Stanislav Szukalski was born in Warta, Poland on December 13, 1893. When he was only six years old, a teacher sent him to the headmaster's office for whittling a pencil. The headmaster examined the pencil more closely and discovered that young Stanislav had carved a tiny, near-perfect figure. [more inside]
posted by louche mustachio
on Jan 23, 2008 -
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VADS is a resource for visual art, a huge range of things from students' work to collections of historical art and design.
[more inside]
posted by paduasoy
on Jan 4, 2008 -
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Cerra Perdida (Lost Wax): What's better than free sculpture in the street? In Barcelona an artist is "losing" sculptures around town for every month of the year.
posted by jxn
on Nov 27, 2007 -
7 comments
Martin Puryear : artist, Peace Corps alumni, MacArthur Foundation Award recipient. A retrospective of his artwork (1977-2007) opens at The Museum Of Modern Art today. Also
online here.
posted by R. Mutt
on Nov 4, 2007 -
8 comments
“Iraq War Memorial: Death of Prince Harry" features the
in fact hale and hearty royal scion "laid out before the Union Jack with pennies placed over his eyes and head rested on the Bible...Prone with his unfired gun still holstered, Prince Harry is represented clutching a bloodied flag of Wales, and holding to his heart a cameo locket of his late mother, Princess Diana, while a desert vulture perches on his boot...a bronze casting of Prince Harry’s 'severed ears' also set for display at the Trafalgar Hotel will be offered on eBay."
Via.
posted by Abiezer
on Oct 11, 2007 -
50 comments
Dr Evermor's Art Park featuring the world's largest scrap metal sculpture, the
Forevertron, is one of the most impressive metalwork collections I've ever seen. Great write up on the place over at Neatorama with tons of pix.
posted by jonson
on Sep 11, 2007 -
15 comments
Garbage + illumination = art? Various artists carefully pile rubbish on a gallery floor, or meticulously assemble a collection of ordinary items, plug in a light source, and create incredibly detailed and surprising shadows on the wall. Meanwhile, blog commenters cry "Fake!" and "Photoshop!". I guess they didn't see any of the Quicktime movies of Shigeo Fukuda linked
here.
posted by maudlin
on Jun 20, 2007 -
14 comments
Abnormal Behavior Child's got some interesting things to
look at and watch or
play with. Site self-describes as "visual poetry".
{second link's got flash/sound}
posted by dobbs
on Apr 17, 2007 -
6 comments
The art of sugar:
flowers,
lace,
birds,
sculpture,
cubes,
gardens,
construction site,
houses,
paintings,
underwear. In
Britain. In Mexico sugar
skulls are created to celebrate the
Day of the Dead.
Amezaiku is a
Japanese candy craft and
wagashi the art of Japanese confection.
posted by nickyskye
on Mar 11, 2007 -
14 comments
"Another useful analogy might be with a clearing in the jungle. The web is certainly a jungle, and without a few clearings it is hard to see how the innocent can stay sane in there, and it might soon be hard to see anything at all." The words of poet and essayist
Clive James, whose eponymous site is an online galley/anthology of breathtaking writing, art, and video interviews. My favorites include Ophelia Redpath's
paintings titled after Shakespeare quotes, Laura Noble's
photos of rusty things, and, of course, a collection James's
outstanding poetry.
posted by eustacescrubb
on Mar 3, 2007 -
8 comments
"Georgia Russell is a Scottish artist who uses a scalpel instead of a brush or a pen. She works with obsessive perserverance to create constructions that transform found ephemera, such as books, music scores, maps, newspapers, currency and photographs." Samples
here.
{via design dna}
posted by dobbs
on Jan 16, 2007 -
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