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Artist profiles, peculiar objects, and visual culture worth lingering over.
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Turner's pale wool beast appears to crawl out of an 18th-century chapel, turning architecture into a body horror dreamscape.
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G. Grundberga’s artistic style and techniques are marked by a strong sense of monumentality and a dedication to socialist realism. The Lenin’s Monument, erected…
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Today's comic artists may be great at their technique and what not, but Jack Kirby is considered to be in the league of his…
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Scott Weaver began on this complex sculpture 35 years ago, and the project, like the "Never Ending Story" continues to evolve. What was I…
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Chinese artist Li Wei from Beijing does what can be best described as "impossible art". None of his images are photoshopped believe it or…
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Jarod Charzewski is an installation artist. He creates variety of large installations experimenting with different objects and materials and even does multimedia installation.
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Gavin Worth does about every kind of art, even web design. He is a pretty versatile and gifted artist, but I'm only going to…
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Metalmorphosis is a mirrored water fountain erected by David Černý a Czech sculptor. This 14-ton head is made from massive stainless steel layers that…
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Aske can be best described as a grafiti artist. Although he does not actively pursue graffiti anymore, writing graffiti on Moscow urban walls is…
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Jason deCaires Taylor is an "eco-sculptor" who creates underwater concrete sculptures, offering viewers mysterious look of another world where art gradually changes from the…
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When I looked at his art piece at the Boise Art Museum, it was one of a few that stood out, and I was…
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No, this is not a series of Photoshopped images, or photo manipulations created by digital artists, this is a real development. Well, it is…
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If you never saw what "think outside the box" looks like visually, then this work from Yuki Matsueda will help you see it. Yuki's…