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The Lip Art of Sandra Holmbom
Sandra Holmbom (aka Psycho Sandra) is a 26-year-old Swedish makeup artist. On her blog (http://psychosandra.blogg.se) she says, "I don't have a makeup education, I just do it because it's so damn fun." She has a particular interest in using lips as a canvas for her art, and has achieved some unusual effects!
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 03, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Body Painting
Dwight Eisenhower, Artist
I did not know, until I saw a mention in The New York Times for September 15, 2012, that President Dwight Eisenhower had been an amateur painter.
What a token of a distant, more civilized era. Imagine a current President having the time to devote to such fripperies.
An article, with pictures, about his career exists. PDF here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 25, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Politics, Historical Figure, 1950s
The art of the painting fool
Below are some paintings by "the painting fool." What makes the painting fool an unusual artist is that it's not human. It's a computer program, though he/she/it talks in the first person:I'm The Painting Fool: a computer program, and an aspiring painter. The aim of this project is for me to be taken seriously - one day - as a creative artist in my own right. I have been built to exhibit behaviours that might be deemed as skilful, appreciative and imaginative. My work has been exhibited in real and online galleries; the ideas behind my conception have been used to address philosophical notions such as emotion and intentionality in non-human intelligences.
If the painting fool suddenly becomes obsessed with drawing clowns and disney characters, then we're in trouble.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 21, 2013 -
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Category: Art
Speed Painting
On his website, speedartman.com, D. Westry calls himself a "speed art pioneer." He also says that his "upside down" performance art technique (see the video below... I probably just spoiled the surprise at the end) is "one of the most influential art expressions of this generation." I have no idea what that means, but it sounds impressive.(via Deceptology)
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 18, 2013 -
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Category: Art
Cremain Art
Alabama artist Sergio Protillo adds something a little special into his paint — cremains. People bring him the cremains of their loved ones, and he mixes them into some paint and creates a painting that's "like an additional memory to the person's life." He says one client cried when he saw his family member's cremain painting. [whnt.com]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 13, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Death
New York Biotopes
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 11, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Nature, Technology
Graffiti-bot
One of the less practical automatons, the juvenile delinquent of the robot species.
Learn more here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 09, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Performance Art, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Juvenile Delinquency
Last-Meal Plates
Artist Julie Green creates plates that show the last meals of death-row inmates. She's been creating these plates for 13 years and now has around 500 of them. The most popular last-meal request? Junk food from KFC and McDonald's. [Daily Mail]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 30, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Food, Junk Food, Prisons
Twinkies Art
Artist Nancy Peppin specializes in using Twinkies in her work. She sees herself as working in the tradition of Warhol. His Campbell's soup can art was her initial inspiration. Sometimes she makes art out of the sponge cakes themselves, and sometimes she creates paintings, photographic prints, etc. that feature Twinkies. Either way, they're her muse.She's been creating Twinkies art since 1975, but thanks to the current woes of Hostess, she's been getting lots of attention recently. What I'm curious about is how she preserves the Twinkies to make sure they don't rot. Because that idea of Twinkies never rotting is just an urban legend. I also couldn't find any info on how much her pieces go for. [huffpost]
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 28, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Food, Junk Food
Menstruation Machine
MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) brings us the Menstruation Machine, created by the artist Sputniko!:The metal device, which looks like a chastity belt and is equipped with a blood-dispensing system and electrodes that stimulate the lower abdomen, replicates the pain and bleeding of the average five-day menstruation period. It is designed to be worn by men, children, postmenopausal women, or whoever else wants to experience menstruation... Since the 1960s, advances in hormone-based contraception have, by suppressing ovulation, made monthly periods no longer biologically necessary. Sputniko! notes that the Menstruation Machine may be particularly desirable in a future in which menstruation in fact becomes obsolete.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 24, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Body, Torture
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