REVISITNG FAMOUS MOVIE SCENES

Canadian writer and producer Christopher Moloney lives and works in New York city. He walks past many locations used as settings in movies and documents these spots with a unique "photo in a photo" approach. Like this "Seven Year Itch" moment.

Moloney visits the exact locations where famous scenes were filmed at, and shoots a photograph of a printed movie still from just the right perspective. The trick is to blend it into the background. All he needs for this work of art is a black-and-white printer and a cheap digital camera.

Visit Maloney's website, called “FILMography” (film + photography) full of hundreds of creative images so far. And it's not just New York, Maloney traveled overseas and somehoe found locations of the shots from The Hangover Part II and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in Thailand and Cambodia.

Russian Celebrity Prankster is at it again!

A naked Russian performance artist,encased in a transparent plastic box was dropped on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum while celebrities arrived on the red carpet for the Costume Institute’s annual gala. Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich is at it again. But how?! He was arrested by police and is facing charges of public lewdness, obstructing governmental administration, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct, according to the New York Daily News.

In a video posted on his Facebook profile, Fyodor appears being bolted into the clear case, lifted out of the backseat of an SVU and left at the entrance to the museum fundraiser, while a pack of well-dressed but utterly bemused guests look on. Guards quickly covered the box with a white sheet and dragged it away, while firefighters later arrived to cut Pavlov-Andreevich out of the container.

The piece was the fifth in a series of performances called Foundling, which the artist has previously realised at high-profile art events, including during the Venice Biennale at the Palazzo Cini, the opening of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art’s new building in Moscow, a Christie’s Vanity Fair party in London and the São Paulo Bienal opening dinner. Some of those performances also resulted in arrests.

According to friends posting on the artist’s Facebook page, Pavlov-Andreevich is still awaiting a court hearing to see what he will be charged with. “If anyone cares about the box’s fate, it’s under arrest as well,” the post reads. “After all, it took part in all five performances and has quite travelled around the world.”

'Woman and Sense’’

"Women and Sense" is a project collaboration of fashion photographer Elena Popykhova and fashion illustrator Sirana Petrosyan from University of the Arts. It is an installation of 6 pictures created by using collages made from artist’s previous works and pages from magazines.

The collection ''Woman and Sense'' is dedicated to a strong, independent and sophisticated woman who succeeded in virtue of her strange extraordinary sense. Her selfish desire of willing to enjoy herself is demonstrated by her inner world which is coming out from her hair, face and body. Power woman is a global trend which is about a successful, powerful woman, who wants to fill the space with her inner world all around herself. The artist expressed that by using black lines, watercolors, salt and bright graphic collages. Forms and poses of the heroine tell us about her strength, self-confidence and rigidity.

ARTIST HIGHLIGHT: YURIY AKOPOV

Yuriy Akopov was born in former USSR. His career as a glass mosaic craftsman began in 1998 while working for an extraordinary artist, the internationally renown, Niki de Saint Phalle. He learned priceless skills from de Saint Phalle, refined the technique and created his own, unique work of art. Using a unique application process, employing precision craftsmanship and creative artistry, Yuriy transforms images and objects d’art into something magical and whimsical. Much of Yuriy’s artwork is on display at the San Diego Sculptors Guild in Spanish Village at Balboa Park, as well as at the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas. Today Yuriy continues traveling throughout the world for the Niki de Saint Phalle Foundation to maintain the integrity of the famous artistic creations.

What were you like as a child?

As a child I liked to play soccer and fight. Breaking windows was a youthful amusement and I was enthralled by seeing all the broken glass scattering around. For me it was an inspiration for a lifetime, sparking a love for mosaic work.

How did you get involved with art?

When I immigrated to the US at the age of eighteen, from Baku (pronounced BahKOO)city located on the shore of Caspian Sea, I became involved with the Armenian community in San Diego. I was soon offered a job by Lech Juretko, the owner of Art Mosaic Inc, who brought me to the workshop of internationally renown artist, Niki De Saint Phalle.

When did your love for mosaic art formed?

I started as a fabricator and after ten years working my way from apprentice to master craftsman, I learned to express the fantastically creative ideas of Niki and bringing to life her mosaic sculptures which are featured internationally in major public and private art collections. My craftsmanship is seen in public artworks from the Pompidou in Paris to Queen Califia’s Magic Circle, in Escondido, California, as well as in collections in London, New York and Tokyo. Currently my artwork is available through the San Diego Sculptors Guild in Balboa Park’s Spanish Village.

What is the process like doing your artwork?

