Museum Anatomy – Recreating Lost Paintings on a Human Body [Interview]

Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector are the masterminds of a complex project titled Museum Anatomy. By using Chadwick’s body as a human canvas, works from museums around the world are recreated into an unrecognizable human form and then documented through photography. The painting itself is very elaborate, and Chadwick’s position is a key element in…

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Hold Still, a Series of Illustrations by Henrietta Harris

Henrietta Harris, an Auckland based illustrator is the author behind a series of portraits entitled ironically “Hold Still“. Ironically because the faces seem to tear off from the portraits, taking of a personality of their own, or drifting to another place. The portraits, a combination of illustrations and paintings on watercolor and gouaches are, intriguing…

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A Scream Worth $120 million

Photo from The Poppy’s by the Tree Killer on Tumblr The famous painting entitled “The Scream” by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch just became the most expensive painting sold at an auction, after it fetched no more than $119.9 million. The expressionist painting was sold recently during a Sotheby’s auction to an anonymous buyer, thus also…

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The Fantasy Art Drawings of a Romanian Artist

It’s not easy to affirm yourself as an artist nowadays, especially if you are a  young one, but this girl is determined to. We are talking about Andreea S., an eighteen year old student from Romania who developed from an early age an extraordinary artistic sense. “An aspiring animator and film-maker” as she describes herself,…

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Oleg Shuplyak’s Optical Illusion Paintings

Sometimes there’s more to the eye than you initially perceive. Apparently just some amazing oil paintings, the works of Ukrainian artist Oleg Shuplyak’s hide a surreal world once you take a step back and watch more closely. Through carefully placed objects, characters, coloring and shadows, there is a second image in the painting which creates…

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Inspiring Portraits: One Face, Ten Moods

Here’s a lesson of how simple ideas lead to great imagination exercises. The painter of these magical portraits, known as Dilka Bear, used a standard expression for each of them, putting the characters in different moods and circumstances. In my vision, each of this little fairies tells an interesting story. Let’s start with a first…

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Meat Paintings That Stimulate Your Appetite

After a series of unusual materials used to create works of art, I thought to myself that I settle down a bit and write about some paintings. Nothing exceptional so far. So I set out on a journey through the world wide web searching for something classic. And I found something less settling than what…

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Edgar Müller’s 3D Street Art

What started as a hobby for the now 43 year-old  German artist Edgar Müller, has led over the years to a really successful career. He has taken the art of pavement drawing to a whole new level with his breathtaking 3D landscapes and he is currently one of the few artists in the world who own…

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