The Italian artist Maurizio Savini makes amazing sculptures with fibreglass and pink chewing gum. Mario Codognato wrote about his work:

The sensual act of chewing, the voluptuous warmth of rebelling saliva, the artificial and secretly aseptic fragrance which spreads from the mouth as a promise and missed kiss. The synthetic fleshliness of the pink color, the obsessive square shape of the product unwrapped and ready to be shred to pieces by the power of the tongue, all compete in crashing on the senses. Applying all this to the power and energy of the Sculpture and its history causes a short circuit having the capacity of turning the ludic into stately and vice versa. The strict minimalism of parallelepiped is subverted by the uniform coating with many bars of chewing-gum completely cover it, rendering chewable to desire, soft and provoking to forbidden touch, what was abstract and distant.

More images of his works at Pastificio Cerere Foundation, Olivier Houg Galerie, artMbassy, Arts blog.it, Angel Art Gallery and bellow. (via Notcot)

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Posted by Bibi on January 25, 2008 01:35 PM in Art, Food, Food, Sculpture ||

Miss Tigri is a talented French painter, illustrator and designer. Her fabulous paintings of languid women have influences of Art Nouveau artists, like Alfons Mucha and Gustav Klimt, expressionist painter Egon Schiele, French comics illustrators, Milo Manara, stylists, Tim Burton and Hayao Miyazaki. (via the NSFW Erotismo Gráfico)

Posted by Bibi on January 24, 2008 07:24 PM in Art, Illustration, Painting, Pin-ups ||

The Danish artist Sven Brasch (1886-1970) created some of the best posters of the period 1910-1940 The site presents few examples, 17 only, of his art works for Hollywood movie posters, posters for events, magazine and book covers, ads from 1920's and 1930's and a self-portrait.

It was created by Peter Holst Eriksen, a collector of Sven Brasch's works as an attempt at introducing Brasch's unique and sophisticated universe and also to promote his book "Plakatens mester - tegneren Sven Brasch, which is probably very good. Few more and small images of Brasch's works here.

Posted by Bibi on January 24, 2008 05:03 PM in Art, Design, Posters, Vintage ||

Paul, the wine guy, presents his Flickr set Understanding art for geeks. My first impression was a big shock, and I asked to my buttons: what the hell? After three of four images, my artsy side went to walk and my geek side started laughing of the hilarious (explantions) combinations. Paul explains classic paintings using (classic) expressions and commands of geek knowledge. He chose a classic Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David for All Your base are belong to us, a Gerard Dou painting for RTFM, Second Life explaining Hieronymus Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights", and there it goes. (via MetaFilter)

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Posted by Bibi on January 24, 2008 04:44 PM in Art, Culture, Fun, Fun, Geek ||

Will Ashford searches for interesting discarded old books. Then he explores each page of the book hunting for words. That's just part of the process of his artwok Recycled Words:

At some unpredictable point along the way, in my mind, the images start to invent themselves. Using colored vellums, graphite and or India ink to highlight or obscure my words; I create the image of that invention. Though I strive to make each document visually engaging I find it is the words that I value most.

(via kottke)

Posted by Bibi on January 23, 2008 04:44 PM in Art, Books ||

Vinyl enthusiasts should take a look at the pretty nice Vinyl Art creations by Daniel Edlen.

Creating portraits of musicians on their original record albums, Daniel honors the music we all now listen to mostly on CD or MP3. He uses white acrylic to bring the face out of the shadows of the grooves and capture the spirit of the subject. Daniel's Vinyl Art gives people a way to say, "This is my music, my culture."

In addition too his online gallery, his work can also be check at Vinyl Art blog and his YouTube channel. (via BB-Blog)

Posted by Bibi on January 21, 2008 09:00 PM in Art, Music ||

The Periodic Table Printmaking Project was a project started and coordinated by Jennifer Schmitt, aka AzureGrackle.

Ninety-six printmakers of all experience levels, have joined together to produce 118 prints in any medium; woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen, or any combination. The end result is a periodic table of elements intended to promote both science and the arts.

This very cool project, finished for now, received the works of printmakers from eight different countries: Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Scotland and United States. The project has a blog and a Flickr group. (via IWR Art Links and MetaFilter)

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Posted by Bibi on January 21, 2008 06:30 PM in Art, Science, Science ||

Hieronymus Bosch is on the top of my list of painter that I think had a disturbed brilliant mind. His paintings full of bizarre and scary creatures are an example of how far can go the human mind and how far the Catholic church went to its absurd ideas of hell and sins.

Among his works, the "The Garden of Earthly Delights" is the one I most like. The reason involve the strawberries - meaning sex, the fantastic details, the numerous odd situations, the colours, the division in three stages, the luxury all over the second painting, situations and the grotesque creatures.

It's from that painting that Atom, from Glue² chronicle, got the idea of made two papercraft models: the helmet bird and the letter bird. As you can see, the models look pretty nice, and compared with its complexity, that turns them even more neat. Both models are ready and available to download as bmp or pdo. To open the pdo you will need the Pepakura Viewer, wich is also free to download. The kids won't have more excuses to play of purgatory at home. (via ectoplasmosis)

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Posted by Bibi on January 18, 2008 08:09 PM in Art, Craft, Toys ||

After those LEGO® Ice Brick Tray to make your own pieces of iced LEGO, the Giant Zombie LEGO Men ATTACK! are great present for LEGO enthusiasts. Two models of those customizes and painted 19" LEGO zombies were created using plastic, resin, metal, paint, for the for retro-inspired art show, Back In The Day by Andrew Bell. They aren't available for now, but they would be great to re-enact a George Romero's film and playing of eating brains of another toys.

Posted by Bibi on January 18, 2008 07:28 PM in Art, LEGO, Toys, Weird, Weird ||

I don't remember having seen wood toys prettier than those by take-g toys. Takeji Nakagawa, aka Take-G, creates adorable toys and crafts, like the wonderful wood robots. The robots and his other crafts are actually art works, sold only at exhibitions and art galleries. About his work:

Yosegi-Mokuzougan, or joined wooden block construction, is craft skills where combinations of original and unique colors and textures of different kinds of wood are utilized to express artistic patterns. In Japan, the Hakone-Odawara region is famous for this traditional handicraft. Products of the Take-g Toy’s have expanded this traditional craft skill, which usually employs two-dimensional patterns, by using three-dimentional patterns, instead. We use four different kinds of wood, a keyaki (a Japanese tree of the genus Zelkova), a teak, a walnut, and a white ash.

Arata Sasaki interviewed Takeji Nakagawa for Hitspaper. The interview is available in Japanese and English.

Posted by Bibi on January 17, 2008 04:34 PM in Art, Design, Toys ||

Those who live in Los Angeles can enjoy the exhibition "Under the Influence: A Tribute to Stan Lee" on the Gallery 1988, until February 1. The other mere mortals, like me, can enjoy the neat art homages presented on this exhibition on its page Stan Lee Tribute Artwork. The works include paintings, collages, illustrations, watercolours, cute plush toys, sculptures and other mixed media creations. (via a sampler of things)

Posted by Bibi on January 16, 2008 01:37 PM in Art, Comics, Illustration ||

Christopher Conte sculptures of skulls, spiders and other insects combine his love for sculpture, medical-science, and biomechanics. His sculptures are created using carbon-fiber, bronze, resin, stainless steel, titanium, aluminium, and even parts of a vintage Singer sewing attachment.

