3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
Using a combination of figurative art and free-flowing abstraction, Serbian painter Milan Hrnjazovic endeavors to visually represent the emotional anxiety of the young adult female's evolving sense of self-image and burgeoning sexual desires. (via Juxtapoz)
"Denver-based artist Chris Carlson who is known for his work with 3D chalk illusions created a great stop motion Tetris game. The shading, perspective and motion is incredibly spot-on. You can see more of his video game and pop-culture influenced chalk drawings over on Tumblr." (via Colossal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y0_lw5QXSvk
Even this coolest winter in European history has its pluses if you are a creative head. For Canadian environmental artist Nicole Dextras a severe weather is just another challenge to create massive ice messages to the human being or penguins. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/
When the ice texts are installed on site, the temperature determines how long it will take for them to change state from solid to liquid. This phase of transition becomes symbolic of the interconnectedness of language and culture to the land as they are affected by time and by a constant shifting and transforming nature.
Impressive surreal paintings by Norway-base self-taught artist Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen. The atmosphere in his subject matter is often depict in a limbo or dream-like state. Despite his realistic approach, photographic accuracy is not what he seeks to achieve.
iNO has been a graffiti writer since 2000. The earlier years he produced mostly letters and bombing but after 2008 he focused in developing his style in characters. He studied Fine Arts and is active as a street artist. He is working constantly to evolute his spray painting technique and produce large scale murals.
http://vimeo.com/62858341
Instead of using paintbrushes, Italian artist Paolo Troilo dips his fingers into jars of black and white paint, and then smudges and splashes it onto large canvases. Each hand stroke is expressive and filtered into his subject matter of nude men yelling and fighting. via
http://vimeo.com/40214766
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What if Picasso and Rembrandt had met to have cocktails in 1953? You can imagine the talks they would have had: electric, inspired, and maybe even heated. The work that could have spawned from such a conversation might have looked a bit like that of Cesar Santos. His paintings seemingly bring the works of masters – from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century to Modernism – together, juxtaposing their styles one on top of the other. He call the series (and it is) Syncretism
A multimedia collaboration between Nathan Sawaya (Sculptor) and Dean West (Photographer). The project "In Pieces" is a series of tableau compositions based on ideas about nature, culture, society and more specifically, identity. The images have been constructed using modern photography techniques, combined with specially sculpted LEGO® objects placed within the scenes.
http://vimeo.com/58192262
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Born in Moscow and grown in London, Elena Romanova combined work in advertising industry and studying in Royal Acadeny School in her tender age. Few years later she set up a gallery and then through a series of exhibition appeared to represent Great Russian at the Venice Biennale in 2011. That's quite a good career and we hope to hear more from Elena, meanwhile enjoy her watercolours. http://www.etsy.com/people/PortLove
No digital pixels were harmed while Felice created this huge anamorphic installations using only the paint and eye tricks. He has been creating these massive pieces since 1979; starting small with room based installations, but later growing to pieces that cover entire villages and require a hike up a mountain to properly appreciate. http://www.varini.org/
Inspired by the bubble wrap I did my first bubble calendar ten years ago in uni, few years later I found the same idea in production spreading across the web. The bubble wrap obsession is a real stress reliever. But how about art? Bradley Hart armed with paint and injector creates these paintings. The result is a fantastic analog/digital picture fitting of our modern era.
Damian Loeb is an american oil painter. In his most recent hyperrealist work, Loeb uses the abstract closeups and compositions of his subject to create sense of intimacy and voyeurism.
I always admire artists' interpretations and inspirations they do from challenging or taking as a course other famous artwork. This time I was hyped up by the way acclaimed Spanish photographer Eugenio Recuenco challenged another great spaniard Pablo Picasso and created a series of photographies inspired by that genius. Check it all on http://www.eugeniorecuenco.com/fichas/1260.html
Los Carpinteros is a Havana-based artist collective currently comprised of Marco Castillo and Dagoberto Rodríguez (a third member, Alexandre Arrechea, left in 2003) who produce a wide range of works including sculpture, installation, and film.via
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"Unstable Matter is kinetic sculpture by Finnish artists Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen, a.k.a. Grönlund-Nisunen. The moving table contains thousands of small ball bearings that move and crash within the confines of a giant wobbly table, sort of a modern take on a rain stick." via Colossal The table is part of several kinetic and magnetized works by the duo that were recently on view at Esther Schipper in Berlin.
http://vimeo.com/60962692
Quite scary but thoughtful installation Matchstickman by artist Wolfgang Stiller that touches and makes sense
I can't explain how much energy and patience one need to carve a flower from a carrot for a lovely salad but this pencil carving is out of my understanding and simply amazing. Budapest based let's say miniaturist sculptor Cerka Hegyzo creates masterpieces from a pencil's graphite. Endless inspiration ahead http://cerkahegyzo.deviantart.com/
The City Series is a collection of wooden sculptures by Philadelphia-based artist and designer James McNabb
