Plights of the Petty

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:41:15 -0600

art student hair

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:41:02 -0600

art student hair

iheartmyart: Andres Guzman, spreads for Front...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:40:54 -0600

iheartmyart:

Andres Guzman, spreads for Front Magazine!

(Tumblr: allmypistachios)

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:25:01 -0600

likeafieldmouse: Javier Perez

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:00:23 -0600

likeafieldmouse:

Javier Perez

spoilsofmatter:

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:00:07 -0600

spoilsofmatter:

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:59:36 -0600

Caroline Mackintosh

Caroline Mackintosh

Caroline Mackintosh

Caroline Mackintosh

ohparasite: Visual artist Elise Victoria Louise Windsor created...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:52:34 -0600

ohparasite:

Visual artist Elise Victoria Louise Windsor created the series “Trompe l’oeil Petite Mansion,” which is exactly what it sounds like: a series of tromp l’oeil images in a small house. The photographs take on a illusionary quality, as images of old Toronto homes are made tangible with the addition of origami, dimensional shapes. It is the artists intent to “shift the viewer’s perception by introducing another dimension into the picture plane by calling attention to the 2-dimensionality of photographs.” Windsor’s work seems to have domesticated similarities to the portraits of Alma Haser (previously featured here).

ohparasite: Mixed media is a popular form of art making right...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:30:41 -0600

ohparasite:

Mixed media is a popular form of art making right now, especially when it comes to embroidery and photography. It seems as though everyone is stitching in to old vintage images or fashion portraits as a new form of collage, though it is becoming increasingly difficult to create anything unique among this omnipresent art form. However, Jose Ignacio Romussi Murphy may be an exception to the pervasive trend. Though the artist does tend to choose fashion photographs as the basis for his work, Murphy’s personal additions to these images creates a kind of narrative within the work, rather than an aesthetically pleasing image. His work is uncommon in its execution, as Murphy embroiders with the focus and skill of a true textile artist. Therefor, Murphy’s work transcends the commonality its material suggests through both skill and subject, and manifests in to a pervasive collection of images. (via)

ohparasite: Jose Ignacio Romussi Murphy

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:30:35 -0600

ohparasite:

Jose Ignacio Romussi Murphy

ohparasite: Bai Yiluo combines popular culture with classic...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:30:27 -0600

ohparasite:

Bai Yiluo combines popular culture with classic photography or traditional sculpture techniques to depict the cyclical struggle of humanity, better known as the “human condition.” In his series, “Civilization,” Yiluo constructed classical terracotta busts of emperors and slaves, pierced with agricultural tools. The busts are thus defined by, and connected through, their transfixed objects. The installation is meant to reference both Eastern and Western spiritualism, as well as the revolution, conflict, and rebirth often associated with violence.

ohparasite: Excerpt from Optic Nerve #8 by Adrian Tomine.

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:33:00 -0600

ohparasite:

Excerpt from Optic Nerve #8 by Adrian Tomine.

I like that Finn & Jake have daddy issues.Makes me feel better about my life.

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:21:09 -0600

I like that Finn & Jake have daddy issues.
Makes me feel better about my life.

So Dash Shaw is amazing. I know that I say that all the time,...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:36:05 -0600

So Dash Shaw is amazing.

I know that I say that all the time, but I can’t help but speak the truth.

nearlya: Matthais Weischer. Corner, 2005, oil on canvas (and...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:00:01 -0600

nearlya:

Matthais Weischer. Corner, 2005, oil on canvas (and side view)

mymodernmet: Ghost Girl by Kevin Francis Gray Marble statue of...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:40:57 -0600

mymodernmet:

Ghost Girl by Kevin Francis Gray

Marble statue of a modern girl masked by a cascading veil of glass crystal beads.

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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:40:49 -0600

ohparasite: Excerpt from Optic Nerve #11 by Adrian Tomine

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:40:34 -0600

ohparasite:

Excerpt from Optic Nerve #11 by Adrian Tomine

imkindaoldfashioned: stfuconservatives: megaman2: “there’s...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:30:08 -0600

imkindaoldfashioned:

stfuconservatives:

megaman2:

“there’s nothing wrong with the video game community”

My fave is the “free market” one. A Libertarian making a misogynistic comment? Everybody do a shot!!!

Obamaphone…haha

This makes me mad

Know of great good graphic novels?

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:19:37 -0600

Lately I’ve been on a huge graphic novel kick as it is my goal to create some from of sequential comic art before summer’s end. In the past I have read most of Dash Shaw’s work (which I love!), Watchmen, Black Hole (another fave), Blankets, Persepolis, and a few of Tomine’s comics. So if you could recommend anything but those I would greatly appreciate it!