Art Thread!

[rice cracker]

Today I found some interesting links about Chinese art.

http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/insideout/works.html

http://china-avantgarde.com/

http://www.posterpage.ch/exhib/ex39_chi/ex39_ch2.htm

I have another link bookmarked at home that I will add.

What sites do you recommend for art? What type of art do you like best? I have rather eclectic tastes, I like everything from avant garde to classical representations to greeting cards :biggrin:

Oh, and any artists here at YW? I know Tapestrybabe is an artisan, are there any painters, doodlers, and creative folk?

[bluemonq]

interesting sites. personally, i like simple art. like chinese brush paintings; my walls are plastered with stuff that i get whenever i go to taiwan. too easily overwhelemed i guess. it sort of shows itself in my doodles
http://redmonq.deviantart.com/
i haven't put up anything in a while, just haven't had the time. these just came about when i was really bored during the summer. but yeah, www.deviantart.com is pretty good for just browsing around,

[TB4000]

You already know I like the african masks and sculptures.

[lethal]

I visited the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco last month. I'd highly recommend it to anyone. I don't even like art that much, but there was a lot of history, so I learned a lot of history and religion through art.

[rice cracker]

I think Minneapolis has an Asian Art musuem, but I've yet to find it. I keep hearing these rumors that is exists though...

[ism]

I like everything from ancient to contemporary. Visit museums and galleries regularly. Always visit the museum in a city I visit. I draw, do vector illustration and digital painting, paper art, pop-up cards, getting into panoramic and composite photography, just starting with a pinhole camera. My girlfriend got me interested in mailart, but have yet to test the U.S. Postal Service's limits.

Some recent findings on the web:
http://www.kozyndan.com/ - i just bought a print of "Uprisings" for a friend
http://www.ecn.org/sexyshock/start.swf - minimalist porn, kinda worksafe, Flash
http://www.cowlesgallery.com/Burtynsky.html - Edward Burtynsky's industrial beauty photographs. Has some pictures of the Three Gorges Dam project.
http://stage.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/%7Ejn429/balldroppings/ - Josh Nimoy's balldroppings, an interactive art piece, shown at Compact-Impact Night Vol. 1 (http://www.compact-impact.com/night/vol01/index.html)

[rice cracker]

Oh, those are cool links.

Here's the one I promised in my first post: http://www.artscenechina.com/asc2002/1.htm#QuickLinks

[ism]

If you're near LA, sixspace has a new opening on Saturday!

Martin Ontiveros of Mighty Robot fame and Donovan Crosby...
http://www.sixspace.com/gallery/risen2004/images.html

Someone go so I can live vicariously through them while I'm here on the best coast. =D

[rice cracker]

http://www.margotknight.com/margot.html

Some pics are not safe for work.

[yoMAMA]

I think Minneapolis has an Asian Art musuem, but I've yet to find it. I keep hearing these rumors that is exists though...

There's an asian section in the minneapolis art musem.....some pretty nice stuff in there including a painting done by Song Huizong[the playboy artist emperor of northern song dynasty].

[moJo]

black and white photographs are my favorite.

[rice cracker]

This is a cool one, urban pictures with all text removed http://www.siberart.com/untitled%20pages/untitled1.html

[ism]

The female figure in death - Cemetary Art:
http://northstargallery.com/stone/indexnsg.htm

Utility Boxes
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/clearly_more_than_meets_the_eye_015016.php

[kitty]

Utility Boxes
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/clearly_more_than_meets_the_eye_015016.php

That's a really awesome link! I wish everyday graffiti were more like that.

