I’d like to share one of my favorite boards, containing nature photography that will leave you utterly awestruck. You will see outrageous acts of mimicry…
Posing and theatrics…
Unusual coloring…
Creatures that look like they were painstakingly designed and painted by a brilliant artist.
If you click, prepare to spend a little time at the Insectopia.
German street artist 1010 (pronounced “ten ten”) had an intriguing installation at Hashimoto Contemporary, where he created multi-layered colorful portals.
From the source:
1010 first began creating his “hypnotic portals” in 2009 throughout the city of Hamburg. Using the sides of buildings and abandoned wall spaces 1010, turns an unassuming wall into a colorful gradated void that seems as thought you could step right in and out to the other side. The depths that the artist creates on a 2D plain is perplexing in a good way, as the murals trick our mind into believing his transported vision.
Stunning layers of colors closely overlap as they spread out like liquid that pools up into the darkness at the endless center. The artist carefully maps out work that works its way out of the darkness, finally reaching the lightest colors on the wavy borderline. The resulting polychromatic grottos disrupt the stagnant structures of the urban landscape, bringing a beauty and mystery to the systematic components of the city they inhabit.
See a few more pictures at Hashimoto Contemporary and here.
Archie McPhee recently featured a few CATerpillars, by Casey Weldon.
So many legs to cuddle with! They look like they want hugs.
Summary Bug is a roundup of hilarious, unintentional text glitches in Netflix (and cable) show descriptions.
My favorite:
Hm. They’ve taken some artistic liberties in this adaptation, and let the Hunchback branch out into the career he always dreamed of: time traveling paleontological ophthalmologist.
I knew his noble stoicism was a front.
A phenomenological tour de force, no doubt:
Followers are starting to post their own fabulous glitches. Some are truly amazing.
I hope these glitches never get fixed.
To day I bring you a few selections from Miran Kim.
This one reminds me of myself as a little girl, staring precociously into the strange Rorschach blots of my surroundings, flying pig in tow…because I always believed in the impossible.
Have you ever wondered…does the soul taste like peppermint?
Whatever this frigid monster is…I love it.
Ironically, I haven’t posted about many of my very favorite artists here. I tend to post new links as I come across them, or scan the hundreds of websites in my bookmark queue. Artists like Leslie Ditto have been bookmarked in my “artist” folder (a separate entity with upwards of 1,000 links) for many years and consequently, despite their brilliance, get glossed over.
But who could not adore her beautiful candy coated nightmares?
I was lucky enough to see this one in person at a group show:
Amazing stuff.
Many thanks to my friend Burton for introducing me to Anthony Howe, whose kinetic sculptures will make you feel like you’re looking at awe inspiring alien beings.
They stand alone as quality art in a still frame…but you must watch them move and come alive.
No really…watch.
We’ve all seen traditional crisp, pointy origami figures defined by their straight lines and sharp edges. Hoang Tien Quyet uses wet folding to bring some soft curvature to his creations.
This technique seems to bring these creatures extra dimension, life…personality.
Has anyone ever tried wet fold origami?
Though many people conceptualize “paradise” as some variety of tropical oasis, my vision is always more akin to glowing wooded areas. They feel so rich with life, and so inviting…
Russian surrealist painter Edward Pustovoitov clearly has a gift for nature scenes, but he also paints impossible vignettes that trick the mind’s eye…
…and images that grab the viewer emotionally. There is some ineffable quality in this woman’s expression that really captivates me.
A traveler in strange lands…
Camille Rose Garcia has come out with a new book. All of her books are phenomenal, and Mirror, Black Mirror
From the publisher:
Mirror, Black Mirror is the long-awaited monograph from artist Camille Rose Garcia. The paintings in this book represent a dynamic period in the artist’s life when Garcia fled the confines of LA and relocated to a cabin in the woods. The creative transformation that came as a result of this change is clearly reflected in an awakening of color and a new approach to pattern while still retaining Garcia’s beloved signature style.
Garcia blends pop culture references with a satirical slant on modern society. Her layered, broken narrative paintings of wasteland fairy tales are influenced by William Burroughs’ cut-up writings and surrealist film, as well as vintage Disney and Fleischer cartoons, acting as critical commentaries on the failures of capitalist utopias.
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