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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Other graphic art forms
Graffiti made from cake icing, man-made clouds floating indoors, a
luminous moon resting on water. Collected here are dozens of
jaw-dropping artworks-site-specific installations, extraordinary
sculptures and groundbreaking interventions in public spaces-that
reveal the exciting things that happen when contemporary artists
play with the idea of place. Unexpected Art showcases the
wonderfully experimental work of more than 50 innovative artists
from around the world in galleries of their most astonishing
artworks. An unusual package with three different-coloured page
edges complements the art inside and makes this tour of the world's
most mind-blowing artwork a beautiful and thoughtprovoking gift for
anyone interested in the next cool thing.
The first in a series, Susan Hyndman's The Dunes is a collection of
original artwork inspired by imagination that unfold to reveal
unexpected visions. Each design reaches out and demands attention,
leaping off of the page. It is impossible to look away. The images
are accompanied by prose that opens up the reader's soul. There is
both a lyric quality and a witty, charming rhetoric that will make
you smile. Each reader is assured a fun ride through what is a
swift read full of surprises. Wonderful
Art, for Seerveld, belongs to the very infrastructure of a good
society, in the same way that a country's economy, transportation
system, or media network do: "With a vital artistic infrastructure
priming its inhabitants' imaginativity, a society can dress its
wounds and be able to clothe and mitigate what otherwise might
become naked technocratic deeds." Redemptive Art in Society,
introduced by Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin, addresses the need for
Christian public artistry and ways in which Christians can be
stewards of art.
Bogota Street Art is the first in a series that the passionate
urban art documentarian, Jacqueline Hadel, is offering to the
world. This quaint book features exciting and poetic visual images
from Bogota, Colombia collected over four months in 2012.
From the twisted mind of L. Rogers comes an art book featuring 32
mediocre, run-of-the-mill, average-looking pictures of the same
rock. Many of the photographs include ironic shadows. In a
reference to the modern era of art, the pictures have essentially
no variety, with many of the photographs shot close-up, at similar
angles, and with the same type of disappointing backgrounds
(clothing, a table, random surfaces) that nonchalantly fade into
the book's unassuming pages. Speaking with his iconic artist's
humor, L. Rogers once said that this book is the perfect Singles'
Awareness gift that a singleton can give to him or herself. This
version of the book is printed entirely in black and white, to
signify the paradigm of staticity that permeates all of our lives.
Shane Buzon is a versatile artist, a rockclimber, a devoted teacher
and mom of two wonderful girls. Art has always been a part of
Shane's life. She has been drawing and painting since she was about
four years old. Her artworks have been exhibit around Italy. What
she paints is connected to things she loves; portraits, landscapes,
climbing and nature. She's passionate about children illustration,
nature and recycled crafts. Shane began climbing in 1999 and has
been active ever since. Climbing has brought her to beautiful
places around the world. It also leads her to work at Camp Explore
which brought her exuberance and skills in teaching about nature
through outdoor games and art activities. Through this sport, she
also met her husband, Oscar Amici., a well-established climber in
Italy. She now lives in Ravenna, Italy with her family currently
inspiring her students through her skills and creativity.
If you enjoyed Sean Hobden's Tales from the old school of tattooing
you will enjoy this. This A4 book is a collection of traditional
hand painted flash and folk art in full colour with the designs
described from a traditional old school tattooist's point of view
rather than a journalist's. The book contains more than thirty
sheets of saleable fun to do fast walk in flash along with a few of
the authors old photos and memories making this book more than just
a flash book. It gives a small glimpse into the golden years of
tattooing. As well as an insight into late 20th century tattooing
the author also shares his thoughts on how he sees the future of
modern tattooing. Sean Hobden has been tattooing his whole adult
life and made a career of fast walk in tattooing. He entered the
trade tattooing queues of soldiers on army payday giving him a
solid grounding in this almost lost method of tattooing. He was
fortunate to be accepted into the old school inner circles of the
day at the very beginning of his long career giving him access to
the minds of the early pioneers of tattooing. Now in the 21st
century fast walk in tattooing is virtually dead but now that Sean
is semi retired he is able to continue his first love of fast walk
in tattooing. "I am passionate about keeping tattoo folk art alive
and promoting the fact that tattooing should be fun" Fast walk in
tattooing "Who's next?........If you are of sober mind and wish to
cross my palm with silver step this way sir "
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