[ism]

Sorry, it's Flash and I can't provide a direct link, but these people have bowls made from partially-melted toy soldiers. Among some other things -- furniture and home furnishings.

http://www.mosleymeetswilcox.com

[rice cracker]

Sorry, it's Flash and I can't provide a direct link, but these people have bowls made from partially-melted toy soldiers. Among some other things -- furniture and home furnishings.

http://www.mosleymeetswilcox.com

Those are really neat! Someday, when I win the lottery, I will fill my Manhattan loft with sculptural furnishings :smile:

[yoMAMA]

Those are really neat! Someday, when I win the lottery, I will fill my Manhattan loft with sculptural furnishings :smile:

just buy a billion mountain dews.....i think there's a billion $$$ prize somewhere..... :wink:

[>:^|]

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/features/legendsV4Q3/photo_01.shtml

http://www.jacobsonbest.com/images/gordon_parks_gothic_wh.jpg

[rice cracker]

Intricate pencil carving http://www.infofreako.com/jad/enpitsu-e.html
Gallery here: http://www.infofreako.com/jad/pencil/0list-e.html

[ism]

Spooky Silence of the Lambs-Meets-Barbie dolls from Japan (borderline NSFW): http://dolly.vivian.jp/gsn_doll/sew/sewn06.html

More furniture -- ESC key chairs: http://escape-button.com/index2.html

[ism]

Would you like a portrait with your latte? (http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9301012%255E2862,00.html) - Food art
not quite as impressive but more pics along the same lines (http://www.latteart.org/latteart.htm)

[>:^|]

^ that last one basically just uses the same technique that is used for marbling paper. :smile:

[ism]

Single-panel comics illustrate a scenario with a text caption underneath to create a humorous situation. Just how much difference does it make what the image is or what the text says? This site takes a simple approach: solicit images and captions, separate them, then mix them together randomly. Results are sometimes funny, more often than not blasé, and of course, nonsensical, but it's an interesting adventure.

http://www.monochrom.at/erheiterer/index-english.htm

[ism]

Site's self-description:

Pillow Fight Bloodbath (http://www.pillowfightbloodbath.com/) is a performance piece by conceptual artist Mary DeSade. It is filmed in SadoVision(TM), a unique new art form combining VR photography and video object movies. You can see Mary DeSade explain SadoVision by clicking on [What the Hell Is This?].

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SadoVision is basically QuickTime VR. You will need the plugin (if you have QuickTime then you're already set to go). Technologically, nothing new, but very polished. The best part of the whole thing is... well, the whole thing. Kinda goes along with the various pornography & women threads currently running.

Not Safe For Work.

[ism]

http://www.gregkucera.com/shunga.htm

Essay and pictures of Japanese shunga - Erotic artworks. Good read. Not safe for work.

[rice cracker]

Site's self-description:

Pillow Fight Bloodbath (http://www.pillowfightbloodbath.com/) is a performance piece by conceptual artist Mary DeSade. It is filmed in SadoVision(TM), a unique new art form combining VR photography and video object movies. You can see Mary DeSade explain SadoVision by clicking on [What the Hell Is This?].

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SadoVision is basically QuickTime VR. You will need the plugin (if you have QuickTime then you're already set to go). Technologically, nothing new, but very polished. The best part of the whole thing is... well, the whole thing. Kinda goes along with the various pornography & women threads currently running.

Not Safe For Work.

This is actually really neat. You can move them around and pan the room and stuff. I've seen other porn like this where you drag the mouse to make, um, stuff happen. Very good find, ism :smile:

[rice cracker]

It ain't safe for work, but it's cool http://www.alisonholland.com/dunbarchiappin.htm

[rice cracker]

More art for you ingrates: http://www.courtyard-gallery.com/artists/fanghe/index.html

http://www.courtyard-gallery.com/artists/fanghe/images/400/tingzi-1.JPG

More artists and work at: http://www.courtyard-gallery.com/artists/index.html

[ism]

That bodyart page was nice. Liked the Dinner Party piece near the bottom.

[Irezumi Kiss]

http://www.gregkucera.com/shunga.htm

Essay and pictures of Japanese shunga - Erotic artworks. Good read. Not safe for work.
Nice, Iz! Everytime I thought I've seen them all, there's another treasure trove to look upon!