The idea to create playing cards on the basis of existing artworks is not new. But it is extremely exciting. After all, factually, we can “revive” people lived in the old times, fictional characters or invented creatures of artist’s fantasy. We can make them play according to our rules. Artworks (prints) of Cornelis Anthonisz. They […]
The form. Line. Material. The harmony of these three components provides a clean design, free from any frippery, like the triumph of functionality and beauty. Twenty years after working in various design bureaus Pierre Cabrera began to develop his own line of conceptual things. “My art turns on two creative lines”, says the designer, “the origin […]
Masks. Masks. Masks. Even the most ordinary of them seems as something of mysterious, perhaps because thanks to them, we can become someone else, be reincarnated, protect themselves from the outside world, try yourself in the boldest personation. There is a certain magic. Probably, there isn’t a cult did not do and don’t do without […]
There are things which change not only the interior, but also the very atmosphere in it. They are so self-sufficient that they become dominant in the entire room. And the rest of the environment is built according to them. It happens, and vice versa, in the finished interior, they can become the connecting element, which […]
Afromysterics is the title of the creativity of Brooklyn artist of Nigerian descent Laolu Senbanjo. Photo: courtesy of Laolu Senbanjo. www.laolu.nyc He created this term in 2007, to define the mystery of their works of art and music, going back to the heritage of Yoruba people who built one of the ancient civilization in Western Africa. The […]
The painting of Pablo Picasso entitled Women of Algiers (Version O) was sold May 11, 2015 for $ 179.4 million and became the most expensive work of art ever sold at an auction, and the most expensive work of the artist. The buyer wished to remain anonymous. But experts believe that the new owner is […]
It happens that the space for the display and storage of art becomes an art object itself. It happens that the view of the form and the composite solution of the building of a museum or a pavilion for exhibitions can give you the special mood and create the impression. And you enter with them […]
No one will deny that the most brilliant artist is Nature. It takes any materials, compounds, dyes, crystals, and even precious metals. Therefore, we have put this work which has not touched the human hand in the category «Art Object», It was created entirely by Nature. The Diamond Fund( Moscow) keeps a large number of […]
Ancient Buddhist art seems to us than the mysterious and mystical. It seems that this applies only to Tibet, Nepal, China and other Asian countries. But the unique traditions of Buddhist art there and in Russia as well. Russia is a vast country, everybody knows it. But when a mention of Siberia occurs , not […]
The lamp Meridiano, Vibia the photo from http://www.darklightdesign.com/ A game of shadows with soft light is favorite method of many artists and designers. This artistic play changes the space, and sometimes creates the effect of a different reality. Designer Jordi Vilardell created the lamp Meridiano for the Spanish company Vibia, specializing in lighting equipment. It […]
