portraits Archive
photography
This was last Thursday in Downtown, Oakland. That’s me in the center and JR at far right. For reals. If you’ve been following this blog, you might recall
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Art
Last year, I wrote a story on this portrait of George Zimmerman made out of Skittles by artist Andy Bell. At the time, I questioned whether the medium
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paper
You can’t spell “origami” without “I.” And you can’t pronounce “origami” without “me.” So drop the modesty and embrace your effigy…with Foldable.Me! The nice folks at UK-based Foldable.Me
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sculpture
Super collector Selim Varol just revealed a new commission in the form of this taxidermy-style trophy. The wall-mounted plaque features the hyperrealistic head of Mr. Brainwash…and a nameplate
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sculpture
With this week’s Pope Mania, we take a trip back to 2011 for Miriam Jonas’ Polka Popes. Jonas, a Berlin-based artist, sculpted portraits of fictitious popes using colorful
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Art
Odd Future‘s Tyler The Creator recently released three images for the cover art of his new album, Wolf. Standout among them is the Mark Ryden commission shown above. How do you like Ryden’s
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edible art
February is Black History Month, and we can kick off the celebration with some blogfodder courtesy of Lithuanian creative collective, Mother Eleganza. Chocolate Pictures is Mother Eleganza’s project
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action figures
Meet The Sheepdogs, a hirsute rock-n-roll band from Canada. In 2011, they won a contest that catapulted them from Saskatoon to the cover of Rolling Stone. Meet The Sheepdogs
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sculpture
Jason Mecier has a knack for turning trash into trash art and churning out his mosaic portraits without pausing to ponder if it’s “too soon”. Recently, Mecier hopped
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Art
I don’t post a lot of custom toys around here, but I’m always charmed by Stor Dubiné‘s Munny Legends. The Berlin-based artist recently added new tribute toys to his
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