3rd Wave of Inspiration
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"Fascinated with classical art and the work of Michelangelo from a very young age, American painter Alexandra Becker-Black creates dream-like watercolours that seek to convey a quiet power and effortlessness, in the same way that old masters did. " via Yatzer
"Over 2,000 delicate LEDs fill the Olympus Photography Playground in artist collective Neon Golden’s SWARM, the lights' soft, electric emissions buzzing through the 850-cubed-foot space in Vienna. Engineered with a combination of Arduino, Cinema 4D, Raspberry Pi, and Processing, the audiovisual installation reacts to movement, placing its visitors inside a colorful, carefully coded 3D environment."
http://vimeo.com/119266974
Erica Elan Ciganek is a young painter based in Chicago - works mainly in the medium of oil paint. Below you will see some of her paintings from the "Faces" series. Visit her website to see more.
“Hyperjump” is a light and sound sculpture performance created by Tundra Collective, took place in December 2014, at First Cadet Corps, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Installation occupied the old soviet basketball ground built inside a 19-century classicism hall a part of the Military Academy building. The 25 moving head spotlights and a powerful 2-channel sound system created the atmosphere of a void and a Hyper Jump. While the light sculpture started to move, the electronic light devices came live, following the audience movements.
Lights: Alexander Letcius, Alexander Sinica, Pavel Zmunchila Sound: D-Pulse Technical support: Main Division Event idea and production: the Dreamers United, Bulat Sharipov Special thanks to: Saint Petersburg State University, The Riders, Publica
http://vimeo.com/119255159
The Head Magician of contemporary arts Anish Kapoor recently revealed his new installation during the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India, his birthplace.
Unexpectedly set into the gallery floor is a large, seemingly endless hole. In it, a vortex of black water perpetually froths and churns. The whirlpool alters the form, or skin, of the water creating a fury of liquid that invades the walls of the gallery. Descension was on view in a corner room at the Aspinwall House in Fort Kochi, a meaningful location because the room opens to views of a peaceful sea that creates a striking contrast to the powerful whirling vortex.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo6ev9PxV1I
Nettie is a 26-year-old British female artist living and working in London. Her work is predominantly pencil work. Check her artwork on www.nettiewakefield.net
"The art of Paco Pomet is highly iconoclastic. He possesses a wonderfully bizarre sense of humor that manifests itself in his oil paintings which contain a strange or humorous visual twist. His subverted landscapes and portraits often borrow from sepia-toned photographs that look like historical documents or vintage photos. There is a parallel to traditional Western Art, mixed with a monochrome effect that restates the documentary character of the original piece." via Ignant
Japanese artist Naoto Hattori (Instagram) creates surreal characters for his canvases. Of his work, He says: "My vision is like a dream, whether it's a sweet dream, a nightmare, or just a trippy dream. I try to see what's really going on in my mind, and that's a practice to increase my awareness in stream-of-consciousness creativity. I try not to label or think about what is supposed to be, just take it in as it is and paint whatever I see in my mind with no compromise. That way, I create my own vision."
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Russian artist Uldus Bakhtiozina (Facebook | Instagram) has been mentioned by worldwide media since her last talk at TED (and BBC) but long before this we were happy to have her on our local Saint-Petersburg Behance Meetup in 2012. Apart from her previous provocative photography series, she went a bit further. Uldus reinterprets traditional Russian Tales in her photos by focusing on the pagans roots and ethnography of Russia. Her works are thoroughly detailed and immersive, and are based on comprehensive research and comparison with Euro-Asian mythology. The artist pays special attention to her ambivalent interpretation of the symbolism hidden in legends and myths.
Ivan the Prince
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The Seven Knights and the Dead Princess
The Seven Knights and the Dead Princess
The Seven Knights and the Dead Princess
The Seven Knights and the Dead Princess
Baba Yaga
Tsarevna the Frog
Magic of Kisel shores
Olenushka and her brother Ivanushka
White Swan and Milky Rivers
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Red Beauty/ Krasna devica
Red Beauty/ Krasna devica
Red Beauty/ Krasna devica
Talented artist Adonna Khare has created new amazingly detailed large-scale animal murals using only pencil on paper
"Costa Dvorezky paints human figures with broad, luxurious brushstrokes that leave traces of dripping paint throughout his work. Though characters are at the center, Dvorezky prioritizes his expressionistic painting style over creating a narrative. Backgrounds melt away into abstract markings that transport his men and women into an imaginary space where they appear to defy gravity. Their bodies float, swing, and tumble with the levity and grace of trained acrobats and dancers." via Hi-Fructose
Based out of Bogotá, Colombia, visual artist Marcello Castellani has an eye-catching style when it comes to portraits. Starting off by using traditional photography to capture his subject, he proceeds to add layers of digital paint using a variety of software to generate the desired result. via Scene360
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Few years ago we did a small review of Will's works, it's a time to revisit his "Art of Sweets" again. His work primarily features landscapes composed of sweets, often inhabited by human subjects. Will Cotton lives and works in New York City
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Young Argentinian photography artist Romina Ressia creates portraits with a renaissance twist. Check here works on www.rominaressiaph.com (Facebook)
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Based in St. Petersburg, Russia, talented photographer Eduard Gordeev takes impressive rainy cityscapes. His captures look as if they were acrylic paintings. The reflections of city lights and all melting colors turn them into extraordinary pieces of art.
Surrealist sculpture from Perth, Australia - Paul Kaptein, creates glitchy artworks from wood and other materials. Check his works on www.paulkaptein.com
"We helped artist Davide Quayola with his newest piece of the captives series. The sculpture was printed in one piece by voxeljet in Germany and is now exhibited at the ars electronica in Linz." says Christoph Bader from Deskriptiv
Captives is an ongoing series of digital and physical sculptures, a contemporary interpretation of Michelangelo’s unfinished series “Prigioni” (1513-1534) and his technique of “non-finito”.
The work explores the tension and equilibrium between form and matter, man-made objects of perfection and complex, chaotic forms of nature. Whilst referencing Renaissance sculptures, the focus of this series shifts from pure figurative representation to the articulation of matter itself. As in the original “Prigioni” the classic figures are left unfinished, documenting the very history of their creation and transformation.
Mathematical functions and processes describe computer-generated geological formations that evolve endlessly, morphing into classical figures. Industrial computer-controlled robots sculpt the resulting geometries into life-size “unfinished” sculptures.
Stella grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In her work she explores her memory of the desert - the lines, the color, the space. She now lives in New Haven, Connecticut. One day she will move back to the desert.
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