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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...

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"

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...

Featured artwork - Dyad I: an original artwork by artist Corné Eksteen. Featuring detailed descriptions and information on this original artwork.

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Obscured faces peek through tangles of leaves and stems in the ethereal portraits of Toronto-based artist Christine Kim. Her mixed-media collages layer textured graphite gradients and mesh-like cuttings into splintered depictions of her subjects. “‘Fragmentary’ is one word that I return to again and again because I think portraiture is an act of catching glimmersContinue reading "Layers of Cut Paper Foliage Fragment Christine Kim’s Collaged Portraits"

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.

Featured artwork - Dyad IV: an original artwork by artist Corné Eksteen. Featuring detailed descriptions and information on this original artwork.

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