Marine litter is a global problem and seriously threatens the coastal and marine environment around the world, including here. They are not just an aesthetic problem, they are a serious threat to fish, seabirds, reptiles and mammals, as well as to boats and the coast, so calls for responsible waste management are getting louder. Art, which has always been a channel or means for reflection, criticism and awareness, has also lent its voice to strengthening the ethical attitude towards the environment. Washed Ashore, an American organization, drew attention to the issue with massive sculptures made entirely of marine debris.
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"Ali and Nino" is an 8-meter-high steel sculpture by Georgian sculptor Tamara Kvesitadza, located in the coastal Georgian city of Batumi. Presenting Ali and Nina, who embrace each other for a moment every day and then part forever, it tells a tragic love story based on the novel "Ali and Nina" from 1937.
Most artists go to an art supply store for painting supplies. Joanna Wirażka too, but she only buys art supplies and paints there, while she looks for her painting canvases in the forest or park. The Polish artist paints on leaves. But not on sheets of paper, but plant leaves, which now, in autumn, will be like leaves and grass. By turning them into extraordinary paintings, Wirażka makes sure that all this gift of nature does not go to waste.
Tom & Jerry are indeed 75 years old, but they hide their years very well. When we look at them like this on screens or in comics, we don't have the feeling that they have already entered the third period of life, because we don't find any age wrinkles or lack of energy. That's an advantage if you're a cartoon character (or Keanu Reeves). What if cartoon characters aged like humans? This is exactly what the Russian artist Andrew Tarusov asked himself, who imagined what the cartoon characters of our youth would look like if they grew old with us and did not drink from the fountain of youth, which is called the fantasy world.
For centuries, artists have provided Western civilization with priceless works such as the Mona Lisa, Pietà, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Night Watch and The Thinker. Master after master. From Leonardo da Vinci to Rembrandt, these authors created works that inspired and uplifted morale. They have achieved this by demanding the highest standards of excellence and always striving for the highest quality. But something happened on the way to the 20th century. Deep, inspiring and beautiful art has been replaced by new, different and ugly. Some say that modern art is bad, others that it is revolutionary. Watch the video and judge for yourself.
#combophoto is a project started by Stephen McMennamy. Basically, it is a very simple idea, but with some creativity and no manipulation, it delivers exceptional results. And right here is the genius of McMennamy, who finds scenes with clean backgrounds, so that he can then combine two seemingly unrelated photographs into one meaningful whole. It started with the iPhone, but now the American has already "switched" to a professional camera.
No matter how tired we may feel and how happy we are to finally get a seat on the bus or train, chances are we're less tired than the pregnant woman standing right in front of us. Shiyang He's cute illustrations in the Stand Up For The Pregnant series remind us that it's okay to give them a seat. Why? Because they carry something much more important than we do.
A year ago, former engineer and video game designer Nicolas Knepper decided to end his old career and swim in the waters of photography, where he was particularly fascinated by recreating famous film and television scenes, where desserts are also part of them. This is how Hollyfood's series of fun but thoughtful photos was born.
Spilled coffee is usually not something that makes us happy, because it brings a lot of inconvenience. But not for Giulio Bernardelli, who turns spilled coffee or coffee stains into illustrations. The works of the 27-year-old artist, former student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, who currently works with children in the museum, are always spontaneous. ''I replace the brush with what nature has to offer me, for example with leaves, fruit peels or food. I never plan ahead. When I drink coffee, I think about the shades I could create if I spilled the coffee on the table. And she did just that. And not once. Like us, except that we were flying for handkerchiefs and cloths, and she was for a brush.
Many breathtaking works of art are created by human hands. Also, works of art are created on the hands that rival those on the canvases. One who falls into this second category of artist is Russell Powell, but he doesn't do tattoos, which is what you might think at first. Powell draws incredibly realistic portraits with his own hand, or rather the palm of his hand. But his pictures don't just stay on his hand, because he prints them on paper like a stamp.
In the photographic series Arrangements, photographer Emily Blincoe transformed everyday objects into the dreams of every individual with obsessive compulsive disorder, when she arranged various objects in a minimalistic way into the correct color palette.
What would you do if you knew that every time your friend looks at you, he imagines you covered in food. This is exactly what goes through the mind of Brazilian photographer Junior Luz, who packaged his bizarre vision in the Cara-Comida project - which could be translated from Portuguese as "face food" - and actually camouflaged the faces of his friends with their favorite food.