World’s Strangest

“QUANTUM SHOT” #612Link – by Avi Abrams We can not get enough of that stuff. The Future that never happened. The Past that kept dreaming and never woke up. Also read Part 2 and Part 1 We continue to update our extensive collection of the most inspiring and hard-to-find retro-futuristic images. As usual, we try to stay away [...]

YouTube link. In the storage facilities of the Walker Art Center the process is facilitated by labeling the art as such: “Do Not Open! Box Is Art.” One presumes that the trash is not labeled. Via Artist Survival Skills.

No PlayStation but a PainStationPainstation is an art object and arcade game based on Pong developed by the artists’ group, “/////////fur//// art entertainment interfaces”, with pain feedback..While the underlying artistic concept remained consistent over the years, the group continues to improve on the system.PainStation was created by two German designers. It’s almost a normal Pong [...]

Want to have a laugh? Then please get yourself over to Garrett Murray’s That’s Not Art, a scathing indictment of angsty pseudo-art posted on Tumblr blogs (I refuse to say “Tumblogs” as that’s a pseudo-word). Yes, we’re laughing AT these people, but come on, this is ridiculous: Murray’s commentary: You are in love with a ghost? How [...]

Today’s “Feel Art Again” is a double-header. First up was a post on the German-English artist Johann Zoffany (1733-1810); now this post delves into his painting “The Tribuna of the Uffizi.” Read both to get the full story on this talented artist. In the summer of 1772, Johann Zoffany was sent by Queen Charlotte to Florence [...]

Today’s “Feel Art Again” is a double-header. First up is this post on Johann Zoffany, followed by a post delving into his painting “The Tribuna of the Uffizi.” Read both to get the full story on this talented artist. Johann Zoffany (1733-1810) was a German-born English painter and favored portraitist of King George III and Queen [...]

[YouTube Link] Joe Peacock (previously on Neatorama) has been collecting Akira cells and production art since he was 14 years old, and now he has collaborated with ToonSeum to show the entire world why Akira is the pinnacle of Japanese anime: No other film has ever looked like Akira, before or since. It’s stunningly fluid and detailed [...]

Urban art comes in all kinds of flavor, but this may be my favorite: “A Love Letter For You,” a project by Stephen Powers where he paints various murals with lovey-dovey messages around Philadelphia (yes, the City of Brotherly Love – how appropriate!) Just in time for Valentine’s Day, too! Link – via 30gms

(This post was a week in the making, due to the overabundance of articles, reviews, and critiques on Walker and her art.) The American artist Kara Walker had achieved “both notoriety and acclaim in the art world while still in her twenties.” Her art—much of which would be considered “not safe for work”—usually sells at prices [...]

Photo: Ujin Lee “Dust” is a work in progress by Ujin Lee, with collaboration by Tom Edwards, where the subject matter takes on a life of its own. More Dust and other neat projects at the link. Previously: Paul Hazelton’s Dust Art. Link.