"The Cave"

I was surfing the web for interesting pictures and I stumbled upon this image of a crazy bookshelf. This shelf is called "The Cave". This piece would definitely make a statement in any room. Actually sitting in the book shelf while reading is an interesting concept that it's creator came up with. Who wouldn't want to own a bookshelf that looked like this one?

Trucks

I found this image while surfing the web and thought it was pretty awesome. This is something that would be amazing to see in person. I love how it really makes you stop in your tracks. There is so much movement and everything seems to fit just right, and to be in exactly the right spot. This sculpture is something out of the ordinary. Who expects to see two twisted mac trucks balancing in the air in the middle of the west?

Good examples for that one project

There is one project that you might have to end up doing. It is something of a photomanip. if the project is even still around... idk. It may have been axed. If said project was not axed though, here are a few good examples.

Inception Movie Poster.

I was stalking this advertisement/trompe l'oeil during my internship... taking unnecessary, long routes to the pizza shoppe and train just to look at it. I feel like we don't give advertisements enough credit as art because we resent being viewed as dollar signs, but sometimes they are worth our time. (Cough. Go see this movie! Cough.) What is art anyway? Shrug.

Lilith by Kiki Smith

Kiki Smith's art has become much more well known as of lately (One of her sculptures was even featured in the movie "My super Ex-Girlfriend). A different sculpture is now on display (err, or at least it was on display last summer) at the met. "Lilith" is a life-sized crouching sculpture that is displayed on a wall. Smith's 3d works are usually semi-stylized realism... You can see where she texturized the material, but they still have very human qualities and proportions. She often does a lot of art to raise awareness and funds for charities. (If anyone still has their textbook from Survey of the Visual Arts II, look up her and read her reflection of "Untitled" in chapter 36. Whaaat.)

Livio de Marchi

I found this artist through an email my dad sent me and I thought he was amazing. Talk about passion for one's work right? The time this man spends on his creations is inspiring. I can't pick a favorite one because there are just too many to chose from. I suggest googleing more pictures of what this man has made if you like what I post. His most famous sculpture is a livable wood sculpture of a house made out of wooden books, even the roof! The original is still in Venice but he built two more in i believe Japan and Germany. This may be corny but I found it a little bit funny, there was a question once asking what Livio does in his spare time, and the answer was "Wooden you like to know." I'll leave you with that. Enjoy!

Gabriel Orozco's Graphite on gray whale skeleton

So I went to the MoMA over break (mostly to see the Tim Burton feature exhibit... I'll get to that later) but while meandering through the other exhibits I saw this whale installation. I think it is AWESOME. The curator tag said that it took over 1,000 graphite pencils and about 12 people to do the line-design work on the bones.

This piece was intended to fill the atrium of a library's ceiling. The way it is displayed in the MoMA is really interesting. You can see it from not only different angles in the round, but from different levels (as exhibited in the balcony shot... yea, that's me in that far window.) I really like that Gabriel Orozco not only used an unusual canvas of animal bones, but used line work to force the viewer to look at each individual bones, instead of just seeing a whale skeleton and walking off (Not to mention that it has really beautiful lighting and ergo, beautiful shadows.) I would definitely recommend going to the MoMA and seeing this piece up close. (Just so you know, all SUNY and CUNY kids get in free. Go!)