For London-based artist Leonardo Ulian, the networks and connections of today's technologies provide an unending well of inspiration.

Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Dillon paints on found objects – stuff that passes for the fabric of the modern world. Alexandra’s pictures look like details from Old Master paintings, you know, those atomically-expensive classic works hedge fund managers who value art for its exponentially growing price lend to the museum for a ticket-holders only exhibition. You … Continue reading "Artist Alexandra Dillon Paints Classic Portraits On Everyday Objects"

Galerie examines the historical significance of Louise Nevelson’s fascinating, sculptural jewelry, comprised of wood and precious metals.

French artist Bernard Pras uses junk and discarded materials to create his large-scale "paintings" whose visual construction bears a resemblance to that

Shocked lock Devious boxes [via] Happy onions [via] Outraged doorhandle Laughing microwave Pensive sink Terrified toilet Eager grater [via] Creepy peppers [via] A burglar alarm that has been kicked in the nuts. Hysterical kettle Nauseous washing machine Bitchy mop [via] Pasta alien [via] Paranoid can opener [via] Happy coffee [via] Snooty basin bracket OMG toilet Depressed toothbrush Grinning […]

For our last readers’ art assignment Director at Modern Art Oxford Paul Hobson invited you to share your art on the theme of zero. Here are some of his favourites, with captions by the artists

1 9 8 7 - 1 9 9 7 (Germany) Germany had its own claymation series featuring blue, green and orange plasticine monsters known as ‘Plonsters’. Similar to Red And Blue, the show featured coloured blobs antagonising each other, but it also dealt with relatable issues, like what to do when your nose turns into a

Constructing her photographic still lives with an exceptional precision and high sense of aesthetics, Krista van der Niet reaches out the essence of mundane objects,...

You may see a hunk of junk, but this artist sees her next animal sculpture full of personality.

Jane Perkins calls herself a "re-maker" and the art she creates is made with repurposed ordinary objects like buttons and other found plastic objects. She

Ward doesn’t just utilize found objects; he communicates with them — intellectually, visually, soulfully.

Found on the attic in the dusted archive of the Gnomes Maps and Schemes Repositorium is the drawing of Baba Yagas chicken-legged hut. This is one and only chance to become an owner of this incredibly detailed illustration showing every corner of this devious creatures lair. We’re pretty sure that you already recognized three of Baba Yagas faithful animal assistants: black cat, owl or a raven, as well as some objects and references to other bedtime stories like: infamous spinning wheel with it’s deadly spindle, poisoned apple able to put into sleep even the prettiest girl of them all or seven oddly small cages fit for unwary creatures that dwell beneath the earth with their picks and trollies. This is an original project. Each poster is hand-signed on the back of the author's name. Colors on the screen may vary slightly due to the calibration of our screens Frame is not included. Poster fits to the standard frames (large 50x70cm - 19,75 x 27,5 inch.) Printed on paper Fomei Portrait Matt Warmtone 230. Thanks to the special structure of the substrate, it guarantees the right amount of details as well as deep blacks and tonal transitions in gray. Please contact me if You have any questions.

The term ‘recycled art’ is fairly new, but found object art has been around at least since Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 work ‘Fountain‘, which consisted simply of a used urinal. Artists have been salvaging materials from car parts to kitchen utensils for decades, for inclusion in sculptures, paintings, drawing, collages and other examples of ‘found art’. […]

Andrea K. Scott writes about Judith Scott’s magnificent fibre-wrapped sculptures in “Bound and Unbound.”

British Artists Tim Noble & Sue Webster create grose, strange and very surprising shadow-paintings by recycling and sculpting scrap metals, personal items, empty packaging and even taxidermy creatures.

Dadaism was a revolutionary movement in the early 20th century. Reacting against the challenges of modern age, Dada artists explored a form of “anti-art”

Artist Peter McFarlane creates paintings and sculptures out of obsolete circuit boards. He was inspired to make art out of circuit boards after working as

Frequently scavenged by "mudlarks" who roam its banks with metal detectors, the river has yielded Elizabethan coins, Roman statuettes and WWII munitions to those who are willing to dig. But not everyone approves of the mudlarks' method.

I discovered the extraordinary work of Ron Pippin at Sparrow Salvage .....a blog I am wallowing in at the moment! "Pippin makes books tha...

Artist Anja Wülfing has a knack for combining the antiquated with the absurd, painting colourful creatures onto turn-of-the-century photos

Frei's studies have recently culminated in a book devoted to walnuts and hickories, which includes striking flat-lay photos.

The Museum of Fear and Wonder is more than just a haunted objects museum. Located in Alberta, the rural museum challenges the way you think about fear.

Unique Insects by Edouard Martinet: – Журнал Ярмарки Мастеров о рукоделии, творчестве, дизайне. ✓Читай! ✓Узнавай! ✓Делись!

Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven had a life as rich as her name was long. She became the belle of New York's bohemian scene in the early 1900s, donning feather crowns and bras made of tomato cans, making incredible art and befriending cutting-edge Dadaists like Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp. Then,

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens has beautiful pathways, walls, and hidden nooks decorated with found objects, mirrors and mosaic tiles that make this garden shine.

The Artist from New York Combines Still-Life Photography with Elements of Dada By arranging objects such as pearls, rubber bands, and even raw eggs atop photographs, New York-based artist Zeren Badar creates layered collages with depth and dimensionality. Drawing equally from Dada influences and Duchampian ideals, the