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Dead Flies Circus
Playing with dead insects is something we’d normally deem excusable in children but slightly weird in adults. Not necessarily so when you consider the work of Swedish photographer Magnus Muhr, who takes the carcasses of dead flies, lays them on paper and imbues them with new life through a few strokes of his pencil. Never has the gap between man and arthropod been smaller, as flies swap six limbs for four, and engage in all manner of human activities...
Continue reading...Beauty is in the Eye of the Pin Holder
Friday, June 26, 2009
Anyone who has lost a piece of work they have slaved over will know the word traumatic sometimes doesn't put too fine a point on it. Yet what if the labour of love you had invested so much of yourself into was smaller than the head of a pin – yet more intricate than many artworks thousands of times its size? Enter the world of micro-miniaturist Willard Wigan, where sculptures stand a fraction of a millimetre tall, all but invisible to the naked eye.
Continue reading...Impossible Hybrid Creatures
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Artist Amy Ross works in the bizarre hinterland where art confronts science, and in magical realms where the boundaries between living organisms blur. Birds become mushrooms, and mushrooms birds. Magnolias bloom into cardinals and sheep, while birch trees morph into human and animal forms.
Continue reading...The Boundaries of Perception
Monday, March 23, 2009
Gaze at this image and what do you see? Can you distinguish anything between the lines? What is it supposed to mean? Looking at the paintings and installations of artist Esther Stocker, it soon becomes apparent that grids figure heavily in her work, as white white, grey and black interconnect before our eyes. Quite what this tells us, however, is another matter.
Continue reading...Little People Invade London [PICS]
Monday, February 2, 2009
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Haven’t we all been there, lost somewhere and then faced with a map that adds to the confusion rather than helping out? Street artist and photographer Slinkachu magnifies our big city experiences by shrinking the actors. He recreates city scenes for one-inch tall plastic figures – his “little people” – photographs them, and then leaves them to either be found by surprised passers-by or swept away by the elements.
Continue reading...10 Masterpieces of Lego Sculpture
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
This picture might look like it's been under the Photoshop knife, but it's actually the clinical but no less creative handiwork of Nathan Sawaya, the artist who makes sculptures out of Lego pieces. These photos represent some of his most arty pieces, as shown in his ‘The Art of the Brick’ exhibition, which has toured all over North America – and proven to be a smash hit with kids of all ages.
Continue reading...Bionic Eyes Just Became a Reality
Monday, December 15, 2008
You glance at the person opposite and notice something unusual about one of their eyes. Not unusual really. It’s just an artificial eye. But what if behind the synthetic iris there was a camera, and a camera filming you? Would that be unusual? A bionic eye like this is not only well within the scope of possibility; we’re within, well, the blink of an eye of seeing – and being seen by – one.
Continue reading...The Art of Invisibility [PICS]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
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When people are asked what super power they would opt for given the choice, it's alarming how many go for invisibility. Then, you could go wherever you want and do whatever you want, within reason, of course. You want first class to Sydney? No worries, just rock on up to the best empty seats on the jumbo, and enjoy. That said it’s probably not the first thing camouflage artists think of when they decide to paint people to blend in with their surroundings.
Continue reading...Amazing House Created Entirely from Plastic Bottles
Friday, September 26, 2008
It’s no secret that our obsession with plastic bottles is turning into a bit of an environmental crisis, and no wonder, in the US alone 70 million bottles are purchased every day yet only a measly 10 million are recycled. So it’s good to see someone doing something useful with the bottles instead of adding them to giant mounds of garbage threatening to suffocate the planet.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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