Posts tagged art

(via Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon)
(via Sherwood Anderson on Art and Life: A Letter of Advice to His Teenage Son, 1927 | Brain Pickings)
The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself.
Sherwood Anderson (1927)

showslow:

The intricate magic of pencil lead sculptor Dalton Ghetti.

(via The Encampment at Luminato)
ilovereadingandwriting:

Steal like an artist

ilovereadingandwriting:

Steal like an artist

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unknownskywalker:

Shadows and Light installations by Rashad Alakbarov

Artist Rashad Alakbarov from Azerbaijan uses suspended translucent objects and other found materials to create light and shadow paintings on walls. The jaw-dropping light painting above, made with an array of colored airplanes is currently on view at the Fly to Baku exhibition at De Pury Gallery in London through January 29th.

This. Is. Stunning.

(via Matchbook Magazine)
Yes, Please!

(via Matchbook Magazine)

Yes, Please!

(via Flavorwire » Wanted: The Ultimate Song Map)
Yes, please!
If you worship money, you’ll always feel poor. I worship innovation and I always feel like I’m not doing enough new stuff. That’s my impulsiveness.
Stellar!
curiositycounts:

Devour – Christopher Jonassen’s beautiful and otherworldly photographs of frying pan bottoms   (via)

Stellar!

curiositycounts:

Devour – Christopher Jonassen’s beautiful and otherworldly photographs of frying pan bottoms   (via)

Weapons of choice.

Weapons of choice.

(via The Book Surgeon (15 pieces) - My Modern Metropolis)
“Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.”
The results are JAW DROPPING.

(via The Book Surgeon (15 pieces) - My Modern Metropolis)

“Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.”

The results are JAW DROPPING.

“Seeing Thoughts In Repeat” (images: Megan Geckler, editing: Chris Jones)

The creation of a flagging-tape installation by Megan Geckler at Space 15 Twenty, which is a unique retail space - more of a collective..

..a unique retail setting, which creates an opportunity for us to collaborate with creative brands we find inspiring and interesting. Each store is connected by an outdoor courtyard, which includes a performance space, pop-up, gallery, book shop and restaurant, all of which encourage participation in the curated environment.

Read the Urban Outfitters interview with the artist here.