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Posted by Bibi on September 28, 2007 11:29 PM in Art, Sculpture ||

Mercedes Helnwein was born in Vienna Austria, first daughter to renowned painter, and art provocateur Gottfried Helnwein. Her dark detailed drawings resemble pictures of dramatic events, like shots from a film noir or the illustrated version of the characters from a vintage pulp book. She's also a writer with influences of southern blues, turn of the century Russian literature, and sixties comic book artists. (via la main gauche)

Posted by Bibi on September 28, 2007 10:21 PM in Art, Illustration ||

Brian Dettmer is the artist behind the wonderful carved into the z-axis of a book above. He transforms those old books in art, as dioramas. More of his art works at Haydeé Rovirosa Gallery, Toomey Tourel and Aron Packer Gallery. (via Coudal Partners)

Posted by Bibi on September 28, 2007 11:27 AM in Art, Books ||

Amy Sol has an incredible art work. Her whimsical acrylic paintings on wood with fluid lines are marvellous. Though the style of her works is greatly influenced by a combination of manga, folk-art, vintage illustration and modern design. (via FFFFOUND!)

Posted by Bibi on September 25, 2007 10:13 PM in Art, Painting ||

One more stunning collection from The New York Public Library: Les maîtres de l'affiche. Les Maîtres de L'affiche (The posters) was a French "monthly publication with reproductions of the most beautiful illustrated posters of the great artists, French and foreign, published by L'Imprimerie Chaix", according with French text. It was published from 1896 to 1900, which means this collection, with 260 images, contains the best of Art Nouveau images. The posters are really marvellous. For me they are crème de la crème. (via IWR Art)

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Posted by Bibi on September 25, 2007 09:29 PM in Art, Posters, Vintage ||

Get a wire, add some objects, some talent and a lot of imagination and you get Bent Objects. The blog is described as This is a collection of things that I make, and images that I take. The blog has a growing collection of images composed by wires, clips and other objects, recreating situations, scenes, other objects, animals and photos.

Created by Terry like neat modern sculptures, many of the Bent Objects tell a story, beyond that simply recreate a reality: a funny story, an insightful message, sad, or a political message. By the way, there is an "adult" version of the blog, the Really Bent The more graphic, black sheep cousin of Bent Objects.

Posted by Bibi on September 23, 2007 02:19 PM in Art, Blogs, Curious things ||

What a lovely image: a gorgeous brunette in a "café"and a marvellous Paris Métro exit in Art Nouveau style. The enclosed exit of Porte Dauphine station with the "Metropolitain" word really exists and it was designed by Hector Guimard in1899. About the girl I'm not so sure. Maybe she's only part of the imagination of the French artist Patrick Hitte. Hitte is specialised in cheesecake images. His pin-ups have a fresh new style with some details of classic pin-ups illustrations. More of his works at here.

Posted by Bibi on September 17, 2007 05:56 PM in Art, Pin-ups ||

Mia Mäkilä is a Swedish artist who creates dark and disturbing images, on in her words, horror art & collages. Her work has influences of Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the elder, Francisco de Goya, Johann Heinrich Fuseli, Frida Kahlo and René Magritte, David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, Michael Haneke, John Waters and Tim Burton, among others.

I paint my demons. I paint nightmares. To get rid of them. I paint my fears. I paint my sorrow. To deal with them. The motifs of my artworks are scary and macabre, but they also have a dark sense of humour. I love to use humour in a weird and strange way. You can see that in my artworks with the women who's shitting stars and fire. I call my artworks "neo-victorian horror art", because of the haunting quality from the victorian era I use in them. The style is nightmarish and dark, like a language of my inner demons and my sorrow. They are also inspired by the Lowbrow art movement.

She has a new blog The Wonderland of Mia Mäkilä, where she shares paintings, news, videos, curiosities and vintage things, in Swedish, By the way, the site and the blog are NSFW, but of course it depends of where you work. (via Hugo Strikes Back)

Posted by Bibi on September 15, 2007 05:06 PM in Art, Collage ||

José Geraldo Reis Pfau, a Brazilian advertising professional, reserves his weekends to a productive hobby: creating mini motorcycles with parts of glasses and watches. Part of his private collection, which contains more than 200 pieces, is presented on his site ArtePfau. There are pictures of his neat creations on the page imagens and few more on the PowerPoint presentation to download. (via Make)

Posted by Bibi on September 13, 2007 04:10 PM in Art, Sculpture ||