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Bordalo II presents us a figurative painting full of vivacity and movement, where he paints his own interpretation of urban landscapes and city entertainment. He’s exploring his own mixed media on wood stand base, and are thus made a series of collages of objects (garbage). It is not only a way to recycle, but also a critique of the world we live in, where we often have nice things, which are based on junk without realizing it.

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RETNA (Marquis Lewis) is a contemporary artist, primarily recognized for graffiti art. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, and started his career in the early 1990s. He developed a distinctive constructed script or tagging which is derived from Blackletter, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Arabic, and Hebrew calligraphy, as well as more traditional types of street-based graffiti. In addition to exhibiting at institutions and galleries in Los Angeles, Miami, London, New York and Hong Kong, Retna has do

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Art in Island is an art museum located in a former Manila bus station that features a slew of paintings, many of which are in 3D, designed for interaction. Museum attendees are encouraged to climb into paintings and take photos of their interactions. Art in Island corporate secretary Blyth Cambaya explained the museum’s philosophy to Mashable.

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Calvin Lai describes his art as “the monkey” that climbed on his back while he was making a self-portrait in kindergarten. His fascination with rendering drove him towards realism, and he began teaching himself the basics of value and perspective at a very early age. Growing up in Los Angeles, his addiction to art progressed, and his favorite subject became faces and figures.

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Arno Rafael Minkkinen is a Finnish-American photographer. Minkkinen was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1945 and emigrated to the United States in 1951.[2] A graduate of Wagner College with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, he began taking self-portraits in 1971 while working as an advertising copywriter on Madison Avenue in New York.[3] Studying later with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind at Rhode Island School of Design, he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in photography in 1974.[1]

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Once his style becomes familiar to you, you will find harmony within the apparent chaos. As a man with a thirst for creativity, Philippe Tournaire weaves his magic by skilfully combining precious metals and stones with the history of art and science

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According to architect Vincent Callebaut, the Paris of 2050 could look very different than the city we know today. The architect recently unveiled plans to transform the famous locale into a futuristic “smart” city. His design is a nod to the metropolis’ historical architecture as it’s punctuated by flourishing, eco-friendly structures. Callebaut has aptly titled his concept Smart City, and it was commissioned as part of the Climate Energy Plan of Paris.

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Antoine Jossé making paintings and sculptures. Art is for me a prolongation of life; artists are the witnesses of their time which they translate through their sensibility and practice.

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Annemarie Busschers (1970) lives and works in The Netherlands. She received her formal training at the Academie Minerva, the Fine Arts Academy at Hanze University Groningen, in art and graphic techniques.

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I was born in Rome December 16, 1955. Sagittarius, then, curiously (?) as all or most of the people I (and I want) good: my wife Elisa, sweet and patient soul mate; my beloved eldest son Thomas; my dear sister Francesca and my mom Leontina steel. The only exceptions: Cupid (my daughter Flavia, twins), my sister Gloria (lion) and my beloved dad Mario (scorpion), which unfortunately is no longer with us, leaving a huge void, and that for me was a driving instrumental in my growth and my becoming

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In his resplendent large-scale photographs, Andreas Gursky captures the modern world, and its landscapes, people, architecture, and industries, in seductive detail. Shot from an elevated perspective and produced on an epic scale, Gursky’s images show the individual or granular—supermarket products, soccer players, windows on a building, or islands in the sea—subsumed by the masses or the environment.

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The desire to beautify any everyday thing and make it somewhat unusual – a sign of a truly creative person. After all, even a simple computer desktop in the office can be arranged so that colleagues will not be able to pass, not to look at your monitor. And you yourself, it will delight every time you sit down at the table to take up the case.

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Criss-crossing the world with stops on almost every continent, San Francisco-based photographer Beth Moon spent the last 14 years seeking out some of the largest, rarest, and oldest trees on Earth to capture with her camera.

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French street artists Ella and Pitr have added new pieces to their mind-bending work with optical illusions that can only be “seen” from a specific angle. Just like their previous series, the creative pair painted a series of playful, anamorphic murals that feature various human limbs and figures sprawled across the walls and floors of abandoned buildings.

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Paintings with dialogue of silly-ness, and seriousness, with hints of emotion, concept, and slightly peculiar images. Most of all to make paintings for people to enjoy in the many different ways people feel

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Ray Villafane, visionary and patriarch of the Villafane Studios Sculpting Family was born in Queens, New York to Reinaldo Villafane and Virginia (Guzman) Villafane. He spent his childhood on Long Island and was raised alongside two sisters and one brother. At a very young age Ray showed a knack for art; a passion that his mother approvingly encouraged him to pursue. Throughout his academic career, Ray’s classmates and teachers also recognized his natural artistic abilities.

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It is clear that 3D Street Art is most popular in the United States and Germany. Maybe this was the reason that made Nickolaj move to Germany. Until not long ago, Nikolaj Arndt lived and worked in Russia, in the city of Ivanovo. The Russian artist is not only drawing with chalk on the streets. In his portfolio, you can find a large amount of traditional paintings.

