Art
September 10, 2012

More Incredible Staple Art by Baptiste Debombourg

Every tool serves a purpose, but artists like Baptiste Debombourg know how to unleash greater potential in everyday items. For Debombourg, staples aren't simply tiny, metallic instruments used to fasten papers together or to a wall. The French artist uses the little pieces of bent metal to paint his grandeur pictures of human figures and natural settings, as inspired by Italian Mannerism, the German Renaissance, and western art.

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Art
September 5, 2012

Colorfully Altered X-Rays of Fantastical Digital Animals

Korean artist Wonman Kim, aka Curt Man, is a graphic designer and illustrator who recently held his first solo exhibition, titled Trinity, for his intriguing digital works. The colorful mix of puzzling images depict what appear to be x-ray scans of different animals. Although, these are no ordinary x-rays. These are the kind of radiographs that make you question what you're really looking at.

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Art
September 5, 2012

Gorgeous Iceberg Sculpture Made of Tissue Paper and Staples

If you ever thought you needed fancy, expensive materials to make an impressive piece of art, then you haven't seen this sculpture by Gabby O'Connor. Called What Lies Beneath, it's a huge installation that resembles an iceberg. Hanging from a ceiling, it's made up of thousands of small paper triangles dyed in shades of blue-green, coated in shellac and then stapled together with thousands of staples.

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Art
September 4, 2012

Flipping Through a Beautiful Rainbow Book

New York-based artist Tauba Auerbach dabbles in a little bit of everything, including painting, photography, book design, and musical performance. Her artwork challenges the expected norms and examines the systems that define our world. She says her work is an attempt to reveal “new spectral and dimensional richness…both within and beyond the limits of perception.” RGB Colorspace Atlas is a collection of 8x8x8-inch casebound books that present viewers with the RGB (red, green, blue)

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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.