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July 3, 2009 4:06 PM

The Art of Kevin Van Aelst
posted by hypersloth (12 comments total)

Love this apple.
posted by Decimask at 4:14 PM on July 3

Interesting work. Thanks, hypersloth.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 4:16 PM on July 3

Very nice.
posted by DU at 6:09 PM on July 3

I wasn't expecting much, but some of this stuff is bloody brilliant. I love the clouds done as creamer in coffee.
posted by spiderskull at 6:56 PM on July 3

These are clever and fun, thanks.
posted by Mister_A at 7:17 PM on July 3

I was not expecting to like this nearly as much as I did. I ♥ smart art.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 7:24 PM on July 3

Delightful mix of visual mischief, poetry, geeky enjoyment of science and whimsy. The kind of fun that makes life more enjoyable because he takes all that sort of daydreamy, routine speculation to another, more exact level. But still playful.

He empowers daydreams and idle speculation. That the bite out of one's apple looks like something or other to a beautifully exact world map; hazily seeing clouds in one's coffee become naming the cloud types. Or the part in hair looking like a cardiogram.

It seems he went off on a fingerprint jag. The cat poop one made me laugh.

Thanks hypersloth for the smiles and enjoyment.
posted by nickyskye at 7:27 PM on July 3

"I have a friend who's an artist, and he sometimes takes a view which I don't agree with. He'll hold up a flower and say, "Look how beautiful it is," and I'll agree. But then he'll say, "I, as an artist, can see how beautiful a flower is. But you, as a scientist, take it all apart and it becomes dull." I think he's kind of nutty. [...] There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower. It only adds. I don't understand how it subtracts."

— Richard Feynman
posted by krilli at 9:30 PM on July 3 [1 favorite has favorites]

Nice of his cat to help out.
posted by orme at 10:44 PM on July 3

All adorable I'd say. Thanks for that.
posted by merocet at 6:30 AM on July 4

Yup, this one is a keeper. Thankee, suh, your efforts are appreciated.
posted by drhydro at 8:56 AM on July 4

The egg, the egg! Fantastic!
posted by ErWenn at 4:31 PM on July 4