Tag archive: PORTRAIT
Toasts by Tibi Tibi NeuspielTibi Tibi Neuspiel works in a diverse range of media including sculpture, performance, digital imaging and video. He is best known for his deft use of pigmented wax as medium for his wryly humourous sculptures. (via Pulse Art)
SCOTT SCHEIDLY: FABULOUS DECIPTIONS OF TYRANTS, DICTATORS AND POPESArtist Scott Scheidly of florida, USA, had developed portraits for four notorious or influential public figures of the 20th century. With an emphasis on their more feminine sides. Adolf Hitler, Kim Jong-Il, Joseph Stallin and pope John Paul II have all been re-imagined by scheidly in shades of pink and purple outfitted by accessories such as …
plastic perler beads celebrity portraitsAmerican artist Steve Moore or pxl8r creates inconceivably detailed depictions of famous faces entirely from perler beads. The brightly-colored plastic pieces are arranged in 11 x 11in squares then melted with the heat of a clothing-iron into photo-realistic mosaics of contemporary celebrities. Pxl8r is able to produce highly-detailed visions of easily recognizable faces by studying an …
Matthew Cusick: map work collagesNew york-based matt cusick has made a name for himself as a fine artist due to his elaborate depictions of humans and other animals,water and landforms crafted entirely from recycled maps. To develop these collage pieces, he meticulously slices segments of antiquated cartographic works including those of old encyclopedias, textbooks, roadmaps, and atlases in order to layer small …
MARCEL VAN DER VLUGT PHOTOGRAPHYThe way Marcel van der Vlugt shows beauty in his photographs is striking, a bit disturbing, but undeniably, beautiful. Revealing a side not often seen in glamor, let alone international magazine editorials and covers, the Netherlands born photographer does things like plop cheese and salmon on the faces of gorgeous models, or completely cover them in mummy-like bandages, …
LEGOLIZE IT‘Legolize it’ is a personal project of Fabien Bouchard, creator of art and design blog ufunk, and french artist Mademoiselle Maurice: A self-portrait series where a LEGO figure’s head stands in for the face. the photographs were shot without special effects or post-production montage; chosen to be displayed as polaroids because of the nostalgic feel of both this photography …
OREO ARTJudith G. Klausner has find a pretty funny material to curve sculptures in. She is carving delicate portraits into the centers of Oreo cookies, Klausner’s gorgeous relief sculptures measure at only 2 inches in diameter and reference hand made crafts such as ancient placards or rare roman coins. Just wonder how long they last! If I we’re …
PORTRAIT SHAPED BOOKS‘Written portraits’ is a series of books which shows the different faces, literally, behind the selected autobiographies of Anne Frank, Vincent van Gogh, Louis van Gaal and Kader Abdolah. The campaign, created by dutch agency van wanten etctera, was conceived by markus ravenhorst and Maarten Reynen as part of Dutch book week under the theme of …
Denise Boomkens exposition Dek 22In case your in the Netherlands december 9th, this exposition might be interesting! Denise Boomkens a Dutch fashion photographer went to the Burning Man festival last year. Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks …