Graffiti Artists Create Temporary Art on Sheets of Clear Cellophane

Since 2009, graffiti artists Astro and Kanos have used a clever technique to create temporary and legal street art without damaging public property or breaking any laws. "Cellograph" consists of sheets of cellophane that have been wrapped around trees and poles to create temporary canvases for the artists to spray paint graffiti in parks and urban environments. The translucent nature of the cellophane adds layers of visual complexity to what is traditionally a two-dimensional medium.

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Striking Photographs of Ammunition Cut in Half by Sabine Pearlman

Sabine Pearlman's "Ammo" is series of ammunition cross-sections that were photographed inside a WWII bunker in Switzerland in October of 2012. The entire series consists of 900 specimens. Sabine was originally intrigued by the ambiguous nature of the subject matter. "The cross-sections reveal a hidden complexity and beauty of form, which stands in vast contrast to the destructive purpose of the object." Sabine says "It is a representation of the evil and the beautiful, a reflection of the human condition."

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Artist Transforms Beach Debris into Site Specific Installations

 Jeremy Underwood's "Human Debris" is a commentary on what humans leave in the natural landscape. The project spotlights the environmental condition of Houston’s waterways through the building of site-specific sculptures assembled out of harvested debris collected from the beach. Speaking about the project Jeremy says, "This work challenges viewers to reflect upon our consumer culture, the relationship we have with our environment, and the pervasion of pollution."

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Photographs of Artfully Reconstructed Plants by Paul Bownik

Driven by curiosity, Warsaw-based artist Paul Bownik carefully picks apart plants and flowers and then reassembles them piece-by-piece using bits of string, tape, and pins to hold all the parts together. The process which he calls "dismantling" is a bit like reverse engineering, where an object is taken apart to see how it works in order to duplicate it or enhance it. The resulting images resemble beautiful still-life shots of botanicals. However a closer look reveals objects that are strangely foreign and manmade.

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Stunning Street Art Installation Inspired by Monet's Field of Poppies

Inspired by famous French painter Claude Monet and his 1873 painting "Poppy Field" ,Quebec-based artist and architect Claude Cormier used 5,060 red, green and white temporary overlay markers (used to delineate temporary lanes on highways) to create a pixelated field of poppies covering  a section of the asphalt on Du Musée Avenue. The artwork named Tom II (Field of Poppies) was commissioned by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and is part of the Sculpture Garden, an annual exhibition featuring works from many artists. The installation will be on view until October 27.

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The Week-End

Our most popular posts this week featured a stunning light installation made up of hundreds of giant raindrops, clever urban interventions created using every day found materials, a studio constructed using materials recovered from a dilapidated tin shed and an abandoned monastery brought back to life with virtual graffiti.
And from around the Web...

LEGO subway maps appear in London stations.

Massive art installation in Washington, D.C., calls attention to genocide.

A pop-up movie theater with hot tubs.

Stop motion candle ad for Air Malta.

Post-apocalyptic Google Earth glitches.

Giant Cloud Shaped Pavillion Constructed out of Plastic Water Bottles

As part of the Figment NYC outdoor festival, designers Jason Klimoski, AIA, and Lesley Chang of Studio Klimoski Chang Architects, created a large cloud-shaped pavilion made of completely recyclable materials. The "Head in the Clouds Pavilion" is a large structure, constructed from aluminum, wood, and 53,780 recycled plastic bottles and water jugs - the number of plastic bottles thrown away in New York City in just 1 hour. The jugs were used to create the organic outer shell of the cloud, while the water bottles filled with water and food dye make up the blue interior. Visitors can walk inside the cloud and contemplate the shifting light as it filters through the layers of bottles.

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Artist Documents Daily Life Through Detailed Drawings of Her Kitchen Sink

In a culture hyper-saturated by electronic imagery, New York-based artist Joan Linder uses the traditional materials of a quill pen and a bottle of ink to create detailed renderings of her sink in various stages of use. The series of drawings titled "Sink", chronicles Joan's daily life, her dirty dishes, and her routine for a period of two years.

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Clever Urban Interventions Transform City Structures

Johannesburg-based street artist R1 creates clever urban interventions using every day found materials, transforming them and placing them back where they came from, to become a part of the city’s journey. The resulting artwork is tactile, moving within the motion of the cityscape. R1 says of his work, "My installations subtly changes the city streets to create a dialogue and interactions between the environment and our experience of it. The artworks take ownership and manipulate city spaces, opening new relationships with daily familiarity. The end result carries conversations, becoming a fragment of the ever changing city’s history."

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Eat Me: An Interactive Installation Made from 7,000 Pieces of Candy

Japanese art collective Three creates whimsical sculptures and space-altering installations using everyday materials. Last January the artists staged an interactive installation at Shiseido Egg Gallery titled "Eat Me", featuring approximately 7,000 pieces of individually wrapped candy in the shape of a house hanging from the ceiling. Visitors were encouraged to eat the candy and discard the colorful wrappers in a designated area within the gallery space. The image of a house being turned into a pile of trash represents the damage from the earthquake and tsunami that hit three's hometown of Fukushima, Japan.

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