Common / people

Possibly funny enough to wound or kill.

Common / people (YouTube)

The Artist and His Model

Here‘s an online arts collective, they have lots of nifty pictures.

Gottfried Helnwein

Here are illustrations of some works by Gottfried Helnwein

This one is mixed media on canvas.  The Donald Duck figurine is in lots of Helnwein’s pieces:

American Prayer

American Prayer

Here are two selfportraits:

Self Portrait, 1977

Self Portrait, 1977

Self Portrait #2

Self Portrait #2

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Spoof of William Shatner’s Singing

Proving that nothing is so absurd as to be beyond satire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMlIsaZqT-4

Jess Collins

Mention in the post below of the Jess Collins show that toured the country this year prompted me to post a few images of his collages here.  From http://www.metroactive.com/metro/03.28.07/gifs/jessfullsize.jpg:

Cover for the Mutabilities

Cover for the Mutabilities

 From http://www.albrightknox.org/Past_Exhibitions/2007/images/Jess_Graces.jpg:

The Unentitled Graces

The Unentitled Graces

From http://www.scu.edu/desaisset/exhibits/images/Jess.jpg:

The 5th Never of Old Lear

The 5th Never of Old Lear

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

The latest issue of The Economist mentions the works of early modern Italian master Giuseppe Arcimboldo, prompting me to post a couple of Arcimboldo’s typical pieces. 

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Beagle Falls Into Black Hole

Via Weirdomatic:

Approaching the event horizon

Approaching the event horizon

More pix from this artist available at his website.

La Pouce

A piece of public art in Paris, via haha.  There are 22 pix of unusual sculptures in that posting, including Seattle’s own Fremont Troll.  Several of them are nsfw. 

Liquid Sculpture

I’m sure you’ve seen closeup photos showing a drop of water making a splash.  Photographer Martin Waugh has made an art form of such pictures.  You should visit his site- the picture below may be striking, but the effect of scrolling through his whole gallery is electric. 

   

http://www.liquidsculpture.com/fine_art/index.htm

Two Points for Lenin!