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Wow Margaux Lange by Re-Membering Barbie Fondly

Margaux Lange’s Plastic Body Series art jewelry collection utilizes salvaged Barbie doll parts in combination with sterling silver and pigmented resins. The series is a result of Lange’s desire to re-purpose mass produced materials into handmade, wearable art. It is meant to examine and celebrate her own as well as pop culture’s relationship with the icon known simply as: Barbie

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30 Apr 2013 12:01:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Minimiam By Akiko Ida & Pierre Javelle Part 2

Minimiam is a project of the Japanese photographer Akiko Ida and French photographer Pierre Javelle. They met studying photography at the Paris “Arts Décoratifs” art school. The project has been ongoing since 2002 and was inspired by the married couple’s profession as commercial food photographers.

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12 Jun 2014 09:24:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Paper Sculpture by Calvin Nicholls

Calvin Nicholls is a master when it comes to the art of paper reliefs. He manages to capture an essence of gracefulness in each of his sculptures. In this particular collection where the focus is nature here are many of the seventy-five sculptures that were created for the Follet Collection Resources Campaign in response to a request of licensing from art director Lee Sievers. The full collection remains on display at their international corporate headquarters.

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21 Jul 2012 13:25:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Artworks by George Tooker

Government Bureau. Artwork by George Tooker

“George Clair Tooker, Jr. (August 5, 1920 – March 27, 2011) was a figurative painter whose works are associated with the Magic realism and Social realism movements. He was one of nine recipients of the National Medal of Arts in 2007”. – Wikipedia

Photo: “Government Bureau”, 1956; Metropolitan Museum of Art. Artwork by George Tooker. P.S. All pictures are presented in high resolution.

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08 Sep 2012 08:45:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Some Photos: Celebrities

Cardi B, left, with American model Slick Woods, right, at the Moschino Miami Party, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA on December 7, 2017. (Photo by Griffin Lipson/BFA/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

American rapper Cardi B, left, with American model Slick Woods, right, at the Moschino Miami Party, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA on December 7, 2017. (Photo by Griffin Lipson/BFA/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

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22 Apr 2018 00:05:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Underwater Sculpture, Part 2

“Inheritance”. Underwater Sculpture, Museo Subacuático de Arte, Cancun. (Photo by Jason deCaires Taylor/UnderwaterSculpture)

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27 Mar 2014 07:10:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Mutants by Bart Hess

The STRP mutants were designed by Bart Hess together with Heyheyhey for the 2011 STRP Art & Technology Festival campaign. The mutants evolved around the idea of transformation. They visualize movement and the ever changing boundaries between the different disciplines: art, music and technology.

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08 Jun 2012 11:03:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Students Train To Be Professional Acrobats In Chengdu

Students practice acrobatic skills in the Sichuan Provincial Art School in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China

Young girls practice acrobatic skills in the Sichuan Provincial Art School July 14, 2008 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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07 Dec 2011 13:48:00,post received 0 comments