For (Visual) Art's Sake

Danielle Van Ark's photos often seem unreal, directed. Yet reality seems to provide her with events so rich they seem definitely out of this world. Out of mine, for sure.
See also her great Taxidermy series...

EXITO=success / EXIT=exit

I am delighted to inform you that I have been invited by the TR Warszawa theater (Warsaw, Poland) to create and direct a video department/workshop/center/section/thing. There is great enthusiasm concerning the project on both sides.Thus, I am thrilled to be going back to...

Find New Jersey now and win!

Is it possible to take a picture of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world?

If you think you can answer this question with an image of your creation, accept the challenge of iheartphotograph and participate in the contest.

Two great Josephs

"To be hopeful in an artistic sense it is not necessary to think that the world is good. It is enough to believe that there is no impossibility of it being made so."- Joseph Conradquote taken from the lengthy and uneasy, but interesting Guardian article about Conrad.(found here)I should look better...

Guerrillas looking for Budapest museum director

The site claims:Position Summary Museum Director Director I, Full Time Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 6:00pm Hiring Range & Group: 2-4.000 EUR / Month Closing Date: Open Until ClosedThe Ludwig...

Species p.2

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Species

What is absolutely astonishing about this photo by Jill Greenberg is that it seems almost as if taken by chance. Although it is a carefully studied pose, its context is nowhere close to the conceptual play we see here. It is part of a series portraying primates in a relatively...

2 videos found by chance

Star, by Alexander Reyna


Metalosis Maligna, by Floris Kaayk

News for 2008

First of all best wishes to all Member Artists for a happy and successful 2008!Art Blogs 4 U is well on the way to having 160 members ..... fantastic!Just a couple of housekeeping matters ...........1. Would-be members sometimes email me instead of adding their details via 'Artists if you'd like to...

A few amazing finds, and a very subjective text

Magnus von Plessen, FelicityIt is hard for me to imagine a live performance that would have (that I would find to have) the density of some visual art. Yes, I distinguish those quite clearly, mainly by the dilating of senses I experience when watching most performance,...

Duane Michals and Schroedinger's Cat

I really shouldn't. The above work, created by Duane Michals, should be left without a comment.But how can I resist?First, let's clear up one issue: anyone trying to better understand the Schroedinger's Cat thought experiment by getting acquainted with this work may be...