Excellent Graffiti Stop-Motion Shot in Israel
From Broken Fingaz website, “New animation clip by Tant and Unga! We shot it in 3 days on our roof in Hadar… Turn the speakers on before pressing play..”
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From Broken Fingaz website, “New animation clip by Tant and Unga! We shot it in 3 days on our roof in Hadar… Turn the speakers on before pressing play..”
(via Mister Honk)
Thangkas are the primary artform of Tibetan Buddhism—and, in my opinion, the most advanced visual art form in the world. If you’ve seen these things up close—the Rubin Museum in New York City is a good place to do so—you know that Western art, outside of perhaps Hieronymous Bosch or similar artists, just doesn’t hold a candle in terms of complexity of discussing states and modalities of consciousness.
That’s why it’s particularly awesome to see them combined with that other world art form, superhero comics, in the work of Tibetan artist Gade, who swapped the Buddhas for the Hulk, Spiderman, Ronald McDonald, Ultraman and others.
The wild pop art of Tibetan artist Gade transforms famous superheroes into mandalas and religious icons. If you ever wanted to see Batman as a Buddha, this here’s your huckleberry.
Gade mixes Western comic-book heroes (and Ultraman!) and traditional Tibetan artwork to showcase the totemic status of superheroes and the effects of globalization on Tibetan culture. The below works are from his December 2008 Making Gods exhibition at London’s Rossi & Rossi gallery.
This is brilliant, and was just waiting to happen. Dear God nobody do a Twilight one, please. Please.
(Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas—the best coffee table book of thangkas I’ve ever seen)
Wash away the horror!!!
Patrick Star by Brushcommander
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This is kind of insane.
Civilization, a video mural created for the new Standard hotel in New York City, depicts a journey from hell to heaven interpreted through modern film language using computer-enhanced found footage. This epic video mural contains over 300 individual channels of looped video blended into a multi-layered seamless tableau of interconnecting images that illustrate a contemporary, satirical take on the concepts of Heaven and Hell.
Watch it in hi-res below (worth it).
Here’s a delightful collection of ultra-70s fashion sketches by designer D. Jame. Visit 1970s Fashion Drawings to see more funky design concepts and 70s trends.
Thank you Andrew Vogel!
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How about immortalizing yourself in a doll? Or a loved one - your parent, your spouse?
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Each doll head is hand sculpted from photos by Doll Artist, Cyndi Safstrom. The head is then sculpted onto a vinyl doll or action figure, and dressed in the clothing of your choice.
See more craptacular stuffed animals over at Crappy Taxidermy.
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Photorealistic David Lynch head by contemporary sculptor Jamie Salmon. From the artist:
I like to use the human form as a way of exploring the nature of what we consider to be “real” and how we react when our visual perceptions of this reality are challenged. In our modern society we have become obsessed with our outward appearance, and now with modern technology we are able to alter this in almost anyway we desire. How does this outward change affect us and how we are perceived by others?
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Still time to catch this show if you haven’t seen it yet and are lucky enough to live in Los Angeles. The exhibit runs until April 3, 2010. How I wish the above piece, Bad Feng Shui Cake by Scott Hove was mine!
The show also features work by Mark Ryden, Shag, Kris Kuksi, Jonathan Viner, Martin Witfooth, Candice Tripp, Jesse Hazelip, Lori Earley, Chris Mars, Jeff Soto, Kevin Cyr, Thomas Doyle, Scott Musgrove, Victor Castillo, Amy Sol, Audrey Kawasaki, Brendan Danielsson, Brian Dettmer, Greg “Craola” Simkins, Harma Heikens, Attaboy, Alex Pardee, Sas Christian, Colin Christian, Yoko D’Holbachie, Travis Lampe, Junko Mizuno, Brandt Peters, Mia, Chet Zar, Kathie Olivas, Johnny “KMNDZ” Rodriguez, Sam Gibbons, Annie Owens, Yosuke Ueno, Skinner, Ewelina Ferruso, and Mike Shine
Copro Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave , Unit T5, Santa Monica , CA 90404
