Beautiful/Decay Cult of the Creative Arts Big Photography Best Street Art of 2011 - StumbleUpon December 27, 2011 | 72 Comments » | Topics: Art, Pics Hot Stories From Around The Web Other Awesome Stories Inspirationfeed - be inspired! National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic - StumbleUpon National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30. For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from. Eruption of the Cordon del Caulle. Beluga whales in the arctic having fun. This is a streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St. This image captures almost 6 hours of climbing parties on Rainier going for the summit under starry skies. Russia, polar region of West Siberia, Tazovsky Peninsula.
We-Blog We-Blog » De la création 100 % française Fantastic Plastic: 20 Essential Works of LEGO Art Fantastic Plastic: 20 Essential Works of LEGO Art & Design Article by Steve, filed under Sculpture & Craft in the Art category. LEGO … it’s the best thing to come out of Denmark since, er, danishes. Much more than just a children’s toy, LEGO pieces make ideal artist material due to their exceptionally versatile design. These 20 essential works of LEGO art illustrate just what can be accomplished with a little inspiration and a LOT of LEGO bricks. (image via: Andrew Lipson’s LEGO Page) When does art begin and LEGO end? Other creative recreations including uncanny copies of (clockwise from above left) Balcony, Belvedere, Ascending & Descending, and Waterfall can be viewed at Lipson’s website. (image via: The Brick Artist) LEGO has also been used to show that “art imitates life”, none more superlatively than by ex-lawyer turned Lego-er Nathan Sawaya. (image via: Lego Is Fun) Lego art can also imitate fine art, though the original artists Munch, Da Vinci and Van Gogh might not agree.
About Discussing Metamodernism | Notes on metamodernism Postmodernism is over. As global warming, the credit crunch and political instabilities are rapidly taking us beyond that so prematurely proclaimed ‘End of History’, the postmodern culture of relativism, irony and pastiche, too, is superseded by another sensibility. One that evokes the will to look forward, that invokes the will to hope again. Discussing Metamodernism brings into dialogue contemporary artists whose work engages with this changing world in affective and constructive ways in thinking anew about our present and future. The exhibition is structured around four debates – engagement, affect, post-irony, and storytelling – with each debate addressing another set of questions: how can we make a change, today? How can we be in touch, intimate, in love? Metamodernism is the concept used in recent philosophy to describe the period after postmodernism.
Art photography: When 'reality isn't good enough' Chris Clor's dramatic photograph of this bull rider won the Communication Arts Photography Competition. Combining separate shots of the bull, the rider, Superstition Mountains and the sky, he knitted them together in Photoshop. Although it was shot for a client selling boots, the image represents a possible reality because of Clor's composition. Don Farrall's image was also a winning entry in the competition. Photographer Mike Mellia uses lighting to make his images dynamic, almost evoking a movie set with their tone. In his "Monday Morning: Wall Street & America" series, Mellia created an entire ecosystem that explores the neverending cycle of finance and economy. To achieve harsh shadows and a Hitchcock feel, Mellia put a bright spotlight on his subjects, plunging the background into harsh shadows. Mellia focuses largely on emotion in his photos, like this image from his Psychological Portrait series. To Bryan Peterson, the camera is a blank canvas. Photographing a creative reality