The Art Of Clean Up

Swiss artist Ursus Wehrli shows with his project (and book) "The Art Of Clean Up" in a brilliant way, how tidy Switzerland is...

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© Ursus Wehrli

A F R I K A

My all time favourite artwork by Zurich-Bale-based graphic design agency A  F  R  I  K  A.

© A  F  R  I  K  A

Alexander Binder

Strange & fascinating series "Dream I" by Alexander Binder, who was born on Halloween night 1976 in the Black Forest/Germany.

© Alexander Binder

Alex McLeod

New stunning works from artist Alex McLeod (posted before @Shotspot), exhibited at Pulse NYC.

© Alex McLeod

Dionisio González

Dionisio González is an artist educated at different universities in Spain. In his most recent works, the artist takes a critical stance on the architecture and social culture of the favelas in the Brazilian megalópolis of São Paulo. He inserts new building structures into his photographs of the favelas via computer.
But Dionisio González is not only interested in the aesthetic aspect; his works also have a social facet. The artist is involved in a continuous discourse with the mayors' offices in the various favelas surrounding São Paulo, to find ways to transform some of the building structures he has designed into reality. (Text and more images: fiedler taubert contemporary)
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© Dionisio González

KARAOKE - Photographic Quotes

Photograph © Aneta Grzeszykowska, Untitled Film Stills #3, 2006


Photograph © Ryan McGinleyAm, "Blue Falling" (Blaues Fallen), 2007


Photograph © Taiyo Onorato / Nico Krebs, "Wires", 2008, from: The Great Unreal

Seems familiar? We are constantly bombarded by images and information – at school, at work, in newspapers and on the web. All of these stimuli carry a multitude of underlying codes. Day in and day out, we navigate our way, more or less successfully, through a torrent of texts and images, subtle advertising messages and hard facts, official instructions and personal messages. New and long-established media alike vie for our undivided attention. What we tend to overlook is the fact that we are increasingly subject to a second, media-dominated reality in which we are no longer directly involved.
The exhibition KARAOKE – Photographic Quotes with works by Becky Beasley (GB), Thomas Galler (CH), Aneta Grzeszykowska (PL), Thomas Julier (CH), Anja Manfredi (A), Ryan McGinley (USA), Taiyo Onorato / Nico Krebs (CH/CH), Clunie Reid (GB) and Oliver Sieber (D) quietly flags up the relationships and juxtapositions that permeate our casual, everyday navigation of parallel worlds. (Text: Fotomuseum Winterthur)
KARAOKE - Photographic Quotes, Fotomuseum Winterthur, 24.10.2009 - 07.02.2010

Esther Stocker

Austrian-based Esther Stocker transforms space into a three-dimensional graphical illusion.
Report: Wallpaper /// Interwiew: Don't Panic
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© Esther Stocker

Eric Tabuchi

Anatomy, 2006 (Châlons-sur-Marne)

I'm completely thrilled by the work of French-based Eric Tabuchi. I couldn't decide which of his series to post, so I chose the picture "Anatomy" of his "Various Ruins Serie" and the overall view of "Le Zoo des Marques" (Zoo of brands).
Also amazing: TWENTYSIX RECYCLED GASOLINE STATIONS, Mobile Ville and Monuments 1 & 2. Superbe, Eric!
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Photographs: © Eric Tabuchi

Natalie Nicklin

Delirious digital art by Natalie Nicklin. More of Natalie: Website / Flickr / Blog
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© Natalie Nicklin

Stefan Heyne

Amazing unreal pictures by Stefan Heyne, who creates photography art using a unique blurring technique.
"The Berlin-based artist Stefan Heyne (born in 1965) works in a constant exploration of the boundaries between painting and photography. His photographs are never descriptive and don't seek to depict visible reality. Instead, his motives attain autonomy by renouncing the notion of reproduction - a quality long considered to be central to the medium.
Heyne's works are characterised by a vigilant manipulation of the obscured detailing of the objects and spaces shown. The allure of his prints lies in the magical spectrum of their colours, their velvety surfaces and their quality as objects." (photography-now.com)
Stefan Heyne's book "THE NOISE" can be ordered at amazon.de or buch.ch.
© Stefan Heyne

Jan Henrik Hansen

My dear Zurich-based friend Jan Henrik Hansen is currently materialising a number of musical pieces or parts of them, including melodies, rhythms or even single sounds/chords for an exhibition in 2010. Above find a polyuretane sculpture translated from a bassline of five modulated notes. Music known to the author. Size 1.8 m in length. Henriks sculptures are translated from various musical pieces with custom tools invented and patented some years ago.
Find more information on www.janhenrikhansen.com
© Jan Henrik Hansen

Sound Art by Linden Gledhill

Fascinating highspeed photography by Linden Gledhill. The paint splashes are created by sound waves of a speaker.
More photos here at LOUDreams.
Photographs: © Linden Gledhill

Pencil Art by Jennifer Maestre

Why not creating sculptures out of pencils? An impressive result by Jennifer Maestre. More pictures and an interview with Jennifer Maestre at webdesignerdepot.com.
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© Jennifer Maestre

Chiho Aoshima

Chiho Aoshima is a digital artist from Tokyo, Japan. She creates unique and extraordinary fantasyscapes through the use use of computer softwares, such as illustrator. Her digitized paintings are then printed in a variety of forms including large-scale murals. These are often exhibited in different environments such as advertising spaces, gallery walls to complete rooms.
More images: http://www.blumandpoe.com/chihoaoshima/
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Photographs: © Chiho Aoshima

Julia Fullerton-Batten's Teen Stories

It is for her personal work in the field of fine art photography that UK-based Julia Fullerton-Batten (born in Bremen, Germany) is getting a reputation. In particular, the series entitled: Teen Stories. This series was developed out of Julia’s adoration for miniature villages.
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Photographs: © Julia Fullerton-Batten

invader rubickubism

the classic strategy game never ceases to amaze, the rubik's cube is an 80s game made from colored squares. it's a fascinating object, as it's both extremely simple and extremely complex. did you know there are over 43 billion possible permutations for a rubik's cube?
french artist invader uses the rubik's cube like an artist uses paint.
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Encastrable: Guerilla-Art-Residency

Thank god it's friday. And once again we start with art: Encastrable is a series of guerrilla art residencies held inside gardening and DIY megastores in the Paris area. The project was initiated by Paul Souviron and Antoine Lejolivet.
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Photographs: © Antoine Lejolivet, Paul Souviron, Jean-François Barbier

Daniel Libeskind designs prefab

daniel libeskind has entered into the market of pre fabricated homes with his latest 'villa- signature series' project. the 515 square meter, two story villas are based on the shape of a crystal, with sharp edges.
the villa can be shipped and assembled anywhere in the world and is expected to cost between 2.8 to 4.2 million USD.
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Photograph: © Studio Daniel Libeskind

Image Fulgurator by Julius von Bismarck

The Image Fulgurator is a device for physically manipulating photographs. It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able to detect anything. The manipulation is only visible on the photo afterwards. Got it?
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Photographs: © Richard Wilhelmer, Julius von Bismarck

Alex McLeod

Alex McLeod from Toronto combines professional 3D renderings with freaky fantasy landscapes. At first glance the scenery seems to be real, looking closer you feel like dreaming a strange dream.
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© Alex McLeod