I love the idea of bringing art to the streets. Changing everyday items into something worth stopping for. Now, if only yeild could morph into a tulip.
Recycling at its Finest May 1, 2008
Imagine looking at the world through the eyes of Tim Noble and Sue Webster–the England based artists whose medium includes everything and anything….so long as it comes from the streets.
A light is projected onto what appears to be your everyday pile of trash and reflects a premeditated and calculated shadow.
Check out Plato’s Garbage Pile for an interesting perspective–hint…perhaps this trash has a deeper meaning and it sounds sounds a lot like consumerism.
If slightly disturbing peeing, shitting, smoking, drinking proclaimed self-portraits intrigue you, check out Haut Trash: Fashion from Rubbish–a post dedicated to all things wearable made from yes, you guessed it TRASH!
Making art out of trash seems like the only logical step….recycling at its finest!
If you like the planet, check out Tree Hugger, a site partial to a modern aesthetic–which shares sustainable green news and solutions!
Painfully Beautiful April 30, 2008
Our daily lives offer endless opportunities for growth, struggle and enlightenment. We are all artists—endlessly painting, sculpting and arranging our very deep and very personal masterpieces.
We struggle in the way that we often manipulate, overreact and loose touch of our vision and ourselves. What happened to the visions and dreams of childhood? What happened to our fairy tales? Saving the world and traveling. Appreciating life and all those tiny moments.
We aimlessly perform day to day tasks—fearing to disturb the status quo. Days end in repetitive and unfulfilling ways—leaving individuals with a booked, busy and unsatisfying pallet. This arrangement of time and the company we keep provides us with dull hues from which inspiration is scarce. Visions and dreams have been lost—we are lacking the ambition to self reflect, and structure our most precious artworks—ourselves.
We can be beautiful, there is proof—people are defying norms and loving the unusual. People are creating their own destiny. People are placing the love, and delicate attention into shaping their lives just as the great Leonardo and Michelangelo mastered their trade. We should live by the same perfection—this should be our destiny. Daily we should work to realize our dreams—actualizing the perfection of which we are all capable. We are all precious cargo—artists forever creating our master image.
Black & White or Colored? April 29, 2008
I was looking through an art blog called Thinking About Art when I came across the age old photography question–Color or B&W? Although I refuse to consider myself neutral on the issue, I believe that color or the lack there of can either limit or overbear a photograph. Like most things, there is a time and a place for everything.
Ask anyone, and they will most likely have a different opinion regarding the issue. Thats exactly what JT Kirkland did when he asked readers to vote for their preference between a captured tree on a National Battlefield park.
Yes…Artist bloggers are looking to their readership for opinions about their art…. This is great–people connecting about art–asking, giving and taking advise from web readership.
As for the fellow blogger–I vote black and white! I like the stark contract between the light sky and the dark tree.
Some People, or as I like to call them ARTISTS are combining the two!
Opinions Welcome
Expose Yourself to Art April 27, 2008
Art is everywhere, look around and take it all in. Art is the beautiful building on the corner, the sunset over Boston–and the mental photographs you take. Art is the statue in the gardens, the budding blossoms & chalk drawings on a bedroom wall. Art is the arrangement of apples and oranges in the fruit bowl & the tattoo on the arm of the stranger sitting across from you on the T.
Art is not limited or defined by the constraints of museums. Art is defined by the individual—he who creates, he who admires, appreciates, and most importantly he who thinks.
