse into a drunkard's inner rumination, which appears to be quite hectic.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.