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[9 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 385 views]
The Museum of Bad Art

Most artists have raging egos, and would like nothing better than to have their best works praised to the heavens. But horrible art has its place too, and it deserves a little attention now and then…
Enter the Museum of Bad Art, a collection of works so bad that they’re good. …

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[5 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 536 views]
Naoto Hattori’s Wonderfully Twisted Visions

Naoto Hattori is a Japanese artist specializing in painting, illustration, and graphic design.
The subjects of his astonishing art vary widely, from cartoonish characters and aliens, to modifications of existing painting such as the Mona Lisa.
Many of the creations are dark and thought provoking, while others seem like they were made …

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[27 Nov 2008 | No Comment | 279 views]
Mark Ryden’s Dark Fairy-Tales

It has been said that for maximum impact, an artist needs only to juxtapose two contrasting things.
The phenomenal painter Mark Ryden does this spectacularly, by reaching into the viewer’s mind for familiar images of innocence and then placing them in an unsettling context.
The children in his creations seem to be …

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[21 Nov 2008 | No Comment | 1,242 views]
René Magritte and Google’s Homepage

Today Google’s homepage sported a different look, a combination of the familiar Google logo and two paintings by Surrealist painter René Magritte.

The paintings, Golconda and The Son of Man are simple yet thought provoking and were there to celebrate the Belgian master’s birthday.
It’s cool to know that there will …