SEVEN KNOT WIND

3 more days of mini-vacation, then back to the grind.

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:41:32 -0400

3 more days of mini-vacation, then back to the grind.

Instantáneas by Lucas OteroUsing images found solely on...

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:57:00 -0400

Instantáneas by Lucas Otero

Using images found solely on Instagram, “Instantáneas” is a mesmirizing experiment in the art of crowd-sourced, narrative storytelling.

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vimeo on tumblr

Quatorze triangles by Felice Varini via:arpeggia

Wed, 30 May 2012 08:22:00 -0400

Quatorze triangles

by Felice Varini

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arpeggia

thinktankgallery: JR AND JOSE PARLA “THE WRINKLES OF THE CITY”...

Wed, 30 May 2012 08:13:00 -0400

thinktankgallery:

JR AND JOSE PARLA “THE WRINKLES OF THE CITY” IN CUBA

JR and Jose Parla are two revolutionary artists whose works blend together almost better than they stand on their own. They continue their collaboration with a new “Wrinkles of the City” project that stretches outward to Havana, Cuba. The series blends the artists’ signature styles into one seamless set of installations across an iconic part of Cuba, while coinciding with the 11th Havana Biennial 2012. The project features work from all over the duo’s experience across the country dating back to March. The selection of buildings fits Parla’s grimy style of calligraphy just as much as it does JR’s affinity for beauty in aging form, and the city itself works as well with the duo’s imagery as they do with one another.

Google – The first Google image for every word in the...

Wed, 30 May 2012 07:51:24 -0400

Google – The first Google image for every word in the dictionary

If a picture says more than a thousand words – and current internet dynamics tend to agree – what would a visual guide to the English vocabulary, contemporary and ‘webresentative’, look like? Ben West and Felix Heyes, two artists and designers from London (UK), found out when they replaced the 21,000 words found in your everyday dictionary with whatever shows up first for each word in Google’s image search. Behold Google – a 1240 page behemoth of JPGs, GIFs and PNGs in alphabetical order.

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ryanpanos

shinyslingback: Drawing Vessel by Fumiaki Goto It may not be...

Wed, 30 May 2012 07:46:00 -0400

shinyslingback:

Drawing Vessel by Fumiaki Goto

It may not be practical to actually use a vessel as a drawing tool, but the idea of using something other than pen or pencil is still intriguing. Japanese artist Fumiaki Gogo combined clay with graphite to produce a ceramic vessel that are made with basically the same recipe as a pencil lead. Therefore based on deductive reasoning, it can be used to draw as well.

designcloud: You are not Bansky by Nick Stern

Tue, 29 May 2012 16:28:43 -0400

designcloud:

You are not Bansky by Nick Stern

"It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it."

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:00:33 -0400

““It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t...

My morning

Tue, 29 May 2012 08:58:33 -0400

My morning

Marion Verboom. Loess 1, 2012. 7 ceramic elements, dimensions...

Tue, 29 May 2012 08:03:56 -0400

Marion Verboom.

Loess 1, 2012. 7 ceramic elements, dimensions variable.

Loess 2, 2012. Ceramic, dimensions variable.

Loess ( /ˈloʊ.əs/, /ˈlʌs/, /ˈlɛs/, or UK: /ˈlɜːs/) is an aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt, typically in the 20–50 micrometre size range, twenty percent or less clay and the balance equal parts sand and silt that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate. It is usually homogeneous and highly porous and is traversed by vertical capillaries that permit the sediment to fracture and form vertical bluffs. The word loess, with connotations of origin by wind-deposited accumulation, is of German origin and means “loose.” It was first applied to Rhine River valley loess about 1821. – wikipédia~

Loess is the title of a series of totem-like sculptures created by French artist MARION VERBOOM whose work is often inspired by the structures and forms in the built environment and topography that surrounds her.

Fabricated from ceramics with a combination of layers of textures and colors, these pieces resemble sleek, rectangular columns or pillars establishing VERBOOM‘s interest in making sculptures with dimensions that relate to the human body in ways similar to architectural barriers and monuments.

Between pure geometrical form, art historical resemblance and utopian architecture, her sculpures and drawings isolate element (any detail or ornamentation) such as cornices, flying buttresses, which become through a change of skill, layout or rendering of matter, the basic unit for her work.

all images courtesy of the artist

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darksilenceinsuburbia

mylistofthangs: Exploded Views, Jim Campbell.

Tue, 29 May 2012 08:00:24 -0400

mylistofthangs:

Exploded Views, Jim Campbell.

"Important works of art are active. They provoke different reactions depending on the viewer and they..."

Tue, 29 May 2012 07:55:33 -0400

“Important works of art are active. They provoke different reactions depending on the viewer...

fiore-rosso: assemblage. Like a tide recedes from rocky shores...

Tue, 29 May 2012 07:52:54 -0400

fiore-rosso:

assemblage.

Like a tide recedes from rocky shores
I drew back no matter how much you implored
I have failed to see the beauty here
Everything I loved has disappeared

ANISH KAPOOR

Tue, 29 May 2012 07:49:46 -0400

ANISH KAPOOR

Photo

Mon, 28 May 2012 12:18:46 -0400

Sketching (drop ceiling study 2), lake side as the day dances...

Mon, 28 May 2012 11:25:32 -0400

Sketching (drop ceiling study 2), lake side as the day dances between sun and rain

mondonoir: “Using pure data as a source for sound and visuals,...

Mon, 28 May 2012 09:29:07 -0400

mondonoir:

“Using pure data as a source for sound and visuals, datamatics combines abstract and mimetic presentations of matter, time and space in a powerful and breathtakingly accomplished work. Ikeda employs real–time programme computations and data scanning to create an extended new sequence that is a further abstraction of the original work.” [more]

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Ryoji Ikeda, Datamatics [prototype-ver.2.0], 2006-2008

"I reassure myself by saying there is an always shifting hierarchy comprising the art apparatus...."

Mon, 28 May 2012 07:52:08 -0400

“I reassure myself by saying there is an always shifting hierarchy comprising the art...

holdentumblr: Kazimir Malevich - “Formula of Suprematism” (1920...

Mon, 28 May 2012 07:31:47 -0400

holdentumblr:

Kazimir Malevich - “Formula of Suprematism” (1920 watercolour, gouache and graphite pencil on paper)

* Suprematism was an art movement focused on fundamental geometric forms (in particular the square and circle) which formed in Russia in 1915-1916. It was not until later that suprematism received conventional museum preparations. It was founded by Kasimir Malevich.

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workman

"What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds water: art that grows out of..."

Mon, 28 May 2012 07:29:42 -0400

““What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds water: art that grows...