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Modern art is exploding into mediums never before explored. We’re obsessed with innovative artists, leading edge designers and individuals who exude ultramodernism.


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Visual culture is the field of study that relates to all aspects of visual imagery, which can include traditional art, video games, comics, media, advertising and anything that has a visual component.


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Clothes Made of Paper Maps - "Les Robes Geographiques" (GALLERY) Clothes Made of Paper Maps -

The clothes Elisabeth Lecourt makes are really not for wearing because she made them by cutting and folding actual paper maps. She assembles the clothing like in dressmaking. She also does it in such a way that you can see actual countries, like on the United Kingdom shirt, or specific regions. Her collection of some 60 “outfits” make for popular exhibitions…

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Anything-but-Average Art - The World’s Strangest Statues (GALLERY)Anything-but-Average Art - The World’s Strangest Statues (GALLERY)

Chances are, you’ve never seen statues like these before. From the upside down man to the guy juggling babies, (shouldn’t someone call children and youth?) these crazy pieces of art are sure to catch the…

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15 Meter Tall Spiders - La Machine Theatre Robots (VIDEO)15 Meter Tall Spiders - La Machine Theatre Robots (VIDEO)

A 15 meter tall mechanical spider has been spotted on the side of an unused office block in Liverpool, England. The 37 tonne robot is a character in a five day street theatre that is believed to start…

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Surrealistic Cyberpunk Portraits - Almacan’s Mechanical Mirage Art (GALLERY)Surrealistic Cyberpunk Portraits - Almacan’s Mechanical Mirage Art (GALLERY)

Almacan is the pseudonym of Japanese artist, Kazuhiko Nakamura, whose amazing digital art is inspired by surrealism and cyberpunk. He is particularly drawn to 19th century machine designs and armour.

Almacan…

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Media Figures as Greek Gods - A Pantheon of Media Gods (GALLERY)Media Figures as Greek Gods - A Pantheon of Media Gods (GALLERY)

Aphrodite Coulter, Oprah Hestia, Hermes Colbert. These are the names of some of the portraits in A Pantheon of Media Gods by Jessie Rauch.

Rauch describes the project as, “A series that transforms media…

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Camouflage Canvases - Painting Models Invisible (GALLERY)Camouflage Canvases - Painting Models Invisible (GALLERY)

Polishing up my Russian, I was able to determine that no image manipulating software was used to make these pieces of art.

A Chinese painter simply used his eye and art ability to make the subjects seem…

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Guerrilla Trashcan Makeovers - The Five Black Bins Project (VIDEO)Guerrilla Trashcan Makeovers - The Five Black Bins Project (VIDEO)

There’s no doubt that the hundreds of wheeled trash bins that dot every neighborhood are eyesores. After all, they’re meant to hold trash, not look good, right? Cow took the brutal bins in their collective…

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Printer Paper Scultpures - Peter Callesen's Scherenschnitte (VIDEO)Printer Paper Scultpures - Peter Callesen's Scherenschnitte (VIDEO)

There’s only so much you can do with an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper, right? As Peter Callesen proves to us with his amazing paper sculptures, the previous statement is just plain wrong. To Callesen, the possibilities…

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Inedible Micro Meals - Polymer Clay Food by Mimiature (GALLERY)Inedible Micro Meals - Polymer Clay Food by Mimiature (GALLERY)

It’s too bad that the Mimiatures mini-food is inedible as they really look good enough to eat. Every polymer clay morsel has been patiently crafted to delicious detail by Mimi, a Thai artisan.

Her food…

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Star Wars Lego Olympics - The Imperial Sportstroopers (GALLERY)Star Wars Lego Olympics - The Imperial Sportstroopers (GALLERY)

It was bound to happen: the Lego Galactic Empire and the 2008 Beijing Olympics fused into a photo gallery of epic proportions. Alan Chia’s Imperial Sportstroopers is a fantastic iteration of pop culture…

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Selling Tattooed Skin - Virgin Mary Tattoo on Man’s Back Sells for $218,000 (VIDEO)Selling Tattooed Skin - Virgin Mary Tattoo on Man’s Back Sells for $218,000 (VIDEO)

This must be the world’s first transaction of its kind - the selling of a tattoo while still on its owner’s body. Tim Steiner sports an elaborate tattoo of the Virgin Mary on his back which he sold to…

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Pop-Up Dining Rooms - Private Dining by James Plant (VIDEO)Pop-Up Dining Rooms - Private Dining by James Plant (VIDEO)

Imagine a dining room that unfolds, pop-up book style, from a depth of 17 centimeters, and you have James Plant’s Private Dining custom collapsible dining set. The nondescript white doors open to reveal…

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Modified X-Rays - Skeletal Etchings by Ben Kruisdijk (GALLERY)Modified X-Rays - Skeletal Etchings by Ben Kruisdijk (GALLERY)

Sometimes the most personal images can also be the most anonymous. The work of European artist Ben Kruisdijk makes this clear.

The things you get to see in his self called ‘röntgen etchings’ are very…

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Recycled Cars As Mechanical Snails - 1966 VW Beatle Becomes Recycled Cars As Mechanical Snails - 1966 VW Beatle Becomes "The Golden Mean" (GALLERY)

As the images show, a recycled 1966 VW Bug, which made its debut at Burning Man, has taken on a new identity.

It’s been transformed into an enormous, ride-on, six-seater, glow-in-the-dark, fire-shooting…

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Ironic Art Installations - Ironic Art Installations - "Door to the Management Department" (VIDEO)

Bedwyr Williams’ humorous art installation “Door to the Management Department” does appeal as most of us would see the irony of a hung door on a wall going nowhere - like most complaints.

The North Wales…

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