Cutting the fingers... When I work I see one picture and within that picture I see anoture and in the end I see another, totally different picture that is how my creative process unfolds. When I am creating the piece, it evolves into it’s own living artwork, that was not anything I was thinking before in the beginning of the process. To make the piece more whimsical I work with colors. A lot of times as I work with the glass, it evolves and becomes something else than what I had in mind. The funny part - whenever I work on a piece I always have my kids around because they are the most brilliant critics. And when they are around you, some things happen.

What themes do you pursue?

The inspiration for my body of work The Jesters Gestures started with The Joker. I made The Joker with the idea to become rich, but the joke was I become poor. The truth is, I created him for fun. Next came a chess board, inspired because my brother played chess… a soccer ball - because I used to play soccer… the elegant Madame in Bloom resulted from seeing lovely women blooming all day long like spring flowers. The Wine Bottle Throne came from a Russian tradition of drinking and was inspired by what else, getting drunk. FUN is definitely an inspiration for me. As a happily married, family man, I realized The Joker needed a girlfriend, and so The Joker got a beauty, Lady Luck. They needed a ride, so he created a glittering motorcycle for them. Then, of course, they needed a kid, so he created a boy, who is currently on display at the San Diego Botanic Garden.

I created a number of small pieces as joker toys so the kid can have toys to play with. And the Jester family grows. I realized they needed a dog, so I created a dog. Now they need a cat, I’ll have to create a cat and also need to work on creating the Grandmother & Grandfather. The family grows and glows in the sunshine of Yuriy’s 10 foot tall Tree of Wisdom, the perfect place for the Jester Family. FAMILY has been another great inspiration for me.

Have you worked closely with Niki de Saint Phalle? How did she inspire you?

My artistic mentor, Niki de Saint Phalle inspired and taught me many important lessons. Especially about collaboration.She was simple… Easy to work with. I learned to work simply. If you listen to what the artist wants, as a craftsman, you work to bring the artist’s vision to fruition. Working with Niki I learned how to collaborate… to discuss options… but when I want to do my own work I can listen to suggestions, but it always comes down to the personal choice of the artist to come up with their own creative solution.

What is next for Yuriy Akopov?

There is much excitement for my collaboration in an upcoming exhibition Sculptures On The Rocks opening in Escondido on Jan 25, 2017. Feel free to contact me for more information. I looks towards piecing together my future just like the brilliant colored facets of my fun-loving mosaic artwork, reflecting my hopes for more work more art more commissions more exhibitions and to see positive, happy people around me.

To see more of Yuriy’s work visit his website GlassMosaicMaster.com or contact him directly:

Available for commissions - all sizes from the smallest work of art to monumental public art. Enjoy and let your imagination run wild!

Images courtesy Yuriy Akopov

Text: Juliet Belkin

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Niki de Saint Phalle

Half French, half American, and bilingual, Niki de Saint Phalle was (born Catherine-Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle, 29 October 1930 – 21 May 2002) was a French sculptor, painter, and filmmaker. Niki de Saint-Phalle taught herself painting and rose to artistic prominence through her colorful monumental outdoor sculptures of extravagantly voluptuous female figures. Early in her career, she became known for the abstract paintings she made by placing paint-filled bags above canvases and shooting them—a form of protest against patriarchy and rigidity. Her passionately lived life provides the raw material for her works. Driven in part by aggressiveness, in part by the joy of life and love, and infused with humor and an enormous capacity for work, de Saint Phalle has been able to make the wounds of life productive for her art.

Niki de Saint Phalle, “Heads of State (Study for King Kong)” (spring 1963) (© BPK, Berlin, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Michael Herling/Benedikt Werner)

After her childhood in an upper middle-class family and a strict Catholic education in an American convent-school, among other schools she attended, Niki eloped at eighteen with a young American, Harry Mathews, and had two children. Following a psychological breakdown she used painting as therapy while still in the mental hospital—her early art was thus the attempt of an autodidact to transform her dreams and terrors into images. The idea of the “shooting paintings” evolved: white sculptures and assemblages with enclosed containers of paint which would be shot at, thus releasing aggression and causing the paint to pour over the image. The “shooting paintings” attracted attention and were de Saint Phalle's first success. She said of them: “In 1961 I shot at Papa, at all men, at important men, fat men, men, my brother, society, the church, the convent, school, my family, my mother….” The campaign of liberation carried out in the “shooting paintings” reached its conclusion with the monumental image King Kong.

Niki de Saint Phalle, “Les Trois Grâces” (“The Three Graces”) (1995–2003) (photo by Veronique Bidinger)

And then there were the Nanas, which made their creator famous. The first figures, still made of wire and fabric, were exhibited in Paris in 1964. In 1966 the first large project followed in Stockholm's Moderna Museet: a 27-meter-long reclining female figure which could be walked through, entering via the vagina. She was the original mother of all the Nanas to follow; monstrous, serenely happy, brightly painted, provocative and outrageous, the Nanas would soon captivate the world.

