Archive
for November 6th, 2012
Architects want Obama to win
Nov 06 2012If architects ruled the States, Barack Obama would be re-elected president. A recent issue of Architect, the magazine of the American Institute of Architects, found that 59.5% of designers polled chose POTUS over Mitt Romney for this year’s presidential election. The poll was published alongside two editorial pieces by US journalists on why electing their favored candidate would [...]
Shattered Glass Sculptures by Daniel Arsham
Nov 06 2012Cross-genre New York-based artist and set designer Daniel Arsham has expanded his eclectic scope of works with his latest sculptures made entirely from shattered glass. the pieces chiefly focus on depicting the human form – each one pensive, still and surreal an almost stoic quality contrasting the fragile associations connected with the artwork’s ingredients. The [...]
Past in Colour by Sanna Dullaway
Nov 06 2012When you come across black and white photographs from the past, do you ever wonder what colors are meant to replace the varied shades of gray? Sweden-based artist Sanna Dullaway re-imagines photos from yesteryear in vibrant, realistic hues. The series features portraits of well-known people throughout history including Abraham Lincoln, Che Guevara, Albert Einstein, Mark [...]
New Photorealistic Portraits Hand-Embroidered by Cayce Zavaglia
Nov 06 2012Stitch by stitch and color by color St. Louis based figurative artist Cayce Zavaglia utilizes her background as a painter to embroider excruciatingly detailed portraits that look almost like photographs. The process, which she refers to as a “renegade approach to embroidery”, begins with a photo-shoot consisting of 100-150 portraits from which she selects the [...]
Elements III by Konstantinos Stamatiou
Nov 06 2012A mineral deposit map, based on the distribution of metal deposits in the Yukon Territory, is rendered in three dimensions via silicon, beads, and acrylic paint. “Elements III” is part of the “Chart” series. “Charts” (2006 – 2009). Charts renders data into three dimensions, recasting the tabular numeric. Spilled across x-/y-axes—themselves pure visual—are schemata derived [...]