Archive for the " Art " Category
Inside of Metropolitan Museum with Art Collections
May 23rd, 2009
When the Metropolitan Museum set up its first sculpture department in 1886, it threw in anything and everything that wasn’t framed, stitched or printed: “all the sculptures, pottery, porcelain, glassware, jewelry, engraved gems, bronzes, inscriptions, and other such objects of art, commonly termed Bric-a-Brac.” The Metropolitan Museum’s newly reopened American galleries include twenty generously appointed [...]
Recycled Billboard Vinyl Becomes Public Art by Eco-Logical Art
May 21st, 2009
Billboards get all sorts of (justified) flak for polluting our mind-scapes. They are everywhere, flaunting famous people — in expensive clothes, drinking sexy beer, promising us recession-busting discounts. Unfortunately, billboards are also responsible for a more tangible type of pollution. At the end of an advertising campaign, billboard workers roll up the heavy-grade vinyl and [...]
Wall Clocks by Italian Designer Giovanni Levanti
May 16th, 2009
Italian designer Giovanni Levanti have to Diamantini & Domeniconi form gave a nice series of wall clocks in painted aluminum. Giovanni Levanti himself describes them as colorful Mediterranean abstractions. Personally, I think they see that big beautiful buttons and the hands look a bit like glass sticks.
Os Gemeos Vertigem in Rio de Janiero, Brazil
May 16th, 2009
The twin brothers from Sao Paulo Brazil started painting in 1987 and haven’t slowed down since. From larger-than-life size murals featuring their signature characters to social commentary, many walls throughout the world reflect their creative talents.
Over the past month Os Gemeos’ displayed their work at an exhibit entitled, Vertigem – located at the Centro Cultural [...]






