Art Farm
There's an artist out there named Wim Delvoye who has created a pig farm where they tattoo the pigs and then sell their skin as art. Interesting yet very disturbing.
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February 23, 2009
Roberto Bernardi
Check out the link to Roberto Bernardi's paintings on his home page. At first glance they look like photographs.
Secret Art Wars
Secret Wars are the art world's version of a dance off. Two artists take to a blank wall and go at it, creating original artwork in under 90 minutes, with black paint only, and no sketching or pencils. It's all promoted through word of mouth.
February 15, 2009
Giant Portraits in Kenya
JR is this super cool undercover photographer whose unauthorized exhibitions play out on a massive scale all around the world. His latest project are these giant portraits on the roofs of Kenyan homes. He's even devised a feature where the faces aren't complete until a train passes through the village.
Mario Martinez
Check out Mario Martinez's website and click on work and sculptures . They are completely different from the perfectly proportioned human form sculptures we have been looking at in class. On his site they describe his style as urban-Gothic, sci-fi abstracted, quasi-organic. His paintings are worth a look as well.
February 10, 2009
Xtranormal
February 7, 2009
Yarn bombing
Another twist on graffiti—knitters "tagging" around the city. People like Carol Hummel and Magda Sayeg are turning craft work into art work in these amazing examples of patience and skill. If there's still questions of whether this is art, read this little excerpt.
Reverse Graffiti
Living green and the movement to reduce our impact on the planet has really exploded in the past year. In following with this trend is something called reverse graffiti. It's a fusion of the green movement with the ever popular graffiti trend. I saw this and thought it was a cool concept, but then realized it was sponsored by a cleaning product company. It loses some of its appeal but still an ingenious marketing tactic.