I have a quiet infatuation for the sobering Vertebrata photographic series by French artist Marc Da Cunha Lopes.
Vertebrata
Category: Animals
Raise The Horns For Halloween / White Painted Bat Napkin Setting
Planning a dinner party for Halloween? Buy some plastic bats, paint them white and use them for freakishly fantastic napkin settings. Source.
Fantasy VS Reality
Currently going pretty damn crazy for the weird work of Afke Golsteijn & Floris Bakker.
Frodo Mikkelsen
The Danes. Is there anything they can't do? Ever since I visited Denmark in 2010 I've had an enormous amount of respect for the Danish people. They're honestly some of the kindest souls I've ever had the pleasure of encountering...and they make damn fine art too. Currently I'm indulging in the mixed media artwork of… Continue reading Frodo Mikkelsen
Art. Life. Death.
So I like (some) art by Damien Hirst. There, I've admitted it. And to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if plenty of other dark souls were admirers of his work too, especially the pieces presented below. “Art’s about life and it can’t really be about anything else … there isn’t anything else.” - Damien Hirst. … Continue reading Art. Life. Death.
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No, that isn't an error in the title...that's the 'name' of the artist who created these spectacularly strange, minimal illustrations. To find out (a little bit) more, go here.
Erään hyönteisen tuho / The Death Of An Insect
“In a lifeless urban landscape where time itself has stopped its crawl, a mad ballet is commencing and a newly hatched butterfly is about to die. This tragic story was constructed using dead insects gathered from forgotten attics and tool sheds, between window panels and cobwebs. It combines a number of animation techniques from classic… Continue reading Erään hyönteisen tuho / The Death Of An Insect
Transformation
Transfixed by this promo video for SansSourci - a new art book including the work of a whole host of contemporary artists. There's really no better way to spent 1 minute thirty seconds. The theme of the first edition is the 'bestiary' and the exorcism of human ancestral fears through their artistic representation. Our video… Continue reading Transformation
Happily Disturbed
Happily disturbed by this rather sinister, surreal sculpture work by Finnish artist Kim Simonsson. “Authority in it’s many forms fascinates me and in my works I want to reverse the common beliefs by making the weak powerful.” -Kim Simonsson
Marcela Cardenas
Marcela Cardenas uses a whole host of different mediums to create evocative modern art with a close connection to the natural world.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 