3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
Barry X Ball is one hell of a sculptor who uses various types of marble and steel to create his works. Mr. Ball (if I may call him that) is currently based out of New York, USA, but originally hails from sunny Pasadena, California. His series, entitled “Masterpieces”, consist of recreated sculptural works after classic pieces of the Great Masters, such as Antonio Corradini, Josse de Corte, and the timeless Hermaphrodite Endormi (Ermafrodito Borghese) piece.
Calligraffiti by Niels Shoe Meulman: broom, water, asphalt and creativity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JhQtN8R7fA8
Controversial grotesquely molded sculptures by Kris Kuksi juxtapose two worlds of antique beauty and modern machinery. In personal reflection, he feels that much of mankind in the World today is elastic and fragile being driven primarily by greed and materialism. He hopes that through his art expose his audience to the awareness of the fallacies of Man. His work has received several awards and prizes and has been featured in over 100 exhibitions world wide as well as featured in international art magazines and fictional book covers.
"Solipsist" is a breathtaking video experience that captives up to the last frame. The film directed by Andrew Huang wins Special Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival 2012.
http://vimeo.com/37848135
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Young Russian sculptor Alexey Morosov held a solo exhibition in Russian Museum in Saint-Petersburg titled "Antologia" that included 48 of his works.
"The heroes that are marked by inspired beauty and imposing harmony seem to be protecting themselves from the threat of invisible aggressive force in the most part of presented works. The high skill of execution, natural combination of tradition and innovation, canonical and spontaneous helps Aleksey Morozov to discover the new possibilities of plastic language of the Antique Art and to emphasize the eternal significance of its humanistic ideals." was stated in museum's press release.
Morozov believes that European civilization must more often refer to the past, and revisit its positions towards allegory, myth and historical scenes in order to discover a new meaning. The art of Alexey Morozov proves that classical forms have not died, and that traditions andinnovations may well coexist.
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We all know that Keep Calm and Carry on poster. But ever wondered where did it come from? Barter Books, the bookstore behind the revival of this poster edited a video explaining its history, from the original poster to the iPhone App they just edited. The iPhone App is in fact free for a limited time, so grave it while you can on the App Store.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FrHkKXFRbCI
I also own a nicely printed K.C.C.O. poster delivered by friends
Prismatica consists of an arrangement of pyramid-shaped crystals affixed to an LCD screen and illuminated with programmed geometric animation. The animated patterns are precisely mapped to the vertices of the crystals, illuminating them individually and in formation. Created by Kit Webster
http://vimeo.com/37388088
"As a photographer and makeup artist selfportrait became obvious to me, as an endless identity poursuit, in which I dedicate a consuming passion. Fine art was my first passion and with " Mezig " (which means "I") I mainly tried to rediscover the pleasure I had to work with paint." View Nadia Wicker photography project on Behance
Peony Yip Animal pencil morphing illustrations captivates with simplicity of technique and colours, a pure state of art.
Spotted by @hellozso. I had a vague idea of portraiture watercolours until I visited Agnes Cecile portfolio and watched her drawing on double speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g857UNIKQsM
Skull portraits made by Cartsen Witte - "One main idea behind my work is the belief that everything is constantly changing but photography can preserve the moment. Beauty is almost nothing without the knowledge of how fast it will fade..." Check his photography series on Behance
Designer and artist Cari Vander Yacht works for the well known advertising company Wieden+Kennedy by day… but by night she paints and works on experimental projects like this wonderfully surreal series “TGIMGIF” (Thank God It’s Monday’s Graphics Interchange Format)
via VisualNews
Okay seems we skipped global freezing as stated on the first, January sheet of Apocalypse Tomorrow calendar drawn by Moscow based artist Andrew Tarusov. Check all other sheets made in the love to pin-up and feel free to buy this calendar from the author's website http://tarusov.com/
Designcollector set a goal to release Mobile & Printed Magazines "DCMAG.NET" for each season in 2012. This will be a 20 pages hardcopy magazine available for print-on-demand with world wide delivery. Also there will be a Mobile version following the successful DCMAG for iPad in 2011.
Follow the Official Call For Arms on DCMAG.NET
[box]Required: Yours the very best latest artwork/photography that float our boat (check what we like on DC & Daily) We have: 20 slots for each season (aprox. 4-6 Issues a year) Deadline for Winter 2012: End of February No Deadline for Participants Selection. Enter[/box]
No Budget only Brave Hearts.
Touch of Evil is the New York Times magazine's video gallery of cinematic villainy, inspired by nefarious icons and featuring the best performers in film from the year 2011.
Directed by Alex Prager
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"The generously-proportioned bottoms and bulges of Renaissance beauties have been slimmed down by Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano to illustrate changing perceptions of feminine allure."
"Miss Giordano used Photoshop to slim down famous buxom nudes by Botticelli and Titian and bring them into line with 21st century concepts of what women should ideally look like." read more on Daily Telegraph
We made an animated GIFs to show all absurd of being slim by following some proprietary canon.
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Cecilia Paredes was born in Lima, Peru, and lives and works in San Jose and Philadelphia, United States. Her recent photographic work is a conspicuous exploration of sensual surfaces in which the body is deliberately confused with nature and nature with the body.
Paredes’ photography demonstrates that the body of the woman – her own body – is a sacred zone, not profane, to restore its perception as something miraculous amidst the technological chaos that currently surrounds us. The body is revealed as a tool, a space for signs, and a creation that is intimately connected to our surrounding natural environments.
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Instant playful image effect made us stick to Kaleidolism website. Load your image and make some "kaleidolism". This simple service is brought you by 2pxBorder studio from New Zealand.
Find 10 minutes to watch this short animation movie "SEED" directed by Daniel Bird and Ben Richardson.
"The two directors have been kicking ass since winning Best Animated Short at Slamdance 2010 with Seed. Daniel Bird spent a year creating short films for Greenpeace International in Amsterdam. He is now working as a commercial director. Ben Richardson just won the Excellence in Cinematography Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for his DoP work on Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild. Check out the previous Richardson/Zeitlin collaboration Glory At Sea for some non-motion-graphics, but very magical realism, filmmaking." says Motiongrapher
http://vimeo.com/33962554
UK based digital artist Richard Davies creates mouthwatering celebrity portraits for commission and personal use. Most of works done for covers in music, cinema and editorial industries.
