Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Indoor Street Art by Paul Baines

Indoor Street Art by Paul Baines


The Anatomy of Fashion

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:59 AM PDT

Here's a novel take on the rather murky world of high end fashion…

Aspiring medical illustrator and art director, Marla Bonner is currently a student at Minnesota State University Mankato studying a degree in Drawing and Biology. She's already caused a real stir in both the art and fashion world with her illustrated dissections of fashion models.

Here's a quote from Marla "I was challenged by my painting teacher to create pieces that I normally wouldn’t. I chose these magazines from Denmark that really intrigued me. Not being fond of fashion magazines I attempted to create images that required a double take."

See more of Marla’s work in her Behance portfolio.

The Art of Junk

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:51 AM PDT

Check out these amazing assemblage pieces by artist Zac Freeman who's been collecting junk, usually from the trash, since 1999. The process is really simple, but the preparation must take months. Once the right selection of tat has been found Zac glues objects to a wooden substrate to form his designs – which are mainly portraits as it happens. The artwork might look far bigger in the photos, at first I imagined the guy was holding yard sales and taking photos from his roof (now there's an idea). But take a closer look, and you can tell the objects are very small, such as buttons, fixings, clips, plastic mouldings and such. Most of the pieces average about 28 “by 35″ in size and from an interesting expressionist value. For instance when viewed up close they're more like abstracts but from a distance everything comes together for a final punch of wow factor.

Travis Steve Ryan Nick Kathy Holly Garrett David Courtney

Here's a quote from the man himself "I was interested in communicating through visual representation in apparent 2-dimensional space and through the actual objects used for the medium in 3-dimensional space. It is very important to me that I incorporate the actual objects into the art as opposed to a picture or rendition of it because it better expresses the intention of the artwork. I feel the junk is more powerful being present. It is an actual thing to be reckoned with that existed in this time and place and carries energy in and of itself."

Now that's recycling!

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