environvisualarray:
“i like things that are handmade and i like to see people’s hand in the world, anywhere in the world; it doesn’t matter to me where it is. and in my own work, i do everything by hand. i don’t project or use anything mechanical, because even though i do spend a lot of time trying to perfect my line work and my hand, my hand will always be imperfect because it’s human. and i think it’s the part that’s off that’s interesting, that even if i’m doing really big letters and i spend a lot of time going over the line and over the line and trying to make it straight, i’ll never be able to make it straight. from a distance it might look straight, but when you get close up, you can always see the line waver. and I think that’s where the beauty is.” - margaret kilgallen, RIP
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garconniere:
brbnightmares:
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #479, 1975.
someone tell me how i had never seen this before. it combines SO MANY OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS.
omgz.
sea-chelle:
Marina Abramovic and her lover/collaborator Ulay performing “Death Self”. (This performance consisted of the two artists seated in front of each other, connected at the mouth. They took in each other’s breaths until all of their available oxygen had been used up. The performance lasted only 17 minutes, resulting in both artists collapsing unconscious to the floor, having filled their lungs with carbon dioxide. This personal piece explored the idea of an individual’s ability to absorb the life of another person, exchanging and destroying it)
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ambientclouds:
The Chrysalis - Petrina Hicks
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brazenbitch:
The Dinner Party, Judy Chicago
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Forest Blending Acrylic Glass Statues
Imagine walking through a forest and seeing just a glimpse of these invisible figures! They’re the creative work of artist Rob Mulholland, who makes these sculptures out of mirrored Perspex (or acrylic glass). It has been called the Predator effect after the 1987 film where an alien life form seamlessly blends into its background. Mulholland has previously installed these chameleon-like figures in the woods around Alloa, Loch Ard and the David Marshall Lodge in Scotland.
Mulholland told BBC Scotland that the key to the effect was creating a distorted reflection. “It alters reality, one moment you see them and the next moment they blend in. There’s an ambiguity to it - it doesn’t answer all the questions.”
I’m all about Predator-inspired art installations.
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gotagirlcrush:
Got a Girl Crush On: Marquees by Jenny Holzer, 1993
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