Pleasingly kaleidoscopic, slightly melancholic poolside scenes by Slovakian artist and photographer Mária Švarbová.
More of her work here.
Category Archives: Art/Craft
The work of Cypriot tattoo artist Andres Vrontis who generates ASCII computer art (using characters and numbers to form pointillist images) then meticulously inks every character in black to create greyscale portraits.
Sparrow Mart
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A new installation by British artist Lucy Sparrow (you may recall her 2014 Kickstarter funded London Corner Shop and 2017 Manhattan bodega).
Occupying 260 square meters of the Standard Highline Hotel in LA, Sparrow Mart is a whimsical homage in felt to US convenience goods: from ramen noodles and Reese’s Puffs to strawberry jelly and personal hygiene products.
31,000 hand-made felt items that took her a full year to create.
Child’s Play
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The work of French artist Julien Malland aka ‘Seth Globepainter’, exploring the worder, innocence and creativity of childhood at various locations in Paris and Neuf Brisach in Alsace.
Brundrett House at Ashfield in Kent – a condemned office building , deftly manipulated by sculptor Alex Chinneck.
If you’re passing (the sooner the better as the building is due for demolition soon), the address is: Tannery Lane, Ashfield, TN23 1PN.
Them!
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Carefully planned anamorphic renderings of outsized insects in abandoned buildings by Portuguese street artist Odeith.
The mandibles follow you round the room.
The dizzying bas relief sculptures of artist Hadieh Shafie – each one composed of concentric circles of hand dyed, hand rolled paper, some flat, others protruding in spikes, edged with calligraphy or half submerged in dark dye to create the illusion of shadow.
More of here work here.