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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Doug Cooper

Art by Doug Cooper:

Doug Cooper is an american artist who focuses on large panoramic murals of cities in the USA and abroad. In this post you can discover some of his Pittsburgh series, but check out his website to see more work.





Davy Jones

Davy Jones:
Photographer Davy Jones

Photos by Davy Jones.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Rob Mulholland

Rob Mulholland: Vestige Installation:
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Scottish sculptor Rob Mulholland has created a ghostly art installation in the woodland walk at the David Marshall Lodge in Scotland titled Vestige. Originally intended to be temporary, the six mirrored life-size silhouettes (three men and three women) have been so popular that they are now to become a permanent fixture in the previously inhabited woodlands. Mulholland’s idea behind the installation seems twofold: 1) to create a vestige of the people who once occupied the land until following World War I, when they were re-located while forests were planted to generate timber and; 2) to make people ‘reflect’ upon man’s impact on the nature.
The almost imperceptible sculptures camouflaged by their surroundings have an eerie quality that has been compared by many to the predator in the 1980s film of the same name that seamlessly blends into its surroundings.
Photos courtesy of the artist and The Daily Mail.
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Julie Dodd

Julie Dodd: Paper Sculptor:
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English artist Julie Dodd usually works with paper creating books, installations, sculptural pieces and even recycling it to make new paper. Inspired by the patterns and shapes found in nature, Dodd tends to work in multiples mimicking life in its growth and regeneration.
What first drew me to Dodd’s work were her Paper Eggs where she used recycled magazine pages glued in layers to revert them into a wood-like material. It’s very hard to believe that those eggs are made from paper! Julie Dodd’s choice of eggs was done as a commentary on the decline of migrating birds to Europe due to loss of habitat and climate change all stemming back to the loss of trees. The fleeting nature of magazines converted into a permanent and significant object.
Also shown above are Dodd’s Forest: Lungs of the World  and Illegal Logging installations, but there is plenty more to see on her website including beautiful paper cut books and her Human Nature installation.
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Zhang Yu

Zhang Yu: Diffused Fingerprints:
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Chinese artist Zhang Yu has been working on his Fingerprint Series, in intervals, since the early 1990s. These paintings become a meditative process by repeatedly pressing his right index finger on rice paper with ink. Zhang limits his colors to shades of red, white and black, leaving thousands of overlapping fingerprints that create a unique infinite visual effect. He has created paintings, installations, books and performances with this process, making him a key figure in contemporary experimental ink painting.
You can see more of Zhang Yu’s work here and here.
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Mathilde Roussel

Mathilde Roussel: Lifes of Grass:
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French artist Mathilde Roussel created these suspended anthropomorphic sculptures titled Lifes of Grass using soil and wheat grass seeds that, just like a chia pet, slowly transform with the growth of grass.
From the artist’s website:

I strive to show that food, it’s origin, it’s transport, has an impact on us beyond it’s taste. The power inside it affects every organ of our body. Observing nature and being aware of what and how we eat makes us more sensitive to food cycles in the world – of abundance, of famine – and allows us to be physically, intellectually and spiritually connected to a global reality.
Roussel has exhibited these works in numerous gallery spaces since 2010, especially in Brooklyn and Manhattan, but most recently at Anatomia Botanica exhibition at the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville.
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Brian Mock

Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock:




Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock









Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock








Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock








Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock





Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock







Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock





Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock






Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock




Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock





Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock


Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock





Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock






Welded sculptures made from recycled materials by Brian Mock

Portland, Oregon based sculptor, Brian Mock, creates elegantly crafted recycled metal sculptures. He welds materials like wing nuts, hinges, screws, nails, found sheet metal, car rotors, and more to create a variety of sculptural forms from figurative, to animal, to decorative, and functional.
“I am intrigued by the challenge of creating an entirely unique piece from an eclectic collection of discarded objects. Giving these old, common items a new and extraordinary life as one sculpture is an artistically challenging yet gratifying process. This type of work is also designed to be highly interactive and prompt viewers to question the reality of what they see. Audience reactions fuel my motivation.”
Brian Mock: website

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Joshua Miels

Illustrations by Joshua Miels:



Illustrations by Joshua Miels







Illustrations by Joshua Miels




Illustrations by Joshua Miels



Illustrations by Joshua Miels



Illustrations by Joshua Miels



Illustrations by Joshua Miels




Illustrations by Joshua Miels




Illustrations by Joshua Miels





Illustrations by Joshua Miels





Illustrations by Joshua Miels

Joshua is a contemporary artist using tradition illustrations with modern techniques. Josh is always looking to push the envelope on what is art, and how it’s produced. With the use of his handy felt tip pen, hundreds of hand painted layers and the advancements of the digital age, Josh is able to achieve original artworks that have a genuine contemporary street feel. Focusing predominately on portraits, Josh looks to capture the personality of his subjects with stunning results.
Joshua Miels: website

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