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Can't get enough of Abigail Renolds artwork. The mix of black and white and color is very effective not to mention the layered meaning. I r...

It looks like a pretty but not extraordinary illustration, right? Keep scrolling. It's actually a series of sheets of bullet-proof glass suspended so that they look like a face when viewed from the right angle. Michael Murphy assembled this sculpture. This and other works by him are on display at gallery nine5 in New York City. Link -via Colossal...

Titus Kaphar is an American artist based in New York. He cuts, bends, sculpts and mixes the work of classic and renaissance painters to create formal games and

The clues maybe visible, but the answers are often wrong. I once had a friend who was funny and smart and kind. He made the effort to make a smile and give support. He seemed to have boundless energy and ideas. “My heid’s buzzin’,” he’d joke. He never refused to give of his time or … Continue reading "Walking Wounded: The Strange and Disturbing Artwork of Alex Eckman-Lawn"

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South Africa-based artist Daniel A du Preez creates 3-dimensional visual patterns using layers of intricately cut paper. “I am a paper artist that likes to …

Nigerian multidisciplinary artist Ken Nwadiogbu creates hyper-realistic artworks using a combination of paper collages and charcoal. “My artwork explores, evaluates, interrogates and challenges socio-political structures…

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With the invent of GPS technology and map applications, paper maps are waning in use - but they are an essential material to English artist Ed Fairburn, who uses them as the canvas of his detailed portraits. Fairburn's work is an imaginative incorporation of the human form and topography. He's used maps of places from all over the world. The winding layouts of streets and rivers are enhanced to form wrinkles, veins, and other features of his subjects' faces.