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20 Awesome 3D Pavement Illusions
On 3/1/2009 under Art - 150,261 views

Using a projection called anamorphosis to create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle, these four artists create some of the finest 3D pavement illusions we've seen. Four artist, one art.   Read more »
12 Pedestrian Crosswalk Artworks
On 2/22/2009 under Art - 141,862 views

Artist Peter Gibson --aka Roadsworth, often referred to as Canada’s own Banksy-- creates fascinating artworks over pedestrian crosswalks; meet some of his finest works.   Read more »
10 Famous Paintings Recreated in Vegetables
On 2/15/2009 under Art - 62,105 views

From a veggie Mona Lisa --Mona Tofu, made out of rice, sea kelp, and tofu-- to Van Gogh's self portrait --made of leek--, meet vegetable artist Ju Duoqi's works.   Read more »

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15 Greatest Works of Light Graffiti
On 2/5/2009 under Art - 72,503 views

Light graffiti, also known as light painting, is a photographic technique in which exposures are made usually at night or in a darkened room by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera. Meet some of the best light artworks we've found.   Read more »
Watermelon Art: 20 Awesome Carvings
On 2/4/2009 under Art - 67,286 views

From Melounovy Festival to Japan's Takashi Itoh, some of the coolest watermelon artworks ever.   Read more »
Pencil Art: using pencils as canvas
On 1/25/2009 under Art - 74,330 views

All artists use pencils to draw and paint over their canvas, all but one. By the name of GhostPartol, this australian artist creates beautiful works of art the other way around: using the pencils as canvas!   Read more »
Electrickery: High-Voltage Sculptures
On 1/21/2009 under Art - 54,397 views

Created by Tesla coils --a type of resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891--, its fascinating sparks come from discharges of very high voltage, low current, high frequency alternating current electricity. Australia's Peter Terren built a fully functional Tesla Coil in his back garden and has become an "artist of electricity", creating fascinating photographs using long exposure and a lot of creativity. Meet his High-Voltage Sculptures.   Read more »
Wonderful Milk Bottle Art
On 1/18/2009 under Art - 77,711 views

Residents of Stourbridge, West Midlands (UK) and surrounding villages were having a pleasant surprise when they took their milk bottles. They would find pictures of animals, often cows or mice, carefully carved onto the glass in astonishing detail. Who did it?   Read more »
10 Famous Paintings Recreated in LEGO
On 1/11/2009 under Art - 119,693 views

Born in Turin some 56 years ago, he's an italian photographer with a fascination with Lego. An art lover himself, his recent works recreates celebrated paintings of the past in perfect detail, using the ubiquitous bricks. Meet Marco Pece.   Read more »
World's Most Incredible Human Towers
On 12/18/2008 under Art - 61,674 views

Every summer in Catalonia, Spain, teams of "Castellers" can be seen competing against each other to see who can build the highest human tower. Meet the best Human Towers ever made.   Read more »
Pimp My Rice: Greatest Crop Circles
On 11/26/2008 under Art - 56,893 views

Fascinating Crop Circles from around the world.   Read more »
15 Most Incredible Face Paintings
On 11/22/2008 under Art - 153,443 views

This self-described drag queen, former nudist, born again Christian, and 46-year-old artist from Michigan creates some of the most incredible and bizarre masks ever seen. Meet James Kuhn's face paintings.   Read more »
10 Fascinating Art Installations
On 11/19/2008 under Art - 141,222 views

From Banksy’s Telephone Booth to Dougherty's Branchworks. Art at its best.   Read more »
6 Most Amazing Street Performers
On 11/18/2008 under Art - 95,820 views

Meet the man who levitated outside the White House or hear another playing Mozart's Symphony No. 40 with bottles.   Read more »
10 Amazing Contemporary Sculptures
On 11/1/2008 under Art - 83,743 views

Ten great artists, ten amazing sculptures made of the most diverse materials: from matchsticks, to chairs and vinyl records.   Read more »
10 Most Bizarre Musical Instruments
On 7/10/2008 under Art - 107,584 views

From a Musical Road that plays music as you drive over to a Harpsichord made of 100,000 LEGO pieces.   Read more »
12 Most Awesome Pieces of Food Art
On 5/20/2008 under Art - 142,982 views

Yes, you can have your artistic food, and eat it too.   Read more »
Origami: 15 Most Amazing Paper Sculptures
On 5/8/2008 under Art - 105,422 views

Origami is an ancient Japanese art of paper folding. Today we present you the 15 most amazing origamis ever.   Read more »
Still-Life Levitation by Johan Lorbeer
On 4/30/2008 under Art - 25,900 views

Johan Lorbeer is a German street performer. He became famous in the past few years because of his “Still-Life” Performances, which took place in the public area. His installations includes “Proletarian Mural” and “Tarzan”, which are famous in Germany. Several of these performances feature Lorbeer in an apparently impossible position.   Read more »
Ron Mueck's Incredible Human Sculptures
On 4/18/2008 under Art - 57,684 views

Ron Mueck is an Australian hyper-realist sculptor working in the UK. His incredible sculptures of creepy, grotesque, mottled skin and uncannily gigantic proportional figures have adorned the Millennium Dome as well as Charles Saatchi's living room for a number of years now. It would be fair to say, Mueck's one of the leading contemporary artists of today.   Read more »
Smallest Works of Art on Earth
On 4/15/2008 under Art - 35,849 views

Willard Wigan was born in Birmingham, England in 1957 and is the creator of the smallest works of art on earth. From being a traumatised and unrecognised dyslexic child, he is now emerging as the most globally celebrated micro-miniaturist of all time and is literally capable of turning a spec of dust into a vision of true beauty. Willard can create a masterpiece within the eye of a tiny sewing needle, on the head of a pin, the tip of an eyelash or a grain of sand. Some are many times smaller than the fullstop at the end of this sentence.   Read more »
Arthur Mole's Extraordinary Mass Photography
On 4/14/2008 under Art - 60,917 views

Almost a century ago and without the aid of any pixel-generating computer software, the itinerant photographer Arthur Mole (1889-1983) used his 11 x 14-inch view camera to stage a series of extraordinary mass photographic spectacles that choreographed living bodies into symbolic formations of religious and national community. In these mass ornaments, thousands of military troops and other groups were arranged artfully to form American patriotic symbols, emblems, and military insignia visible from a bird's eye perspective.   Read more »
20 Most Fascinating Prehistoric Paintings
On 3/4/2008 under Art - 82,359 views

Cave Paintings are paintings on cave walls and ceilings, usually dating to prehistoric times. The earliest known European cave paintings date to 32,000 years ago. Join us to discover the top 20 Most Fascinating Prehistoric Paintings.   Read more »
50 Greatest One-hit Wonders
On 10/16/2007 under Art - 196,257 views

In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist generally known for only one hit single. The hits of many one-hit wonders are novelty songs that are, to an extent, deliberately short-lived, recorded for humor or to cash in on a fad. The following is a list of the 50 greatest One-hit wonders of all time!   Read more »
Papercut Sculptures from single sheets of A4
On 9/11/2007 under Art - 188,301 views

Peter Callesen is a sculptor who works in paper. Most of his work seems to be made from single sheets of A4 paper, 80gsm - the sort of paper you probably have lying around for your printer. Some of his greatest works ahead, enjoy!   Read more »

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