The collaborative series Circus Posterus from Kathie Olivias and Brandt Peters is wonderful.
Their two styles blend seamlessly for some delightfully twisted creations. Both of these artists merit their own post here in the future.
Year: 2008
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Joshua Longo’s plush installation at the Shelburne Museum wins the prize for WORLD’S CUDDLIEST ENTRAILS.
I can honestly say I’ve never felt the pressing need to curl up in the entrails of a disemboweled creature.
Until now.
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Oh boy…this reminds me of the days when I would spend countless hours on St. Marks, tirelessly digging through used CDs, coming away with more than I could carry. Then I’d drive around Long Island with Ron and do the same exact thing.
Let’s take a moment of silence for all record stores that have closed in the face of the changing music industry.
*hangs head*
Okay, now I give you this delightful series by Stefan Glerum, depicting the various Hazards of “Crate Digging.” This is a MUST SEE for all of my fellow obsessive music fans.
He includes a small description of the Crate Digging habit (click to enlarge):
At least there’s still Amoeba Records on the West coast. I’ll be paying them a visit very soon.
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Nothing like a slice of good pop surrealism to get the morning started. Yosuke Ueno paints lovely, vaguely Ryden-esque (though his style is unique in its own right) surreal visions of creatures, colors and cultures.
Very worth a look.
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Alexandrox Vasmoulakis does wonderful, larger than life work on buildings.
I love his giant cartoon worlds amidst the urban concrete towers.
He also has a number of smaller works, peppering dirty city streets with splashes of color and design.
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Isaac Pierro paints some mighty fine pictures.
Like this lonely guy (why do I have a weakness for robots expressing human emotion?)…
And an iconic homage to two important staples in my life:
Not to mention a few black and white pieces that could have made fantastic cautionary images for Betty Boop…were she ever tempted to go on a total bender.
Check out Bottle Devil and Hangover Head.
NOTE: a few images on his site may be NSFW, but you can tell which ones from the gallery thumbnails (which are fine from a distance)
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Antique Bottle Collector’s Haven has a great Poison Bottle Hall of Fame.
Though all of Reggie Lynch’s acquired bottles are the real deal, I’d settle for owning reproductions.
All of my own collections are rather haphazard and piecemeal, based solely on what intrigues me. I really admire the dedication, thoroughness and requisite compulsive tendencies of true collectors like Reggie.
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Here we have a furniture concept that is best seen, and not sat upon. Lisa Jones has crafted a series of Symbiosis Chairs based on the anatomical illustrations of Leonardo Da Vinci.
As a rabid fan of art pieces that embody contradiction, I can appreciate these…but can’t even imagine the mutiny my spine would stage against me if I attempted to sit in one of these chairs.
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One of my all time favorite blogs, Bioephemera, dug up this little treat. The Surgical Suture Sampler.
Though surgery is still a harrowing experience, I’m certainly thankful for the advancements we’ve made since the creation of this sampler.
The likeness to a craft tutorial is mildly unnerving. Perhaps the surgical patients of yesteryear left the hospital resembling colorful decorative quilts.
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Tim Flach is a master of movement and textures. I especially adore his bat photographs.
And my all time favorite bat photograph EVER:
Click to enlarge…it’s worth it. Look at the way this photo showcases the creature’s unique physiology! It takes my breath away.I wish his portfolio wasn’t in slide show format. These are not the type of photos that should disappear before you have a chance to absorb them.
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