From Steampunk Monkey Nation – a series of weaponised Victorian scifi primates illustrated by Chet Phillips.
Previously: Sheldon, Everett, Dread Pirate Roberts and Malcolm
Category Archives: Art/Craft
A charming short film about New Zealand inventor, artist and ‘organic mechanic’ Blair Somerville and the extraordinary recycled wonderland of his Lost Gypsy Gallery, directed by Joey Bania who sez of it:
In a remote corner of New Zealand’s South Island, tucked away among the last remaining tracts of native forest, lies a little-known place of wonder. It is the life’s work and extraordinary creation of inventor, artist and self-confessed tinkerer, Blair Somerville. For over ten years Blair has single-handedly owned, operated and ceaselessly expanded the Lost Gypsy Gallery, his wonderland of homegrown wizardry and a playground for kids and adults alike. Using only recycled materials, Blair takes DIY to artistic extremes. His creations are ingenious, interactive, and often hilariously impractical. They take many shapes and forms and share an uncanny ability to amaze, entertain and inspire.
Sushi Art
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The intricate fish ‘n’ ricey creations of Takayo Kiyota, a makizushi (“rolled sushi”) artist.
Artist Pedro Reyes has a thing about turning weapons into musical instruments. His new project, Disarm, is an eight-piece mechanised orchestra constructed (using weapons confiscated from Mexican drug cartels) with the help of several musicians and media studio CoCOLab.
All the mechanised instruments are connected to computers and pre-programmable.
The exhibition debuted earlier this year at the Lisson Gallery in London and moves to the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh next month, with a talk by the artist on October 1st.
Raw Emulsion
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From Dropping – a series of high speed photographs by Italian artist and graphic designer Alberto Serveso.
Each shot was achieved by capturing the impact of mixtures of coloured ink dropped into a container of clear oil, then flipping the image upside down.
Dropping gallery here.
Alberto Seveso on Behance
Moreing
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A ‘mini mockumentary’ by Glue Society originally intended as a promo for Boost (aka Moro) bars about a new art movement predicated on possessing multiples of the same object.
A selection from James ‘Scorpion Dagger’ Kerr’s Renaissance-gif-a-day Tumblr wherein famous late Medieval art is mercilessly Terry Gilliam’ed for your delectation.
Paintings of the Swedish landscape augmented with robots, dinosaurs, futuristic vehicles and sci-fi architecture by artist Simon Stålenhag.
Paintings, mind you.
Prints and more of Stålenhag’s work here.
Japanese artist Komoike Tomoko’s awesome six legged, mirror shard-skinned wolf sculpture – part of her US debut exhibition ‘Earthshine’ at Gallery Wendi Norris in San Francisco.
MORE: The Mystical Surrealism of Tomoko Konoike (Hi Fructose)
Men Here
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Joe Caslin and friends installing the first part of his Our Nation’s Sons series – large-scale portrait drawings of young men at specific locations throughout Ireland – to be completed in the coming year.
Previously: Meanwhile, At Achill-Henge
(H/T: Mr Powers)