Love the work of Fred Penelle and Yannick Jacquet! Installations that mix woodcuts, video and projection. Bringing pictures to life wonderful!

Mécaniques Discursives

Thanks to Prosthetic Knowledge

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Iris van Herpen Hacking Infinity show at Palais de Tokyo

March 17, 2015

fashion

Beautiful metallic surfaces for these dresses from the designer Iris van Herpen. The mesh, gauze and 3D-printed items were on show at the Hacking Infinity show at Palais de Tokyo on Tuesday during Paris Fashion Week.

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BearTree

January 7, 2015

musings

Recent experiment. A BearTree. Had this bear and decided to grow a tree from him. The tree could do with a bit more work on it, but kinda like the result.

Olaf Hajek and Wangechi Mutu Reviving Surrealism

October 23, 2014

collage, Painting, surrealsim

Two artists whose work I think crawls out from the oceans of surrealism are Olaf Hajek and Wangechi Mutu.

Olaf Hajek Africa Greed 2011

Olaf Hajek Africa Tree of the Ancient Life 2011

Wangechi Mutu Mountain of Prayer 2014

Wangechi Mutu Even 2014

for more check out:
Olaf Hajek’s Site
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The Victoria Miro for Wangechi Mutu
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The Power of Images

February 25, 2014

ethnic, exhibitions, inspiration

ElijioCarilloVicente

There is an excellent exhibition of ethnic art at the National Art Center Tokyo. The exhibition, “The Power of Images” shows a large number of works from The National Museum of Ethnology Collection. For any designer or artist the works on exhibit can provide a wealth of inspiration. I loved this yarn painting by a Mexican artist Elijio Carillo Vicente. Beeswax and pine resin is pasted onto a board and then yarn is applied into it. The pictures shows the rite to awaken the power of the gods, and a shaman is depicted sending the spirits of children to the realms of the gods. On the left side, the mara’akame shaman stands in front of a drum and conveys the spirit to the suspended altar. The children’s spirits are then taken to the realm of the gods by the eagle flying over the altar.