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Looking for inspiration? Visit the below URL, Christopher Jobson's Blog "Colossal," to see what I believe is some of the most innovative art being created right now.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/
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Take a closer look at the art below to see how artists use materials in new ways.
Life is Beautiful is an installation by Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri. Aggravure is a large wall installation by Baptiste Debombourg.
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"Goldfish Salvation" showcases the meticulous process employed by Japanese artist, Riusuke Fukahori, who creates super real-life, sculptural paintings of goldfish frozen in time. These three-dimensional depictions are a result of alternating cross-sectional paintings between layers of poured resin.
To see more of his work, click on the link below to visit the artist's website. Riusuke Fukahori From "Art Of The Week" to you.
Visit this URL to view Art of the Week to learn about Emil Nolde, a German Expressionist painter, who was a member of Die Brücke (The Bridge) a 20th Century modernist group seeking to convey emotions and meaning through painting and poetry. http://www.artofweek.com/id82.html
Visit this URL to view Art of the Week to learn about Gilbert Stuart who is considered "The Father of American Portraiture" because he painted many notable Americans during the Federalist period. He was notorious for working slowly and sometimes not finishing his works. One, the unfinished portrait of George Washington, started in 1796 was still incomplete when Stuart died in 1828. Click to see this work and learn more. http://www.artofweek.com/id71.html Visit this URL below to view Art of the Week about archived artist, Brazillian painter Fernanco Ferrira de Araujo. Ferrira de Araujo lives in New York city and was named by Vogue and the Brazil Foundation as one of Brazil's most influential artist. http://www.artofweek.com/id68.html Visit this URL below to view Art of the Week about Contemporary Indian artist, Syed Haider Raza. Born on February 22, 1922, Raza is 90 years old. He became India's "priciest" modern artist when in 2010 one of his abstract works sold for over three million dollars. "Raza's paintings revolve mainly around nature and its various facets. He believes the bindu (dot) to be the center of creation and existence and his works reflect this particular thinking." (Art of the Week) http://www.artofweek.com/id64.html CLICK HERE TO VIEW HIS ONLINE CATALOG AT THE ARTS TRUST |