Favela Painting: Giving Pride to Brazil’s Poor Favela Painting: Giving Pride to Brazil’s Poor “I’ve never been to a museum in my life, and now I’m living in one,” said one of Brazil‘s poorest of her Vila Cruzeiro favela neighborhood. Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn perform a vibrant form of charitable art they call “Favela Painting“. A favela is a Brazilian shanty town that houses the city’s poorest citizens, those who cannot find gainful work or a proper home. The team at Favela Painting travel to Brazil’s favelas, live there among the poor and organize teams of local citizens who join them in their art.
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Fake Painting Photographs by Alexa Meade What you are about to see, are not paintings on canvas! Alexa Meade paints with acrylics directly on human flesh creating the illusion of painterly portraits. “Alexa Meade is an installation artist based in the Washington, DC area. Her background in the world of political communications has fueled her intellectual interest in the tensions between perception and reality. Alexa Meade’s innovative use of paint on the three dimensional surfaces of found objects, live models, and architectural spaces has been incorporated into a series of installations that create a perceptual shift in how we experience and interpret spatial relationships.” Website: alexameade.com | Flickr: flickr.com/photos/alexameade/ Jamie Portrait of Alexa Meade Bernie Egg On Egg Living Still Life Natura Morta Sara Timmy Will Ann All Images ©alexameade.com
Bruno Catalano - In Search of Missing Pieces ‘In Search of Missing Pieces’ is a series of original sculptures by French artist Bruno Catalono. Caught my eye big time! Via My Modern Met Serendipity Drawings That Turns Into An Outstanding 3D Images Drawings That Turns Into An Outstanding 3D Images Posted on 25 April 2010 Crni Istvan Orosz is graphic designer and his work is recognized in some on animated films as animator and also a director in a few. This kind of art is called anamorphosis, it was invented in China. In the 16th century, this form is brought to Italy in the time of Renaissance. Even Leonardo da Vinci were mastering this 3D technique. The technique is simple, conical or cylindrical mirror is placed on the drawing to transform a distorted drawing into an outstanding 3D picture that could be seen from different angles. Via István Orosz.
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