Simon Beck is a very special artist. Instead of a brush, he has feet, instead of a canvas, he has snow, and his studio is usually high in the Alps.
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French designer Edouard Martinet uses parts of vintage cars to create unique insect sculptures characterized by incredible detail.
The extraordinary Li Hongbo delivers creations that, through inventive technique, play incredibly with our perception. Inspired by both the traditional Chinese technique of paper decoration and his study of sculpture, Li Hongbo takes him on a unique journey of experiencing the art of sculpture.
Artist Kumi Yamashita's creations seem like realistic mappings. What makes them unique is the special technique they use. By wrapping thread around thousands of pins, he creates a portrait of shining faces.
Artist and dancer Heather Hansen has combined her love of art and dance into one. Her dance performances are something completely different. Her every dance move leaves a mark. Not only symbolically, but also physically, on the canvas, which is her dance floor. See her wonderful art and dance creations and performance.
On Italy's Lake Iseo, everything is ready to bring to life the project created by the Bulgarian artist Christo and baptized as the Floating Pier. It is a 4.5 kilometer long installation that connects the town of Sulzano and the island of Monte Isola. It will be open to the public from June 18 to July 3, 2016.
Basketball courts, indoor and outdoor, are more or less all the same. Parquet or concrete, marked with lines and any sponsors' markings or visiting teams. A Playground in Italy is a different kind of basketball court. It is an art installation, but it follows all the rules of the game.
As part of the collaboration between the French artists Céleste Boursier-Mougenot and Smarin, the beach was created - as an art project. In fact, it is a set of modular and hybrid floating parts, whose appearance resembles groups of raw concrete blocks, which are otherwise surprisingly soft to the touch.
Some painters create such realistic and plastic pictures that it is hard to believe that they are not photographs. Alexa Meade does the opposite. Instead of canvas, she herself uses models that she colors with acrylic paints. Their skin is her canvas and the result is extraordinary. Although you may think that these are artistic pictures, they are "just" photographs.
Forget trophies of dead animals and instead decorate the walls of your apartment with floral art "Elkebana" by Italian design duo Fabio Milita and Studio Paula. Ikebane, or "Elkebana" plant trophies, consisting of supports that associate with horn attachments, and any flowers or branches, are a real feast for the eyes.
BazArt connects local creatives and visitors through social, cultural and artistic events for children and adults.
We make carpets is a Dutch group of three innovative individuals, Marcia Nolte, Stijn van der Vleuten and Bob Waardenburg, who combine traditional knowledge and techniques with a critical view of today's consumer society in unusual carpets.