ART by VADIM STEIN PHOTOGRAPHY

Vadim Stein is a Ukranian born photographer who studies sculputure restoration. His background reflects perfectly in his monumental-like photography style. His past work as an actor and lighting designer play a significant role in his photography as well. Carefully chosen lighting helps create the folds and shapes of the people he photographs, often in staged and dramatic positions.

Each model has a perfect dancer's body and sinuous forms and muscular shapes can be detected even underneath the cloth that envelops them.

From 6-Year old imagination, to reality

This dad recreates his child's artwork into the real world using a dose of digital magic and a little bit of humor. Dom is a 6-Year-Old kid with an instagram. Dom's Dad is a geinus won't you agree?!

DANCING NAKED IN THE NIGHT

Hundreds of dancers around the world undressed for a grand photo shoot in the new project of the photographer Jordan Matter. Pictures showing the grace and beauty of bodies made against the backdrop of cities in the US, Canada and Europe.

According to Daily Mail it took less than a minute to take each picture, as the author pre-rehearsed with the dancers and showws them what poses they should take. All images will be included in the photo album Jordan Matter Dancers After Dark which will be available on October 18.

Would you burn $15,000 Louis Vuitton case for the sake of Art ?

For his latest artistic project, celebrity photographer Tyler Shields has set on fire a $15,000 Louis Vuitton suitcase. Torturing the vintage Louis Vuitton case, Shields, 34, broke the hearts of women around the world. He described the shoot - for his 'Provocateur' series - as being a 'crazy' experience.

This is not the first time Shields has destroyed a luxury item for a photo shoot. Shields says it took him few years to find the trunk as it is rare and not cheap.

You don't say.

In 2012, he burned a $100,000 crocodile skin Hermes Birkin along with then girlfriend Francesca Eastwood, daughter of the famous actor and film director Clint Eastwood.

Illustrator Completes His Cut-Out Dresses With Everyday Objects

Edgar Artis uses a curious mix of paper cut-outs and everyday objects to create stunning dress designs. His creative fashion sketches include such items as rose petals, various plants and food, even buildings. We are convinced that these are not just your average fashion designs, but real works of art. Take a look and see for yourself:

See inside the mind of Frances Bean Cobain

Daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Lovethe 23-year-old Frances Bean Cobain expanded her online presence by including a Depop shop with original prints of her artwork ranging from $150 to $400. See inside the mind of Frances Bean Cobain, here.

Sophie Derrick Art

Her work incorporates the two mediums of painting and photography. She has a great interest in the materiality and substance of paint, and executes this interest through photography, creating a juxtaposition of the two mediums. Shephotograph the act of painting on toskin and then paints on top of the photographs, creating a layering of image of paint and painted image. Her body becomes the canvas for the paint, questioning the traditional concept of painting and portraiture, and the barriers between painting and photography. The body becomes both object and subject in the work.

Monica Piloni Art

Sculptor Monica Piloni takes body horror and gives it an acid bath in the surreal.

LOUI JOVER ART

Art..........Cartoon............Thought "Right now I like making ink drawings on adhered together sheets of vintage book paper, there is a fragility to these images that I find interesting (as if the wind may blow them away at any moment) and the hand drawn stark black lines against the intricate printed words of the book pages offer a strange fusion and depth that seems to give the images a kind of 'meaning' and back story, even though unconnected in a contrived way. I never pick the image for the pages or visa-versa they just collide as chance permits, any meaning they may have is purely created by the observer and their own imaginings." I have drawn since childhood and as other children stop at some point in their development i never did. I draw obsessively every single day filling books with ideas, cartoons and drawings. So my drawing abilities seem to have developed in natural progression giving me the ability to freely use a number of distinct styles and approaches.

I have formally studied commercial and graphic art and hold an advanced certificate in visual communication. I was employed and served as an 'illustrator repographic' in the Australian Army, This job included regimental photography and related darkroom procedures . I have held several solo exhibitions, and have been included in numerous group and collective shows. My work has been acquired and is included in interesting private,corporate and public collections, throughout the world. My illustrations, cartoons and artworks have been reproduced in books and other printed periodicals. I am a self represented full time artist. I primarily like to work with ink on paper, but am versed with oils and acrylics and enjoy making and using collage. I also (as well as the book page drawings) am currently working (slowly) on a series of large oil paintings based on childhood memories. I live in Queensland Australia with my wife Fee and young daughter Jazz. I have a small studio in my backyard where i hide and work. I immigrated to Australia from Europe with my parents when i was a young child. I have traveled extensively throughout Asia and Europe. The rest is yet to come. thank you for your interest. "A wonderful artist" - The Sir Hon Ronald Arculli OBE

LOUI JOVER