visual surrender

"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known." — Oscar Wilde

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Her first solo show opened last night at Fuse Gallery, called “What’s your Power Animal?”:  “Kellesimone Waits invites the viewer to follow her down the rabbit hole...via

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From a series of self portraits by 17 year old Alex Stoddard

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image : Vogue Paris with new editor in chief Emmanuelle Alt

Sasha Pivovarova by Hans Feurer

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Gary Baseman painted Little Poet, a 3 x 4 ft painting available at GiantRobot Art, for which all proceeds go to UNICEF for Japanese Earthquake Victims. The painting was painted live during a performance with Nightmare & the Cat in Little Toyko, Los Angeles this month.

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Rene Magritte Infinite Gratitude, 1963

Just be thankful for what you got...

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The Seaweed Gatherer, Inis Oirr, Aran Islands

The island women gathered dulisk, an edible seaweed, from the rocks at low tide, and carried it in creels on their backs for as much as a couple of miles to their homes. The dulisk was sold to merchants on the mainland. The women also helped the men gather seaweed for use as manure on the land, or for burning into kelp, from which iodine was extracted.

Image: Sue Bryan : Ink, watercolor, pastel

Like everyone else, I’m sure you’ve all been pondering whether to run out and buy loads of seaweed which is rich in iodine, or potassium iodide which is being prescribed in Japan… and then you read about all the dangers associated with ingesting too much potassium iodide, and its limitations : protects from radioactive iodine but not other forms of radioactivity. Confusing ?  read rest of entry

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Muhammad Ali: An Exhibition of Photographs by David King opens March 19 at Lucy Bell Fine Art, St. Leonards, East Sussex.

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Muhammad Ali: An Exhibition of Photographs by David King opens March 19 at Lucy Bell Fine Art, St. Leonards, East Sussex.

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Image : Joan Snyder from Women Make Lists

"List" of Top 10 on mixingreality.com : February to March 2010

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Zombie boy : Pop culture’s current phenom…

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Video-of-the-day: Ólafur Arnalds – Ljósið

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Micha Lidberg is an illustrator whose...

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John Stezaker, Marriage - 2006 Collage 23.5 x 28.5 cm (Photo courtesy of: saatchi-gallery.co.uk)

Stezaker was in a bicycle accident in 2006 which injured the left side of his face, during which time he was inspired to make many of his collages.

There is a retrospective of his photographic collages at the Whitechapel Gallery and some new works on display at the Louis Vuitton Maison this month in London.

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Pictures-of-the day : Yohji Yamamoto expo

expo opening at victoria & albert

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Photo : Serge Mendjisky

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Photo : Serge Mendjisky

By decomposing and recomposing the skylines of some of the most well know cities in the world, Paris born Serge Mendjisky creates urban landscapes that alter our sense of perception.