Skillful Yarn Bombing Street Art Yarn bombing, there’s just no stopping it! This expressive and crafty form of street art is literally covering the nation. Yarn-bombing artists everywhere work to wrap mundane objects like street signs, buses, stairs, and poles with colorful patterns and knitted stripes that brighten up the world. Magda Sayeg, known as the “mother of yarn bombing,” founded Knitta Please in 2005 and now works fulltime to bring life to this skillful artform. Ironically, she admittedly rarely knits. Magda Sayeg’s website via [2photo]
Sculptures Popping Out of Paintings Oh, to have been in Tokyo in June! Shintaro Ohata just finished up a solo exhibition at the Yukari Art Contemprary in Tokyo, Japan. This Hiroshima, Japan-born artist is known for his ability to show us everyday life in a cinematic way. He captures light in his paintings, showering the world, as we know it, with carefully placed strokes of it. More than that, this artist has a unique style. Straight from the Yukari gallery, here's a sample of his stellar work. ' Photos courtesy of Yukari Art Contemporary. Wonderfully Creative Fairy Tale-Inspired Illustrations My Modern Metropolis Wonderfully Creative Fairy Tale-Inspired Illustrations Based in the UK, artist Adam Oehlers transports his viewers into the dark and playful fantasy worlds of his illustrations. The artist pairs each unique illustration with a telling title and a short history to draw his viewers into the story. Oehlers describes each scene as, “a grim, cobbled place that is trapped in its own time, with some little elements of odd magic which creep in at the edges.” The character-based scenes draw from fairy tales as well as Oehlers’s interactions with the world. Adam Oehlers's website You might like: My Modern Shop Spotlight - Buddy Bravo's Inspirational Posters 19 Amazing Paintings, Not Photos If Mermaids Existed in Different Cities Around the World Believable Relationship Scenes Constructed in Photoshop Recommended by Views: 3366 Tags: Adam Oehlers, Wonderfully Creative Fairy Tale-Inspired Illustrations, art, illustrations Share Twitter Facebook Facebook Add a Comment Sign Upor Sign In
Delightful Pantone Color Dessert Tarts Designers and cooks everywhere will fall instantly in love with these Pantone-inspired dessert tarts by French art director Emilie Guelpa. Combining an interest in foods and colors, Guelpa created these tarts for French food magazine Fricote. The tart base is covered with white icing and the pantone color is formed from various fruits, candies, vegetables, and other vibrant foods. The artist said, “I am passionate about food! Emilie Guelpa’s websiteFricotes Magazine website via [Laughing Squid]
Magnificent Giant Sculptures of Everyday Objects Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's collaborative creations of monumental sculptures make you look twice as they take ordinary objects and enlarge them. Oldenburg notes, "We feel free to use all the approaches that come naturally to our non-monumental works: variations in scale, similes, transformations, a wide range of materials, and, of course, our use of familiar objects." The sculptures give a whole new perspective to everyday objects and illuminate details that people would have otherwise not noticed. It is interesting how different creative approaches can be merged to create something cohesive and inspiring. Oldenburg and Van Bruggen's Site via [Sweet Station, Frrnsala , Webner House, Ground Speak, The World of Photographers, Etienne The Planner]
Incredibly Creative Sand Portraits Russian photographer Chertkova Svetlana uses sand found on the beach in incredibly creative ways. Not only does she use it to create fake clothes, she artistically forms spellbinding patterns and shapes surrounding her beautiful human subjects. You may find the last couple photos in this series to be the most moving. Titled "Between the End and Beginning," Svetlana states: "Those who complete the process of death and rebirth are connected to the true source of spirituality and realize that the roots of the mechanistic and materialistic world is fear - fear of birth and the fear of death. "Following the death of the ego significantly increases the ability to enjoy life. The past and future seem relatively less important than now, and the excitement of the process of life supersedes the pursuit of goals. Chertkova Svetlana's blogChertkova Svetlana on deviantART
Planet Earth on Fire Pit This hand made fire pit is not only a wonderful source of heat, but also an outstanding work of art. The Third Rock Outdoor Fire Pit is made of made from a quarter inch thick carbon steel and has an iron oxide finish. The size of the fire pit is about 42 inches tall with a 36 inch diameter. Rick Wittrig, the designer, has brought out the hidden fiery inner core of the earth with this piece. This simple yet powerful work makes the idea of setting the world on fire not so bad in this case. Fire Pit Art Website via [Cool Material]
Two People Transform Into Nine Strikingly Unique Couples Photographer Nacho Rojo and his girlfriend are the subjects of his series Couples, where the two present themselves as strikingly different characters within various social groups. The results of their creativity and extreme styling really entice the viewer to think about the concepts of identity and social behavior. General style, gestures, posture, facial expressions, hair, body piercings, and tattoos visually lead the viewer to create a certain narrative about each couple. However, when you break it down, Rojo and his girlfriend are the same person behind each costume. They change nothing but their outer facade, which raises the question of how we might tend to identify other people based on appearances alone. It’s amazing how drastically the couple can “change” from one image to the next just with a raise of an eyebrow, a pucker of the lips, or a shrug of the shoulders. Nacho Rojo’s website via [Petal Pixel]
Spectacular Double Exposure Oil Paintings Korean artist Ho Ryon Lee's series entitled Overlapping Images incorporates a double exposure technique that is typically used in photography. The remarkable thing about this body of work is that the images are, in fact, oil paintings. The realistic renditions of the multitude of scantily clad women in these works employ a layering method that plays with opacity. While the paintings reflect movement, they also exude a slow-motion sensuality. Ho Ryon Lee on Galerie Bhak via [faith is torment]
3D Sculptures Made from Dangling Strands of Elastic South Korean artist Hong Sungchul creates three-dimensional string sculptures in his series entitled String Mirrors. The artworks depict several close-up, intimate shots of the human body, focusing heavily on interlocking hands and arms to represent a shared human experience. The most fascinating part about Sungchul's work is the unconventional medium used to reflect his message. Rather than simply displaying a large framed shot of the outstretched, grasping hands, the artist uses dangling strands of elastic with images printed on them to produce an intriguing installation portrait. Sungchul is currently showing his work in a group exhibition titled The Collectors Show: Contemporary Art from Asia at ART SEASONS gallery in Singapore until March 25, 2012. Hong Sungchul at Hada Contemporary via [faith is torment, Albemarle Gallery]
Photos that Challenge Your Perception of Reality If you think you know what you are looking at in German photographer Martin Waldbauer’s images, look again! Nothing is quite what it seems in these digitally manipulated photos and photomontages. From a tightrope walking little girl reaching for the moon to the ghostly remnants of a female figure on a chalkboard, Waldbauer forces upon his viewers a perception of reality that doesn’t quite make sense. Waldbauer’s biography reads, “Photography from the heart! Total amateur.” But surely, viewers can argue that this artist is much more than just an amateur. Martin Waldbauer’s website via [Illusion]
Liu Bolin is Lost in Art Earlier this week, we brought you the outstanding collaboration between French street artist JR and Chinese contemporary artist Liu Bolin, aka the Invisible Man, in New York City. The performance and unveiling of the mural was all in preparation for Bolin's gallery showing in Soho. This solo exhibition presents a large portfolio of photography, documenting Bolin's public art performances as well as a few new additions to his existing, ongoing series — Hiding in the City and Hiding in New York. At My Modern Met, we are big fans of the Invisible Man's camouflaging technique and have written about his impeccable execution countless times. Lost in Art is currently on exhibit at Eli Klein Fine Art through May 11, 2012. Liu Bolin on artnet via [designboom]