Category Archives: Art/Craft

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The surreal paintings of self-taught Indonesian artist Roby Dwi Antono: themes of solitude and loss inspired by 90s pop culture and 19th century realism.To wit:

Piece of September (pic 3) is a tribute to his brother who passed away in 2011, with family members symbolized by figures sitting at a table eating a live crocodile. Roby represents himself as a gloomy rabbit, his mother as a three-headed girl, his father as a figure with a crab claw head and his deceased brother as a suited figure with a lily for a head symbolizing purity, simplicity and spirituality.

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19th and early 20th century cabinet cards, deftly supered by artist Alex Gross, who (and this is but one minor part of his oeuvre) paints over the collectible photo portraits, transforming the subjects into superheroes and fictional beasts.

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A fully posable Vitruvian Man action figure from Japanese toy manufacturer Figma.

Sadly out of stock at the moment.

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UPDATE:

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Tom Lyons tweetz:

I prefer this guy. Still available in a shop on Capel Street [Dublin 1].

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Dublin 8.

Austin Lysaght of Blind Elephant Illustration Collective writes:

Thought you might like this – it’s all hand drawn with paint markers on the boards by myself & Jess Tobin on behalf of DCC. I think it brightens up a bit of Thomas St that was badly in need of some TLC. The building’s still there btw, and the sign is being repaired.