In this new flame-kissed portrait-based installation, artist t-radya pastes bandages on wooden panels and pelts the canvasses with molotov cocktails. As the fires burn out, the charred surfaces that appear create shading and outlines of faces of well known Russian soldiers. (via thesuiteworld.com)
Culture Buzz This amazingly beautiful installation made by french artist Elise Morin and architect Clémence Éliard is made of 65,000 CDs. (via officialhype.org)
Culture Buzz German artists Marion Ruthardt and Gregor Vosika created these amazing street art pieces for Nike's “I Run” campaign in Russia.
Hundreds of pounds of feathers, rising, swirling and settling in a 50-feet installation—Tokujin Yoshioka’s “snow” aims to evoke the snowscapes of our memories.
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This new public art project in Kibera, Kenya is actually functional, too: the material the photos are printed on is water-resistant and will protect the houses below from the rain.
Culture Buzz Street Artist Andy Uprock creates amazing mosaics by sticking plastic cups in chain-link fences. Uprock was inspired by the way kids stick their soda bottles through fences while they play. The Australian artist typically uses 2,500 cups to make his installations in such diverse places as Barcelona, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and most recently Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Real life girls get inside the Mushroom Kingdom. 2 girls, 1 mushroom, anybody? No?
Artist Benjamin Verdonck installs a giant bird’s nest on the side of a building in Rotterdam. Pretty dangerous if you don’t know how to fly.