Art
November 2, 2011

Tiger Rug Made of 500,000 Cigarettes

We're all aware of the lavish furnishing of a bearskin rug, but have you ever seen a tiger-print rug made out of 500,000 cigarettes? China's renowned contemporary artist Xu Bing has worked on tobacco-related projects for over ten years. Bing's works of art, inspired by the nicotine-rich leaves, began in 2000 at Duke University.

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Art
November 1, 2011

Massive Art Nouveau-Inspired Mural in Montreal

For 16 days straight, from dawn to dusk, five highly determined Montreal-based artists (who make up the artist run collective A'shop) worked on a graffiti mural of a Mother Nature-esque Madonna or a modern-day version of “Our Lady of Grace.” Inspired by Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, the crew created this breathtakingly beautiful five story mural using 500 cans of spray paint in over 50 different colors.

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Art
October 28, 2011

Zombies Spawned from World’s Heaviest Pumpkin

What master sculptor Ray Villafane does with pumpkins is more than just carve a typical holiday jack-o-lantern. We've seen his past pumpkin sculptures before but his latest creation for The New York Botanical Garden is otherworldly. Or should we say… UNDERworldly! (Because he carved out zombies.) Over the course of two days, Villafane used two giant pumpkins to publicly sculpt this masterpiece.

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Art
October 27, 2011

Classic Works of Art Re-Imagined

“American Gothic” remake by Jesse John Hunniford “American Gothic” by Grant Wood One of the most creative competitions we've seen in a while involves imitating an established piece of artwork. Adobe had originally created an art competition that was open only to UK students for a grand prize of 10,000. Canadian art blog Booooooom!

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