Blue Bird: I love this little light sculpture by Japanese artist Makoto Tojiki. He uses long strands of light to create pointillist-like representations of animals and people.

Gorgeous, macabre illustrations by Fernando Vicente from his series, Vanitas.

Breath-taking paintings by British artist Simon Birch:

“Birch is interested in universal ideas of transition, the ambiguous moment between an initiation and a conclusion, the unobtainable now and the future, inevitably crashing towards us. For Birch these ideas translate easily from oil paint, to film, to installations, which engage with myth, history, circus and science fiction, connection and disconnect. He chooses to explore these themes in an enveloping environment of theater and spectacle, where the process of viewing becomes experiential: overwhelming and complex, yet as spectacle and adventure, also approachable.”

Things We’re Lusting After, Episode 2: Chemicus, a ceramic tea service set designed by Art Lebedev Studio for “Russian chemists/patriots”. Combining the bog-standard chemistry kit with the traditional blue and white Russian Gzhel pattern, this definitely tops our lust list. Unfortunately, this is a prototype and not yet for sale.

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Stamped with Personality: Here are some wonderfully quirky sketches by Bill Mayer which capture the personality of each stamp in simple strokes. Great for a laugh.

books0977:

Young Girl Reading a Book. Eva D. Cowdery (American). Oil on canvas.

“We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.” ― Jules Verne

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Barnaby Furnas . Untitled (Flood), 2007. Urethane, dye and dispersed pigment on linen, 244 x 183 cm.  

Courtesy the artist and Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, © Barnaby Furnas, 2008.

oliveryeh:

“Ok aspiring fiction writers, if you’ve ever wondered how to write a successful novel, the secret is here: kill off your characters. Of the handful of books that won the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2011, all 13 novels had the common theme of putting to death main characters…” Read more…

artpixie:

Rainbow Installation Art by Gabrielle Dawe. His large scale installation pieces are made out of thread which burst of colours that fades into different hues and opacities. This is done by using copious amounts of string that sometimes measure up to 50 miles in total.

Ghost Stories: This haunting series of photographs, 12:31 (concept by Croix Gagnon, photography by Frank Schott) was put together by photographing an animation of a male cadaver from the Visible Human Project in dark environment to create long-exposure “light paintings”. Click on the images to view the story on the website—it’s creepy, but interesting.

Reverse of Volume: This sculpture by Yasuaki Onishi for Rice University’s Art Gallery consists of plastic sheeting and hot glue dyed black. The artist shaped the sculpture by draping the plastic over stacked cardboard boxes, then attaching the sheet to the ceiling and removing the boxes. This created the gorgeous mountainous sculpture seen above. Onishi calls this process ‘casting the invisible’. 

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EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT!

Prof. Don Harvey
“CHORUS in which there are many people, some singing”
William Busta Gallery
2731 Prospect Avenue
Cleveland Ohio 44115 

Don will be in the gallery this Saturday May 12, from 2-4.

April 27 through June 16 2012

www.williambustagallery.com

Gallery Hours
Tuesday through Saturday
11:00 - 5:30
or by appointment

amamblog:

Please join us for the annual AMAM Senior Tuesday Tea, May 8 at 2:30pm.

For the final Tuesday Tea of the academic year, and the fifth annual Senior Tuesday Tea, the AMAM solicited papers from graduating seniors at Oberlin College. This competitive call for papers was then reviewed by AMAM curatorial staff.

We are pleased to announce that this year’s speaker will be Claire Jenson, an Art History major. Ms. Jenson will be speaking about the museum’s Tilmann Riemenschneider’s Bust of Saint Urban. Her talk, entitled “Ritual Power and Holy Likeness” will address the rich history of ritual effigies of Saint Urban in southern Germany and the striking portrait that Riemenschneider has rendered in the AMAM portrait bust. The talk will be followed by light refreshments.

It’s at 2:30! It’s 2:07! You can still make it!!

black-tangled-heart:

Clare Aime

Metamorphosis I and II 
watercolor and pen
40cm x 50cm 
2012 

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