10 Most Amazing Face Paints
August 27, 2013 by partizan
Filed under Art and Design, Misc, Odd World
James Kuhn, an incredible artist, is the man behind most of these unique face paintings. An interesting part about this project is that he paints on his own face, and that he paints a new mask every day for a year. That results in 365 totally different designs which are inspired widely from cartoon characters to his favorite foods.
10 Greatest Movies About Famous Artists
February 7, 2012 by Chill Out Point
Filed under Art and Design, Lifestyle
Inspiration can come from anywhere–school, pop culture, a walk outside. One of the best ways to be inspired, however, is by another artist. The next time you’re feeling lost on creativity (or just need some drama to put your artistic troubles in perspective), take a night off and consider checking out one of these movies:
1. Lust For Life (1956) Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn lead as Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin in a critically applauded movie about a group of artists who helped to define the label of “troubled genius.”
2. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) This classic, starring Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II and Charlton Heston as an especially rugged Michelangelo, chronicles the unlikely team and their clashing of wills surrounding the painting of the Sistine Chapel.
3. My Left Foot (1989) Daniel Day-Lewis won an Oscar for his portrayal of Christy Brown, who became an accomplished artist and writer despite being born with cerebral palsy and full control over nothing but his left foot.
Sailing in Paper Origami Boat
December 27, 2011 by Chill Out Point
Filed under Art and Design, Misc
“……an origami paper boat is folded on the river bank, then sailed away……”
Over two days in early November, German artist Frank Bölter staged two touching performances of World’s End . The performances, in which the public helped Frank fold and launch a paper boat, before he sailed away in it, grabbed the imagination of London and the rest of the world where it was picked up by the media from Canada to China.
Stunning Taxidermy Photography of Mounted Life
October 12, 2011 by Chill Out Point
Filed under Animals, Art and Design
The Mounted Life is a series of photographs by Royal Academy of Arts graduate Danielle van Ark. She visited the storage and archives of museums around the world and found animals in surroundings and environments so far from their natural habitats she was struck by the inherent contrast and photographed them. The series makes the most of the juxtaposition of wildlife and industrial imagery. The images are disturbing, funny, haunting, confrontational and even touching in their composition and subject matter.
Creative Illustrations for Adults
October 7, 2011 by Chill Out Point
Filed under Art and Design, Misc
Boys never grow up right? In that name this is a unique collection of posters that are for those boys that never grow up and like to see a different version of their favorite cartoon characters, check out these creative illustrations for adults.
Visiting The Ron Mueck Exhibition
October 2, 2011 by Chill Out Point
Filed under Art and Design, Odd World
Remember the David Bowie/Jennifer Connelly movie Labyrinth? One of the model-makers on the set was a young Australian named Ron Mueck. After dabbling in creating realistic props for advertising (that’s where the money is, baby!), Mueck started producing three-dimensional sculptures purely for art. His work quickly caused a sensation in art circles in the United Kingdom, and Dead Dad — displayed as part of the 1997 Sensation show at the Royal Academy of Arts — gave him international frame. We’re fortunate to have been able to see a collection of twelve of Mueck’s works at the Gallery of Modern Art here in Brisbane. The girls are young enough to innocently appraise the naked form without being silly, so we took them into the show.
Youth (2009). Diminutive figure (65 cm high) of African or African-American youth, holding up his T-shirt to examine a wound in his side.
Dead Dad (1996–97), A three-foot-long sculpture of Mueck’s father lying on his back, naked. This sculpture uses Mueck’s real hair.
A Girl (2006). Newborn baby, with part of her umbilical cord and some blood.
Pop Art by Roy Lichtenstein
October 1, 2011 by Chill Out Point
Filed under Art and Design, Misc
Taking to the heroines of the comic famous American artist Roy Lichtenstein Fox, emblematic figure of the pop art movement, it was daring. Although the end result of this reincarnation worked carefully to make remains very different than the comics board, the artistic nonetheless original.
