Jazz. Salsa. Rumba. Hip-hop. The list of music and dance forms for which Havana is a hotbed goes on. Cuba’s capital is a place of effervescent creative energies, and visual art too has long held a place in the city’s heart. The acclaimed Havana Biennial, now in its tenth year, celebrates all this and more – and this feast for art lovers worldwide kicked off earlier this week. Check out some of the highlights of the ground-breaking work that has been on show.
Continue reading...Friday, November 28, 2008
Art inspired by nature never fails to reflect the wonders of the world that we seldom have the opportunity to see, or often take for granted. Environmental artists have a knack of presenting their works in natural habitats, which makes us think more about the fragility of the planet, especially when their pieces decay or change over time.
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
*UPDATE – we had originally hosted these images on a free image host. They were subsequently removed for being pornographic. Obviously people can’t tell the difference between art and sculpture and vulgarity* Image (c) of Chris Jordan When looking at this sculpture from a distance, one may be forgiven [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
Artists create unique street art from plant material that’s been cut, shaped and attached to various sites, introducing splashes of green to urban landscapes. Other artists grow their moss from scratch, creating a glue-like paste which is the painted on their chosen surface before dutifully tending the mini-ecosystem, watering, feeding, encouraging it to breathe life anew.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
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