French Artist Turns Everyday Objects Into Playful Characters With a creative eye, the casual observer can espy characters or faces in the everyday objects all around us. French artist Gilbert Legrand takes this a step further by painting and otherwise modifying totally mundane objects to turn them into cute characters and give them new life. Legrand lets his active imagination soar by painting small details onto these everyday objects to help us see them the way he does. With the addition of a face and maybe some arms and legs, a paintbrush can become a mangled fox, a hinge can become a shady salesman, and a juicer becomes a woman emerging from a pool. Hopefully, Legrand’s wildly imaginative creations will help you find the fun characters hidden all around you! Source: gilbert-legrand.com | Facebook (h/t: visualnews)
Y 960 Lightbulb Installation by Carsten Höller With 2012′s Venice Architecture Biennale upon us, Carsten Höller is a past artist featured at the event (2003) and around the world otherwise, with many different works; though there is one that stands out like a spark in the pan. Titled “Y” for the shape that it is situated in on the floor, these 960 lightbulbs, make up the structure. Along with the bulbs are other materials: aluminium, wood, cables, electronic circuitry, light signs, and mirrors. It may look like a carnival to some, but the linear simplicity of this is nice to look at and not to mention– inspiring in so many ways. Anne Lindberg A 2010 installation by artist Anne Lindberg shown at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas. Lindberg used thousands of strands of Egyptian cotton thread suspended between staples to create this glowing, atmospheric space. See a video of the installation here. (via designspiration)
Yuki Matsueda ‘While most designers are busying adding more and more elements into their artworks, Japan-based Yuki Matsueda has, however, managed to let some elements escape from his art pieces. The result seems quite amazing… A vivid 3D image is successfully created and all the elements are believed to be more shocking than those stay still on paper.’
Motohiko Odani Sculptural works by Japanese artist Motohiko Odani. And even more of his work here.