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The botmaker who sees through the Internet - Ideas. 8 | Insane Makeup Turns Models Into 2-D Paintings Of Famous Artists. When we think of face painting, we usually think of clowns, county fairs and this turtle-loving zombie kid. We certainly tend not to respect it as an art: instead, it's considered a dabbling at best, the sort of medium best left to teenage girls raising money for charity during a parade by painting children’s faces. But as Russian make-up artist Valeriya Kutsan shows, there's nothing trivial about face painting.

The human countenance can be an unparalleled canvas, and accounting for its contours takes great skill. For proof, look no further than Kutsan's latest series, 2D Or Not 2D. Teamed up with photographer Alexander Khoklov and post-processing expert Veronica Ershova, Kutsan has used a breathtaking array of techniques to paint the faces of models to resemble the flat, two-dimensional works of famous 20th-century artists. It is truly breathtaking technique, but 2D Or Not 2D isn't Kutsan's first collaboration with Khoklov. To see more of Kutsan's incredible work, see her website here. Photo, Video: Disturbing Stuffed Animal Truck IS The Work Of Banksy. Fullscreen Sirens of the pandas too! (Jeremy Unger / Gothamist) Banksy just posted photos of his latest piece... which IS the stuffed animal truck we were wondering about yesterday. The truck—which had the street artist's 1-800 number on it—was spotted around South Brooklyn yesterday afternoon—around 1 p.m. a tipster had told us, "It was so loud.

As of 11 a.m. today the "slaughterhouse delivery truck [is] touring the meatpacking district," and then will tour citywide. And don't try tossing any tracking devices inside, as someone seems to have done with the mysterious street artist's other moving target (the waterfall and butterfly truck)—with his latest update he added this addendum: "If you're the person who stuck a tracking device on the garden truck you're now following a car service in Queens.

" Update 3 p.m.: We visited the truck at Little West 12th Street by Washington Street and we asked the truck driver his name. Reporting by Jeremy Unger. This Art Is Cool: Imagining a Dystopian Sweden Full of Robots and Dinosaurs | Underwire. Bonaverken, by Simon Stalenhag. Image courtesy of the artist. Signalen, by Simon Stalenhag. Image courtesy of the artist. Klovsjorelaet, by Simon Stalenhag. Image courtesy of the artist. Fokaltorn, by Simon Stalenhag.

Image courtesy of the artist. Reparator, by Simon Stalenhag. Bonaverken, by Simon Stalenhag. Growing up in the countryside just outside Stockholm, artist and designer Simon Stalenhag had always been enchanted by the natural beauty of the Swedish landscape. Stalenhag has created an entire fictional backstory for the dystopian future of his paintings, even designing a fictional magazine excerpt full of clues about the world. “Since the 1950s, the government has been running a huge particle collider and research facility a couple of miles outside of Stockholm. “I started out doing watercolors and gouache paintings, so I try to mimic the traditional work-flow as much as possible,” says Stalenhag. Which only leaves one question: Can someone get Stephen Colbert on the phone? Here's What Happens When You Mix Soap, Oil & Ink Together. Whilst you use ink in your stationary, oil for your bike and soap to wash yourself everyday, its rare that all three liquids come into contact with one another.

What would happen if they did? Would blending ink, soap and oil produce something similar? Or would they just cancel each other out into a soapy sludge? That's precisely what Russian visual artist Ruslan Khasanov was compelled to find out and so he decided to embark on a series of fun experiments to test his theory. His inspirations came whilst cooking one night, when he noticed the mixture of soy sauce and oil separating out into small black beads in his dish.

Taking the same logic, he mixed different quantities of soap, oil and ink together and filmed the results. Amazingly, his unique concoction produced a vivid blend of yellows, magenta, whites and blues - all completely experimental and all mesmerising to look at. You can experience more from the project via his official Behance profile Via Behance. Turn an Ikea Poster into Canvas Art. Materials: Poster of NY, Mod Podge , Blank Canvas, Sponge Brush Description: I am having the hardest time finding art for my house. I just can't find what I like!! However, I did find this poster at Ikea for about $10. I am not crazy about poster frames or glass frames in general for art, so I turned this poster into a hanging canvas. What you'll need: Poster Canvas Glue 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. See more of the IKEA canvas art . ~ Beachbrights, Houston, TX. Artfox | Connecting creatives in the Arts, Media & Entertainment. DesignTAXI - Creativity and Innovation Daily.

André (artist) André Saraiva André in Paris André (aka Monsieur André aka Monsieur A) born 1971 as André Saraiva, is a Swedish-Portuguese graffiti artist living in Paris (France). He paints a distinctive stick-figure character, usually with a top hat and an 'X' in place of one of the eyes. He started doing graffiti in 1985.[1] In the early 2000s, he developed the Love Graffiti series. While he is said to be very reclusive, he appears in the documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop.

André's artistic career includes solo exhibitions at Air de Paris, The Hole, Circle Culture, and Half Gallery. During 2013 André Saraiva launched a artproject named Dream Concerts. André was formerly married to French/American electro artist, Uffie.[4] Reisser, Mirko; Peters, Gerrit; Zahlmann, Heiko, eds. (2002). HOWL! STREET ART UTOPIA » We declare the world as our canvasSTREET ART UTOPIA » We declare the world as our canvas. Www.space-invaders.com.

Invader (artist) Invader's Pac-Man mosaics in Bilbao (BBO 24–27), near the Guggenheim Museum Invader is the pseudonym of a well-known French urban artist, born in 1969, whose work is modelled on the crude pixellation of 1970s 8-bit video games. He took his name from the 1978 arcade game Space Invaders, and much of his work is composed of square ceramic tiles inspired by video game characters. Although he prefers to remain incognito, and guards his identity carefully, his distinctive creations can be seen in many highly-visible locations in more than 60 cities in 30 countries.[1] He documents each intervention in a city as an "Invasion", and has published books and maps of the location of each of his street mosaics. In addition to working with tiles, Invader is one of the leading proponents of indoor mosaics created using stacks of Rubik's Cubes in a style he refers to as "Rubikcubism". He is also known for his QR code mosaic works.

In this project, the idea is to bring the virtual world into reality. Banksy. Shepard Fairey. Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene.[3] He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (…OBEY…) sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. Early life and education[edit] Shepard Fairey was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. His father, Strait Fairey, is a doctor, and his mother, Charlotte, a realtor.[7] Fairey became involved with art in 1984, when he started to place his drawings on skateboards and T-shirts.[8][9] In 1988 he graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy in California.

In 1992 he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design.[10] Career[edit] Fairey's first art museum exhibition, entitled Supply & Demand (as was his earlier book), was held in Boston at the Institute of Contemporary Art during the summer of 2009. Banksy. Graffiti artist, political activist and painter Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation.[2] Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique.

His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls, and bridges throughout the world.[3] His work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians.[4] Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.[5] Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. Identity Other alternate speculations on Banksy's identity include the following: Career Early career (1990–2001) Exhibitions (2002–2003) £10 notes to Barely Legal (2004–2006) Scientists Discover Iron Man Found by Nazis Is of Extraterrestrial Origin.

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