Li Hongbo's Paper Sculptures

Google paper sculptures by Li Hongbo. I saw this guy's work on the news awhile back and thought it was ridiculously awesome. He make sculptures out of paper and as you can see from this image it doesn't look like paper at all!

Chronophotography

I think the capturing of movement is really important especially when you want to show action and don't have the option of filming it. There's something about the rhythm that unconsciously makes your eyes follow the object, it's beautiful to look at. The person in this photo kind of creates a wave throughout the image with his body which also creates direction. This technique is really cool!

Doug's Doppelgänger, Steve Angello

When Doug's not teaching he's a Swedish DJ! 

The Packet

I'm the worst when it comes to blogging when I should. I write stuff down then I forget to blog and yea. Anyways, I thought the article that was given to us was pretty interesting. It's interesting how what is "in" in the arts can be compared to trends in fashion. What people want to see in galleries today is the new hip stuff and don't really credit or display older pieces. I don't know if my analogy makes much sense but it's like the clothes we where. You don't see people in bell bottoms and platform shoes because they're outdated and style has changed. Galleries display what people want to see today like the Rain Room instead of something less interactive like a painting. I'm sure this isn't entirely the case but that's kind of how I see it. People usually don't think things are cool unless everyone is following.

El Beso...My recreation

The Kiss II by Roy Lichtenstein

I don't like Justin Bieber

A couple weeks ago I was watching the news on the spanish channel and I saw this. Apparently Justin was assisted by police in Bogota, Columbia as he tagged on some walls. I think it's unfortunate that police would be willing to do something like this when graffiti isn't something people consider as a good thing in most areas. I don't think he would've done this in America but I don't think it's right that he does this anywhere period. Not because it's frowned upon because I enjoy looking at it but because he did it in such a public way. I don't like him because I think all the stuff he does is douchey and he's just eww! The graffiti-ers of Bogota were upset by him and they were quick to paint over what Justin had done. I'm totally with them because that's like their "territory" and for an outsider to come and do something like that is kind of disrespectful. In the report they showed some girls who were upset and crying that they had painted over the work because they had spent so much time looking for it. It's just overall ridiculous.