New Oil Paintings by Simon Birch

New Oil Paintings by Simon Birch portraits people painting

New Oil Paintings by Simon Birch portraits people painting

New Oil Paintings by Simon Birch portraits people painting

New Oil Paintings by Simon Birch portraits people painting

New Oil Paintings by Simon Birch portraits people painting

I’ve been viscerally aware of Simon Birch’s paintings for some time, but it wasn’t until stumbling onto his latest series, Laughing With a Mouth Full of Blood, that I really stopped to consider his staggering talent. The paintings from this series use bold, bright color that’s applied in angular, almost geometric brush strokes creating these wonderful portraits. Birch is a U.K.-born artist of Armenian descent who now lives and works in Hong Kong. He’s represented by Future Industries where you can see many more paintings from this exhibition. (via nevver)

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A 1,000 Piece Popsicle Stick Bomb

A 1,000 Piece Popsicle Stick Bomb popsicle sticks insanity home games

So apparently popsicle stick bombs are a thing, and after this video I think they’re going to be a huge thing. I agree with a commenter on YouTube who asked what kind of kinetic dark magic is this!? If you want to make one yourself head on over to Instructables for a tutorial on how to make your own Cobra Weave Exploding Stick Bomb. (via neatorama)

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Vasco Mourao

Vasco Mourao New York illustration drawing architecture

Vasco Mourao New York illustration drawing architecture

Vasco Mourao New York illustration drawing architecture

Vasco Mourao New York illustration drawing architecture

Vasco Mourao New York illustration drawing architecture

Vasco Mourao New York illustration drawing architecture

Vasco Mourao New York illustration drawing architecture

Vasco Mourao is an architect and illustrator originally from Portugal who now lives and works in Barcelona. His densely illustrated cities and structures are drawn entirely by hand and while all are of course fictional places, they often incorporate real buildings. For instance, in the most dense piece above entitled New Yorker one can find the Chrysler building, the Met, the Whitney, and the Guggenheim among others—it’s like architectural Where’s Waldo! Another piece, Is it me or is Barcelona falling apart?, includes a wide variety of less iconic structures Mourao found around the city, and the last two illustrations are available as limited edition prints from his shop. Thanks for sharing your work with Colossal, Vasco!

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Rat vs. Possum: Fat Monk, Directed by Lucy McRae

Rat vs. Possum: Fat Monk, Directed by Lucy McRae Rat vs. Possum people music video costumes colors body

Rat vs. Possum: Fat Monk, Directed by Lucy McRae Rat vs. Possum people music video costumes colors body

Rat vs. Possum: Fat Monk, Directed by Lucy McRae Rat vs. Possum people music video costumes colors body

I’ve been wanting to do a post on “body architect” Lucy McRae for quite a while after discovering her somewhat creepy metallic skin and safety pin clips that explore the body’s relationship with artificial skins made from found objects. McRae makes her directorial debut in this carefully choreographed music video for the Australian band Rat vs Possum. (via your music today)

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PULSE Los Angeles 2011

PULSE Los Angeles 2011 street art Los Angeles books art fairs

PULSE Los Angeles 2011 street art Los Angeles books art fairs

PULSE Los Angeles 2011 street art Los Angeles books art fairs

Arrested Motion has a great recap of PULSE Los Angeles 2011 including works above by Frederico Uribe (previously), Jen Stark, and Mike Stilkey. Many more photos here. I’ll do my best to be there next year!

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Kim Yong Soo

Kim Yong Soo painting electronics birds

Kim Yong Soo painting electronics birds

Kim Yong Soo painting electronics birds

Kim Yong Soo painting electronics birds

Kim Yong Soo painting electronics birds

Kim Yong Soo painting electronics birds

Kim Yong Soo painting electronics birds

I was delighted to stumble onto the work of Korean artist Kim Yong Soo whose artwork, at first glance, takes on the somewhat familiar appearance of traditional Japanese paintings of cherry tree bossoms. Closer inspection reveals a textured assemblage of semi-conductors, speaker wires, and acrylic cement, used to form the delicate tree branches, flowers, and ominous humanoid figures that bring an unexpectedly dark presence to these otherwise serene paintings.

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Christian Gonzenbach: Homo ab ovo

Christian Gonzenbach: Homo ab ovo sculpture eggs anatomy

Christian Gonzenbach: Homo ab ovo sculpture eggs anatomy

Skulls formed from shattered ostrich egg fragments by Christian Gomzenbach entitled Homo ab ovo. Lots of other fun discoveries on his projects page, anatomical and otherwise. (images via the artist and guillotine)

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Jack Davison

Jack Davison portraits people

Jack Davison portraits people

Jack Davison portraits people

Jack Davison portraits people

Jack Davison portraits people

Jack Davison is a 20-year-old photographer who lives and works between London, Essex and Leamington Spa. He’s currently exhibiting at AtomRooms and you can see more of his work on Flickr (maybe nsfw). Yowza!

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