Illustrations of ten words considered untranslatable to single-word English from Lost In Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World – a new book by Ella Frances Sanders.
Category Archives: Art/Craft
Love and Death (pic3, 4) and Taste The Rainbow (last two pix) – two works composed of (6,607 and 4937, respectively) ‘microcellulose, magnesium Sterate, MDMA and pigment embossed tablets encased by 3 sheets of museum quality, non-reflecting, UV resistant acrylic and framed in tulip wood’ by British ‘underground artist’ Chemical X.
To you? £100,000 and £75,000 respectively.
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Trompe l’oeil chalk art on the streets of Ann Arbour Michigan by illustrator David Zinn, who’s been adding whimsical anamorphics to the walls and pavements there since 2001.
No Biggie
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Balla Bán Art tweetz:
Spotted a portrait of Lady Diana for sale in Dublin today. Bit scary I think!
The work of Veneer if we’re not mistaken.
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The, ahem, ‘final update’ of German illustrator Dirk Loechel’s humungous spaceship comparison chart.
Dozens of additions and modifications to an already exhaustive array of fictional craft (with the exception of the real world ISS, a yellow-boxed speck on the upper left) from Star Wars, Dune, Warhammer, Independence Day, Mass Effect, Wall-E, Dune, Starfox and many many more.
Previous iteration: Know Your Starships
See the full sized version in all its 4268×5690 glory here.
If you like this sort of thing, you may care to peruse Jeff Russell’s Starship Dimensions and wave goodbye to any plans you might have had for the afternoon.
A selection from an exhibition of new works by American portrait photographer Sandro Miller who has worked closely with actor John Malkovich and other ensemble members of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company for many years, creating, among other things, the award wining short film Butterflies.
Here, many of the iconic American art portraits that helped shape Sandro’s career have been fully Malkovich’d – a nod to one memorable scene from the movie Being John Malkovich.
Malkovich.
MORE: Photographer Recreates Iconic Portraits Using John Malkovich as His Model (My Modern Met)
(H/T: Wheety)
A new mural by Berlin-based French street artist MTO, for ‘Hit The North’ Culture Night in Belfast.
The mural at Talbot Street in the yard of the Northern Ireland War Memorial depicts the Greek sophist philosopher Protagoras, a proponent of agnosticism, who wrote:
Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be, because of the obscurity of the subject, and the brevity of human life.
It’s a good thing Dr Paisley’s not around to hear that kind of talk so it is.
From LA-based artist and animator Lili Chin’s Dogs Of The World series – a project started in 2008 to help fund the Boston Buddies dog charity. for whom she’s already raised over $13,000 with 800 portraits.
View the rest here.