Belin – modern Spanish master of street art.  In his works, the author confuses photo realism, expressionism, surrealism, graphic design and graffiti to achieve the most unexpected effects.  Belin – a pseudonym, formed from the real name of the artist Belinchon. To see other works of the author…

Spectrogram of this wonderful song for the Humanities contains a portrait of its author.

You can listen here

Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), aka Aphex Twin, is a British electronic musician described by The Guardian newspaper as “the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music.”[1]

Polar bears and penguins committing suicide is the focus of a series of provocative art installations by Taiwanese artist Vincent J.F Huang. Dubbed the Suicide Penguins, Huang’s art explores the negative effects global climate change is having on the animals of the world, in particular the creatures living at the North and South Poles.

The Suicide Penguins art installation, located under Millennium Bridge in London, England features two glass penguins and a stuffed polar bear hanging from nooses.

Suicide Penguins by Vincent J.F Huang.

Visit: http://www.vincentjfhuang.com/

Black Hole…huge ball 4 meters in diameter,  is made of … 72 ordinary office chairs and Dead Star – taken from the set of used batteries. As its name suggests, the sculpture “slowly cooled since then, as it does not happen any electrical activity.  Interestingly, while no longer able to be a source of energy, batteries nonetheless become a source of new life: the life works of art.

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Pablo Lehmann: Paper Artist

So, so beautiful, and so many more over on Pablo’s website right here.

image credits: pablo lehmann

In 1499, Michelangelo created one of his most famous sculptures – La Pieta («Lamentation of Christ”), which became, according to art historians, the watershed between the Early and High Renaissance.  And in 2008, the Polish artist Cordial Lewandowski  creates his sculpture Game Over, which has become one of the most striking contemporary pop art sculptures.

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photo © atelier van lieshout

Rotterdam-based Atelier van Lieshout’s (AVL) newest project is ‘cascade’ an eight-metre tall
sculpture made from polyester. the larger-than-life sculpture consists of eighteen stacked oil drums,
arranged to stand as a monumental column, and which look as if they are descending from the sky
like a waterfall. a syrupy, oil-like mass drips from the large drums, in which one can make out
the shapes of anonymous human figures in dramatic poses. in comparison to the robust contours
of the oil drums, the figures are limp and formless. despite looking fragile, these human-like figures
create the support network of the column, appearing as if they are in a way melting into one another
to form a single entity.

photo © atelier van lieshout

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Maurizio Castellana – self-taught artist, at different times worked as a cook, a gardener, a security guard. Creative career began with the manufacture of furniture for her apartment, calling it “functional furniture with creative overtones.
Creativity Maurizio Castellana provocative. He became famous for his work La Nona Ora (The sculpture depicts the pope, has fallen from being hit by a meteorite).[1]

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Robert The, that is also a mathematician, has made these bizarre creations for many years. Walking that fine line between bizarre and functional, Robert The is an artist that takes books and cut forms out of them while creating a juxtaposition between the two.