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razorshapes: Fabienne Verdier “I enter the surface of the...

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:39:18 -0400

Fabienne Verdier

“I enter the surface of the canvas almost explosively.”

About Verdier’s work:

“Verdier paints on sheets of paper or canvases spread out on the floor. Her painting is vertical, playing with gravity, the weight of the paintbrush, the load of the ink and her body. Suspended between heaven and earth, the paintbrush is guided by spirit and hand, its handle at times hanging from over 10 meters of rope and held in place by a pair of bicycle handlebars. Her physical engagement is key: together with preparatory ascetic practice and “suchness” (the path of spontaneous expression), it forms the basis of Verdier’s work. Beyond this spontaneity of the stroke, the ink flow is also guided in producing the work, in particular in her very large formats. Verdier thus disengages from the rules of Chinese painting: she can go on. add to and rework the matter until she finds just the right form.”

vi-ve: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Demons & ghosts

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:12:48 -0400

vi-ve:

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Demons & ghosts

guydavisart: Grimshaw’s Curse and lots of bramble!! A new...

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:13:26 -0400

guydavisart:

Grimshaw’s Curse and lots of bramble!! A new poster created for Kevin McTurk’s victorian ghost story puppet film, “The Mill at Calder’s End”! Currently Kevin’s running a kickstarter to fund the production of this new short film, with this poster offered as a limited reward for backers. Along with creating artwork for the poster and a t-shirt pledge reward, I also contributed some creature design for the film! You can learn more about the project from the link below!!

The Mill at Calder’s End

grupaok: Hans Arp, White Stripes on Black Background, 1917

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:29:26 -0400

grupaok:

Hans Arp, White Stripes on Black Background, 1917

darksilenceinsuburbia: Espen Kluge. Everyday. Oil Man. Tumblr

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:28:59 -0400

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Espen Kluge. Everyday. Oil Man.

Tumblr

zenkikouki: Oswaldo Guayasamin - Napalm, 1976 oil on canvas...

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:26:46 -0400

zenkikouki:

Oswaldo Guayasamin - Napalm, 1976

oil on canvas from The Age of Wrath

Photo

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:26:04 -0400

shoulderblades: salvador dalí for vogue paris, december 1971

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:25:26 -0400

shoulderblades:

salvador dalí for vogue paris, december 1971

il-faut-cultiver-notre-jardin: Par une technique...

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:24:58 -0400

il-faut-cultiver-notre-jardin:

Par une technique extraordinaire, Frederic Fontenoy métamorphose le corps d’un homme en une créature surréaliste et inquiétante.

Je me demande quelle technique utilise ce photographe pour obtenir ce résultat. Une pose longue j’imagine mais l’eau apparaît nette alors que les corps sont flous. Un vrai magicien de l’image pour une idée très originale!

meeresstille: by Omar Galliani

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:23:34 -0400

meeresstille:

by Omar Galliani

Photo

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:23:05 -0400

body of a woman 4000 years old in xinjan region, china

Actress Adela Legarreta Rivas, hit by a car and killed on Mexico City’s Avenida Chapultepec in 1979

Marilyn Monroe’s autopsy photo

egon schiele - dead girl

gerhard richter - Baader-Meinhof

‘The Morgue (Jane Doe Killed By Police)’ (1992) by Andres Serrano.

matthew barney - cremaster 3

cindy sherman, 1985

Richard Wiles - fallen body from empire state building 1947

Photo

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:22:10 -0400

hifructosemag: At a first glance, Ron Mueck’s work space looks...

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:21:40 -0400

hifructosemag:

At a first glance, Ron Mueck’s work space looks more like a laboratory than an artist’s studio. The hyper-realist sculptor has perfected the art of replicating human flesh, building human faces and bodies both in large and small scale, all the while staying true to anatomical proportions. Mueck is opening a solo show on April 16 at Fondation Cartier in Paris — his first major European solo show since 2005. Take a look at some images of Mueck in his London studio from photographer Gautier Deblonde‘s recent visit with the artist, as well as some of the pieces in the show. Ron Mueck’s work will be on view at Fondation Cartier April 16 – September 29.

MORE: http://hifructose.com/2013/04/11/preview-ron-mueck-at-fondation-cartier/

wildoute: Pierre Joseph | Oogie l’ectoplasme | 1995

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:20:50 -0400

wildoute:

Pierre Joseph | Oogie l’ectoplasme | 1995

free-parking: Banks Violette, Untitled (Tristar Horse),...

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:20:16 -0400

free-parking:

Banks Violette, Untitled (Tristar Horse), 2008

video projection on water vapor

ulsteros: Huldra tobiee

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:19:38 -0400

ulsteros:

Huldra

tobiee

they-hide-in-the-dark: Huldra - A creature from Scandinavian...

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:18:56 -0400

they-hide-in-the-dark:

Huldra -

A creature from Scandinavian folklore, a huldra is a stunningly beautiful young woman with long hair and the tail of a cow. Her back is hallow like a tree trunk and is sometimes covered in bark. She is usually naked but in some tales she dresses as a dairy maid.

Whether or not a huldra is good or evil depends on the huldra. In some stories she can be kind, letting fishermen know of the best places to fish from and blowing down the barrels of hunters’ guns so they never miss a shot. A huldra can also be malevolent, seducing and luring men into the forest to have sex with them. If a man fails to satisfy her sexually she will kill him. They have also been known to steal human children and replace them with their own ugly changeling children and drag men off to the underworld.

It is possible for a huldra to fall in love and marry human men. If she marries a Christian man she will loose her tail but not her looks or strength. If she is treated badly by a man she will beat him around the head and ears, leaving him deaf and mad for the rest of his life.

anitaleocadia: Lucie Geffre - Head, charcoal

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:18:00 -0400

anitaleocadia:

Lucie Geffre - Head, charcoal

artandopinion: Oso Ojo 2010 Michele Mikesell

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:16:56 -0400

artandopinion:

Oso Ojo

2010

Michele Mikesell

Eikoh...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:33:00 -0400

Eikoh Hosoe

http://www.401projects.com/index.php?mode=gallery§ion_id=153