Most Popular Artists The most popular artist searches last month: a not-to-be-taken-too-seriously measurement of which famous artists have the greatest "mindshare" in our collective culture. Moving up: Edgar Degas (#22 to #12), Titian (#28 to #18), and realist painter Janet Fish (appearing for the first time on the list at #29). Moving down: Joan Miro (#13 to #19), Wassily Kandinsky (#11 to #24) and Paul Gauguin (#21 down to #32). Reconstructed Cake Faces These Reconstructed Cake Faces are made by artist Ashkan Honarvar . In a series he calls ‘Faces’ Honarvar uses existing pictures of soldiers who suffered mutilations to their faces during the first world war and reconstructs the suffering these soldiers had to endure. You might like:
Life on the mini mean streets: Sculptor puts New York cityscapes under the microscope to produce incredibly detailed dioramas Updated: 06:58 GMT, 29 April 2011 New York City - with its crowded sidewalks, creeping, honking traffic jams and endless streams of awe-struck tourists - can sometimes feel a little claustrophobic. In the world created by Alan Wolfson, New York is even smaller... to a mind-blowing degree. The 62-year-old artist creates handmade miniature sculptures of Manhattan street scenes, down to the finest of detail and complete with complex interior views and lighting effects. For scale: A $1 bill lies on the pavement to show how intricate Alan Wolfson creations are. New York in a box: Peepworld shows the grotty and grubby streets of New York in the 1970s. Room with a view: A detail of Times Square Hotel Room (1982, 13in x 18in x 20in) shows not only the neon and vice of the outside world, but the lonely life of a writer Canal Street Pizza: Some of Wolfson's work is taken straight from real life and real locations. Just don't mention Gulliver's Travels.
Mark Essen The Creators Project: So what’s your background? Did you grow up as a kid who was so into video games you felt compelled to create them? Mark Essen: I grew up in La Cañada outside of LA and, yeah, I played games in high school and just continued through college and started using them as my work. Your games tend to include only cursory gameplay instructions. Well, I usually include controller instructions—if it’s not really obvious then I’ll say what the buttons do. Tell us about what you’re working on at the moment. I just finished this small project for an exhibition in Liverpool. That sounds like it’ll be keeping you busy for a while, Do you have anything else cooking? We have jetpack basketball [laughs] and a bunch of half-finished things. Childhood and nostalgia seem to be recurring themes in your work... Yeah, maybe… I stopped playing a lot of the “new” video games after high school. I use Game Maker entirely. If you could wish for one technological improvement what would it be?
banksy versus bristol museum a few years ago i attended an uh-mazing banksy exhibition in downtown los angeles and have been eagerly awaiting the elusive graffiti artist's return. alas, mr. bansky choose instead to set up his latest wares in new york and bristol. on june 13th, banksy's largest exhibition entitled "banksy versus bristol museum" was unveiled at the bristol city museum. it features more than 100 of banksy's works mixed amongst the museum's permanent collection (including a mouse with a backpack tucked inside of a natural history case. someone, please send me a picture! check out the mouse here. thanks, matt, more the picture!). on opening day, a line of eager fans snaked around the corner, waiting more than an hour for admission. and finally, a picasso banksy WHORANGE philosophy... {images via art of the state, nikolaasB, and the guardian uk.} UPDATE!