Tapumes

Henrique Oliveira uses recycled “Tapumes” (sidings made of plywood in english) to create his sculpture and installations. Full of texture, color and movement, these pieces reflect a work path he chose while in school.

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The Hanging Man - silicon, paint and human hair - 140.0 x 50.0 cm

Sam Jinks creates amazing and erie hyperrealistic sculptures that you would expect to move at any moment.  Jinks’ attention to detail is superb.

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paperwork #701G (in the beginning), graphite on paper, 228 x 418 x 6 inches; 580 x 1060 x 15 cm (installation DG-Galerie, München)

Andreas Kocks does some pretty amazing things with paper. His installations transform the paper into an exciting medium to explore.  Andreas is currently exhibiting his work with many other fine artists in Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Arts and Design in New York, NY.

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With the year drawing to a close we naturally reflect on the past year. 2009 has been kind to this little blog and I look forward to what 2010 may bring. I aggregated a list of the 20 most visited posts from 2009 from the stats and this is what I found. Oddly enough, some were pretty recent, and some were from last year. I decided to include the ones from last year as well since I have many new readers.

Number 20

Barack Obama - by Shawn Barber

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Children’s Stoves - Oil on Linen 40 x 60

I crossed paths with Patrick when I featured one of his T-shirts in my post, 25 T-shirts for Artists and Wannabes. I later found out that Patrick is also a talented painter.  Patrick’s paintings are rich in exaggerated color depicting typical suburban American scenes and adding a bit tension it.
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The world’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibit is up and photos are finding their way to Flickr.  If you are in or around Sydney, this looks like it is worth checking out.  The show is up until November 15 and features over 100 sculptures that span about 2 km.

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Born in Shandong province, China and graduate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Liu Bolin uses paint and camera to create these wonderful camouflage works of art.  No trick photography or photoshopping is used to create the illusion of an invisible man. The subject is typically a Chinese citizen covered head to toe in paint to camouflage them in front of the selected scene.

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artist & website: Banksy - http://www.banksy.co.uk

I wanted to feature Banksy today since one of his other works, The Mild Mild West, was vandalized last night  (image of the vandalism below).  A group by the name Appropriate Media splattered red paint on the work last night in their protest of graffiti art work.  The group says:

We call for the appropriate and legitimate use of public and private property. We are taking matters into our own hands

We will not seek permission

We will retaliate

My problem isn’t that they hate graffiti, or even that it was painted over.  That is a known risk that graffiti artists take when creating their work.  The problem that I have with Appropriate Media is they just did the thing they are against to “prove their point.”  What activist participates in what they are fighting against?

Resin, aluminum sticks, stainless steel wires, springs and oil paint

Lee imagines what the skeletal structure of cartoon characters might look like.  Pictured here are the three nephews of Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie in case you do not remember.

artist & website: Hyungkoo Lee - http://www.hyungkoolee.net