Danny McColgan writes:
…just writing in to you to let you know that we [he and illustrator Neil O’Driscoll] will be launching our second issue of Big Bastard this coming weekend at the MCM Comic Con at the RDS in Dublin. The Con should be great craic as you’ll get to see most of the independent Irish comic creators and all the wunderbar Irish Cosplayers. Hope to see you there!
Previously: Big Bastard Wants Your Vote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOSGS9ruj4U
Artist Mikhail Sadovnikov’s mesmeric (and presumably deeply satisfying) manipulation of slip (wet clay sludge) on an otherwise empty potter’s wheel.
Some of the thirty ‘never-before-seen’ portraits of world leaders painted by former president George W. Bush currently on display at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Texas as part of an exhibition entitled ‘The Art Of Leadership: A President’s Personal Diplomacy’. The former President explains:
‘I place a high priority on personal diplomacy. getting to know a fellow world leader’s personality, character, and concerns made it easier to find common ground and deal with contentious issues. that was a lesson i had picked up from dad, who was one of the great practitioners of personal diplomacy.‘
Above: Tony Blair, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, George Bush Sr, Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan and Vladimir Putin.
George W. has painted on a daily basis since leaving office.
He’s very proud of his work. See?
(Photos: (portraits) Grant Miller, (exhibition) Kim Leeson)
Kaleidoscope portraits by Norg Nodis.
Adorable hand-crafted stuffed miniatures of Winnie, Piglet and Hobbes along with all manner of teeny weeny birds and critters.
Available from Etsy seller Su Ami for between €10 and €160.
Edward Hopper, Michelangelo, Jan Provoost and others, appropriately augmented in an ongoing series by Ukrainian illustrator Nastya Nudnik.
Early One Morning – a giant globe made from matchsticks by artist Andy Yoder, who spent two years hand-painting individual matches, gluing each one to a foam, cardboard and plywood sphere then finally spraying the whole thing with flame retardant (come on now. He’s not a total eejit).
The piece goes on display this summer at the PULSE New York Contemporary Art Fair.
A couple of years ago, a Korean photographer claimed to have taken a multiple exposure shot of aircraft taking off from Hannover-Langenhagen Airport.
That image turned out to be fake, but the one above from photographer Michael Kelly appears to be the real deal.
Over 400 photos were taken over the course of a day and combined into a single image with some minor liberties taken with the the positioning of certain planes to aid with the composition.
Photographing Every Departure at LAX’s South Complex: “Wake Turbulence”
A rooftop ‘mural’ of a homeless figure in Santiago, Chile by French artists Ella & Pitr.
Sculptor and photographer Thomas Doyle’s subversive suburban dioramas, created using model railway figurines and accessories.
Natural disasters? Alien encounters? Environmental metaphor? Supply your own narrative.
Doyle’s work (which features in an upcoming Thames and Hudson book Big Art/Small Art) is currently on show at the Torrence Art Museum in California.
