Aboriginal Art Online - Contemporary Art and Traditional Symbols
Traditional symbols are an essential part of much contemporary Aboriginal art. Our online galleries offer a wide range of art works using traditional and contemporary imagery and symbols. Aboriginal peoples have long artistic traditions within which they use conventional designs and symbols. These designs when applied to any surface, whether on the body of a person taking part in a ceremony or on a shield, have the power to transform the object to one with religious significance and power. Through the use of designs inherited from ancestors, artists continue their connections to country and the Dreaming. For example, body decoration using ancestral designs is an important part of many ceremonies. Symbols used in Papunya Central Desert art - Based on information from "Papunya Tula" by Geoffrey Bardon While the most commonly used symbols are relatively simple, they can be used in elaborate combinations to tell more complex stories.
What You Can Do With A Paper
Entries for an art contest at the Hirshhorn Modern Art Gallery in Washington DC The rule was that the artist could use only one sheet of paper
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS and MOVIE POSTERS by Rowan Stocks Moore
Rowan Stocks Moore ( England ) is the creator of these nice Disney posters. The movie posters were made with a ‘smart eye‘ which allows for the optical illusions to pop out. It’s not so easy to see them all, ’cause some of the optical illusions are ‘hidden’. Take a look ! Learn how to make your own optical illusion Dont miss !
Flower constructions
Flower constructions (2011-2012) Imagine a big bang, a firework of flower seeds thrown into space. What would happen? Flower constructions are 3d collages from pressed flowers and cut out flower pictures.
Art History Through Sci Fi-Colored Glasses
Pastiche? Mash-up? The best form of flattery? Whatever you want to call it, artists have enjoyed riffing on historical paintings for ages. John Mattos took on Marcel Duchamp’s mechanically abstracted Nude Descending a Staircase and brilliantly reset it with C3PO. Tim O’Brien hears his master’s robotic voice. Abbott Handerson Thayer, often noted as a painter of angels, punked up a bit by Greg Manchess. Cyril van der Haegen inserts unspeakable evil into N. It’s a tough race to see what has been parodied more: the Mona Lisa, American Gothic, or Napoleon Crossing the Alps. Tristan Elwell invokes Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa for the cover to Jo Walton’s novel Tooth and Claw. Thanks to Zelda Devon for pointing me to this William Stout, an homage to Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen’s “The White Bear King.” Arthur Suydam’s “Uncle Sam,” originated by James Montgomery Flagg. A super-sweet Halloween recasting of Norman Rockwell’s “The Runaway” by Luke Radi.
Vintage & Surreal Collages by Sammy Slabbinck
Impressive series of vintage and surreal collages by Belgian artist Sammy Slabbinck. The artist composes his works by mixing retro and contemporary forms… Sammy Slabbinck Impressionnante série de collages vintage et surréaliste de l’artiste belge Sammy Slabbinck. L’artiste compose ses travaux en mélangeant les formes retro et contemporaines…
Sara Angelucci: “Aviary” blends 19th-century themes that recreate memories of people and birds (PHOTOS).
Sara Angelucci Sara Angelucci had been collecting vintage photographs for many years and wasn’t quite sure what to do with them. Although she found many of the fiber-based photographs to be beautiful, she also found them to be heartbreaking—she was the keeper of a memory of someone perhaps long forgotten. “They seemed so lost and misplaced, and no one cared about them anyone,” she said about the photographs. “It was heartbreaking to see these lost personages.” As it happens with many artists, the road traveled from beginning to completion of any project takes many different twists and turns. She happened upon a short passage about how in ancient times to try to “capture” a specific memory was equated to trying to capture a bird in an aviary full of birds. She called a museum in Toronto with a large ornithology collection and asked them if she could photograph their collection of extinct and endangered birds.
Outbreak: Hand Cut Paper Microbes and Pathogens by Rogan Brown
Artist Rogan Brown (previously) just completed work on his latest paper artwork titled Outbreak, a piece he describes as an exploration “of the microbiological sublime.” Over four months in the making, the work depicts an array of interconnected sculptures—entirely hand cut from paper—based on the smallest structures found within the human body: cells, microbes, pathogens, and neurons. Outbreak represents nearly four months of tedious planning, cutting and assembly. He shares about his process: I am inspired in part by the tradition of scientific drawing and model making, and particularly the work of artist-scientists such as Ernst Haeckel. But although my approach involves careful observation and detailed “scientific” preparatory drawings, these are always superseded by the work of the imagination; everything has to be refracted through the prism of the imagination, estranged and in some way transformed. You can see more details over in his portfolio.
