Gerhard Richter Woman Descending the Staircase, 1965
… just got this as a postcard <3
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- Gerhard Richter
- Lesende
Reader - 1994
- 72 cm x 102 cm
- Oil on canvas
- Catalogue Raisonné: 804
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Abandoned Street Arts by Pøbel
One might argue that street art is meant to be seen, that the very nature and central location of a wall-based mural is to have as many eyeballs upon as possible, to maximize its range and potency. Pobel, however, took the opposite approach: stenciling his art on abandoned buildings and dilapidated shacks in bumfuck nowhere, so the art becomes the photograph of the obscure locale, instead of the mural itself.
Artist: Website (via: Street Art News)
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The Legion of Real Life Supervillains by Butcher Billy
We recognize that evil exists in this world, but without the garish outfits and metallic appendages, it can sometimes be hard to tell who the true villains really are. It’s a shame that villainry in real life is typically a little subtler than pumpkin bombs and Omega Beams, but that’s no reason not to fight it just the same… and if you can do it while looking schway in a cape, then we might need to be talking about a future for you in vigilantism. Butcher Billy, ever the illustrative timelord, plucked these portraits from the Amalgamation-verse of Earth Prime and the 2D world of dots, complete with 80’s serial intro’s below:
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Silent Cities by Yang Yongliang
Emerging from the ancient mists of a traditional Chinese painting, Yang’s sprawling landscapes get progressively more insidious as the details slowly come into focus: his photographic collages depict humanity’s inevitable conversion of nature into a soulless, inorganic machine. To really appreciate his intricate attention to detail, you’ve got to put your eyeballs right up close with this hi-res photo. Or see it in person at Yang’s exhibit at Galerie Paris-Beijing in Paris from March 14th through April 27th, 2013.
So sick!
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Gray’s Anatomy
As part of an event at the Internetional Makeup Artists Trade Show, elite body paint artist Lisa Merczel created this medical illustration of the human skull mapped to the actual contours of the head. A much easier way to learn your anatomy lessons.
Makeup: Lisa Berczel / Model: Michael Foster
Refined human display
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Weapons of Sound by Nicolas Baillargeon
As part of a campaign concept for The Québec City International Festival of Military Bands, Nicolas wanted to demonstrate that the greatest power of the military is not in its ability to kill but in its penchant for gittin’ down, movin all ‘round, and getting that booty shaking.
Sound off on the Suppressors!
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Frozen Moscow TV Tower
The TV tower of Ostankino in Moscow built in 1967 and held the championship belt for tallest man-made building (at 1,772 feet tall, surpassing the Empire State Building) until the CN Tower was built in Toronto in 1976. Due to numerous fires and accidents, large portions of the tower are now largely uninhabitated though it remains a testament to Soviet engineering and one helluva view.
(Photos via: vs-arts / via: English Russia)
F@#$ing Amazing! Love the perspective of the city through the snow … Incredible!
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Mirror of the Earth
Salar de Uyuni in Southwest Bolivia, the largest salt flatland in the world at 4,086 square miles, is so extremely flatty that space-faring satellites use it for atmosphere calibrations. As detailed in these pictures, Salar experiences an annual flooding producing a thin sheet of highly reflective water that seems to mirror the sky. I want to go to there.
Photos by Takaki Watanabe (via: Gizmodo)
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