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The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Heilongjiang province, China is a true winter wonderland for kids and adults, who can stroll around and through the magnificent ice and snow creations. It opened on January 5, 2015 for the 31st time.

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Dogs may be man's best friend, but Ingo the shepherd dog's special buddy is Poldi, a little owl who loves to pose for pictures and cozy up to his canine pal. Germany-based animal photographer and collage artist Tanja Brandt documents their unlikely friendship in heartwarming portraits that show the closeness of their bond. Whether the duo is splashing in a creek, enjoying the evening light together, or cuddling beneath a blanket, it's clear how much they enjoy each other's company.

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Conceptual photography is an art of getting your ‘concept’ across the mind of the viewer using just the contents of a photograph. It is a genre of photography where a photographer puts various things in the scenery so that his idea or concept becomes clear to perceive. Most of the times, computers are used for blending various objects into a photograph, but many photographers just use what is available to them.

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Alex Alemany was born on January 5, 1943 in Gandia (Valencia).He studied Fine Arts between 1961 and 1966 at the “Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos” in Valencia. Francisco Lozano, Enrique Ginesta, Genaro Lahuerta and Felipe Mª Garin, among others, were his teachers.

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Guillaume Dutilh and Jenna Spesard are inspiring examples of what can happen when you decide to take the leap and follow your dreams. Two years ago, the couple were living in Los Angeles working as an engineer and an executive assistant for a movie studio to make ends meet. Guillaume had always loved photography, and Jenna wanted to become a writer, so they decided to quit their jobs, build a tiny house to travel the country in, and pursue travel journalism while embarking on the adventure of a

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A tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, Charis Tsevis is an award winning visual designer living and working in Athens,Greece. Chariscreated a series of mosaic illustrations based on the great tradition of Azulejo. This 5 centuries old form of tile painting art is a typical part of Portugues culture.

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Pay phones may not be as prevalent as they used to be, but who's to say that they aren't staples of our environments? In the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil, phone booths serve as more than just obsolete stands due to the creative public art project titled Call Parade. The ongoing group exhibition, which is sponsored by phone carrier Vivo, has transformed 100 telephone booths into works of art by 100 different artists.

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Coffee is one of favorite drinks for many people. Drinking coffee helps to wake you up or make you relax. There are more reasons for people to love the classic drinks besides taste of coffee. The process of preparing coffee could be as creative as drawing an art piece. By using latte art technique, various patterns or designs could be created on the surface of foam as well as smooth and sweet coffee drink.

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Roads and paths pervade our literature, poetry, artwork, linguistic expressions and music. Even photographers can’t keep their eyes (and lenses) off of a beautiful road or path, which is why we collected this list of 28 amazing photos of paths.

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Tattoo art mastery has advanced to the point where tattoo artists can create convincing and sometimes even photo-realistic optical illusions on their clients' skin. The tattoos in this list are just a few of the ingenious tattoos out there that seem to twist and bend on the wearer's skin.

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Take a look at some of the most amazing hotels in the world. Not everyone can afford holiday in one of these locations, however most of us would love to spend quality time with family or friends in these places. You might want to stay in the room underwater or perhaps enjoy your breakfast from the cave facing the sea.

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Pieter Wagemans was born on 11 August 1948 in Merksem, close to the city of Antwerp, Belgium. From his youth Pieter has always been able to express himself spontaneously through the artistic gift that he probably inherited from his father. Even from his early years it seemed likely that he would develop this gift further. At the age of 15 he decided to take lessons at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

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The world’s largest flower parade, Corso Zundert in the Netherlands! Located in the small town of Zundert at the Belgian border, the annual parade features 20 giant floats created by various districts within the city. To encourage a wide breadth of creativity the parade never has a theme, leaving teams free to design whatever they want as long as the floats fit the within 20 x 10 meters and are completely adorned with dahlia flowers.

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Chilean-born street artist Dasic lives and works in New York where he creates large-scale outdoor murals, paintings, sculptures and other works in a wide variety of different styles, though all of which seem to explode with color.

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Nunzio Paci’s Graphite and Oil Paintings Merge Nature and Anatomyby Christopher Jobson.

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Pennsylvania artist James McNabb created a beautiful collection of architectural wonders using discarded wood.

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Russian street artist Rustam Qbic has created a new 9-story mural Titled “Blossom,” in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia for the New City festival…

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New Mural by Etam Cru in Rome Italy

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Glass artist Ben Young makes intricate wave sculptures by stacking layers of laminated, clear float glass atop a concrete base. Raised in Waihi Beach, New Zealand and now residing in Sydney, Australia, the self-taught artist has been making glass sculptures for over a decade.

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Incredible Sculpture Collages with Books by British Artist Alexander Korzer

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Talented Singaporean artist Keng Lye, whom we previously wrote about here, is back with more of his stunning fish and aquatic wildlife illusions.

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Nature-Inspired Eye-Deceiving Wall Murals to Make Your Home Look Bigger

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Originally trained as a scientist with a doctorate in biology, Belgium-born Carsten Holler is inspired by research experiments and the world around him. His works reflect social spaces like amusement parks, the zoo or a playground but he puts an expected twist onto each of them. One of the subjects he's always centered on has been mushrooms.