This weekend I decided to finally try out some sketching on my Samsung Galaxy Note. The above image is an attempt at a self portrait.
It’s actually the first time I’ve really sketched anything in quite a while and to be honest, I’m loving using the S Pen and hopefully this will be the first of many doodles!
Body painting by Gesine Marwedel - amazing. I love the bird painting, they look incredible!
Florentijn Hofman created his giant yellow duckie with the mission of simply bringing people together through the presence of art. Treating the Loire as a giant bubble bath, The Rubber Duck brings a message of joy, without political or sociological connotation.
The duck itself is a durable vessel, made from an inflatable plastic shell, a pontoon boat, and a generator to help propel it forward downstream. It gently moves throughout the environment without disrupting the nature of the marine life in the river below. Rising 82 feet by 82 feet wide, the bath time toy conjures up childhood memories and nostalgic narratives, undeniably creating smiles as it passes through each town.
Hofman’s work often deals with simplistic happiness – his oversized installations serve as diversions that ease the tension of modern life. His work often gives onlookers a moment of serenity amidst times of economic and political turmoil.
The Rubber Duck traveled a 40 mile stretch from Saint-Nazaire to Nantes, France as part of the Loire Estuary art exhibition. The Rubber Duck has already delighted the shores of both Osaka and Sao Paulo, and it will likely continue its journey to other waterways around the world.
Colin Gray: In Sickness and in Health
So this week I headed out and had a very cultural lunch break. I paid a visit to Ferens Art Gallery to see Colin Gray’s photography exhibition: In Sickness and in Health.
The Hull born artist began taking photographs in the early 1980’s documenting his parents as the face old age and utlimately leading to his Mother’s death in 2004. The photographs concentrate on his mother’s disability following a stroke and show his fathers struggle as her carer.
Gray quotes: “this work is, in a sense, a preparation, helping me to face the deterioration, and the loss I have endured”.
The exhibition was a mix of photos from his parent’s in fancy dress costumes having the time of their life to the very morbid photos of his mother’s decline. Walking clockwise around the circular room you are taken on the journey and progression of his mother’s illness up until her final moments. The photography is very clever with the use of placement and lighting, but it is the subject matter which provokes the conversation about this exhibition.
Be nice and think happy thoughts!
Found these earlier and love the idea. I wonder how successful it was.
Jeroen Verhoeven’s Virtue of Blue
Virtue of Blue is a delicate construction featuring 500 solar panels cut into the shapes of four different breeds of butterfly. These cluster around a flame-like, hand-blown glass bulb and, though they are static, appear to be in flight. Remarkably the chandelier is self sustaining; like real butterflies, which use the rays of the sun to raise their own body temperatures, the wings of the chandelier butterflies absorb energy during daylight hours to provide power for the light they surround.
Christain Faur’s ”Crayon Art”’
This is amazing. We attempted our own version with felt tips but it failed so epically, we’re not even going to take a photo of it!
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Timo Arnall found this awesome street keyboard in Brussels, Belgium.
[via My Modern Metropolis]
Loving this. I wonder if it was just a piece of street art or whether it had some other use?](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls7cenU5zb1qzfsnio1_1280.jpg)
Timo Arnall found this awesome street keyboard in Brussels, Belgium.
[via My Modern Metropolis]
Loving this. I wonder if it was just a piece of street art or whether it had some other use?
We are All Part of the Same Thing | Dominique Falla
“This is my entry for this year’s Positive Posters competition. For too long, people have viewed themselves as separate and I wanted to represent a multitude of individuals using the nails, and then coloured string to show how we are all interconnected, and that together, we can make something beautiful.”
I’d seen this before but without the bottom two images. I just assumed it was designed on a Mac. This is even more awesomer!
STRANGE CARAFES, NO. 5, NO. 6 | Etienne Meneau
I wonder how much it would cost to fill this bad boy with Jäger?!
TARGET BRANDING CAMPAIGN | Allan Peters
The concept for this campaign is a simple one: Invite Target’s guests into a bullseye playground.
I was taught that a good poster should have a surprise at 50 feet, at 5 feet and at 5 inches. This campaign accomplishes that. From 50 feet you read it as a giant cropped bullseye. From 5 feet you notice that there are people having a good time on the bullseye. At 5 inches you notice the detailed styling with pops of color and bold patterns.
Love these. So striking yet so simple!
Should we maybe get a giant sculpture made of one/all of the Critters?!
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