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Ephemera & Illustration Works of Manuel Orazi

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Faber Castell’s 250 Year Anniversary (1761-2011) Art & Graphic Case (x)

It’s only $1,400 dawg.

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Graffiti artists commissioned for the dome of Santa Eulalia church

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Sculptures made of wood, paint and nails by AJ Fosik.

Bio from Jonathan Levine Gallery:

AJ Fosik was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. In 2003, he received a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design in New York. In the years since, Fosik has lived in various cities across the country including Denver, Brooklyn and Philadelphia. He is currently based in Portland, Oregon.

Fosik’s artwork explores the powerful medium of language and metaphor to emphasize narrative and interpretation. Using wood and found materials, he creates figural, eclectic and intricately designed three-dimensional works that intrigue and provoke. Fosik’s animal subjects and anthropomorphized beings are built using a complex process in which each form is carefully handcrafted by arranging hundreds of pieces of individually cut and varnished wood, which the artist paints in vibrant colors and patterns. Sharp teeth, claws, and eyes emerge once the creatures are completed—some are constructed as freestanding forms while others are wall-mounted, referencing modern taxidermy practices. Evocative of American Folk Art and inspired by subversive cultural influences that shift complacency, Fosik’s work suspends comfort with the appeal of familiar symbols and images. In this dynamic tension, the art and viewer come together in an expanded definition of culture and assumption.

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My new-to-me artist of the day is Pez de Tierra, of Argentina

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Sir John Everett Millais’ Ophelia

(1851-52)

Sing it, girl.

The Green Children by Agnes Cecile

So here comes a whole new way to experience the visual process. HOW LONG before the animated GIF sequence becomes standard? It should be already, but perhaps I’m just demanding. 

The Mathematics of Beauty

The Fibonacci Sequence is a sequence of numbers where each number is the sum of the previous two—i.e., 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34…and so on to infinity. The ratio of one number to the next is approximately 1.61803, which is called “phi”, or the Golden Ratio. (via sciencesoup)

Yes, please. 

Technological mandalas made from soldered computer components, by Leonardo Ulian.

Title: Technological mandala 02 (The beginning)
When: June | 2012
What: Electronic components, microchip, wood frame, 120x120 cm

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