The concept art of Jenny Holzer, The Plaque Series.
Tag: art
Hans Bellmer, from L’anatomie de l’image (Anatomy of the Image).
In 2005, a group of artists in Italy
built a giant 200-foot-long plushie rabbit in the countryside, and just
left it there. It’s been there ever since. (Source)
Amano Yoshitaka.
It’s a diplocaulus–but since that amphibian has been extinct for millions of years, it’s actually a hyperrealistic sculpture by Goro Furuta (source)!
‘Dance of Salome’ by Axel Linus (1885 – 1980).
Leopold Schmutzler ~ Salome, c.1910.
Yoshitaka Amano 天野喜孝 – (Japanese, b. 1952, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) – Fairies (Art book) Blue, Mixed Media.
A Study, in March by John William Inchbold. English (1830 – 1888) Oil on Canvas.
The last surviving sea silk seamstress
“My grandmother wove in me a tapestry
that was impossible to unwind,” Vigo said. “Since then, I’ve dedicated
my life to the sea, just as those who have come before me.”
Like the 23 women before her, Vigo has never made a penny from her
work. She is bound by a sacred ‘Sea Oath’ that maintains that byssus
should never be bought or sold.
Instead, Vigo explained that the only way to receive byssus is as a gift. […]
“Byssus doesn’t belong to me, but to everyone,” Vigo asserted.
“Selling it would be like trying to profit from the sun or the tides.”
More recently, a Japanese businessman approached Vigo with an offer
to purchase her most famous piece, ‘The Lion of Women’, for €2.5
million. It took Vigo four years to stitch the glimmering 45x45cm design
with her fingernails, and she dedicated it to women everywhere.
“I told him, ‘Absolutely not’,” she declared. “The women of the world are not for sale.”
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