Hauntingly Deceptive Skull Portraits by Tom French

Painter Tom French just posted a number of new paintings in preparation for his upcoming exhibition titled Don’t Look Back at Zero Cool Gallery in London later this month. French’s acrylic works often depict couples in seemingly amorous relationships that create the optical illusion of a skull, pieces that walk the line between beautiful and unsettling.












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Airplane Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style

On a domestic flight in 2010, artist and photographer Nina Katchadourian impulsively put a tissue paper toilet seat cover on her head in the plane lavatory and snapped a picture. Your first thought may not have been, "Wow, this is totally like 15th-century Flemish style portraiture paintings!" but that was where she went with it. She calls the series “Seat Assignment: Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style.”

While in the lavatory on a domestic flight in March 2010, I spontaneously put a tissue paper toilet cover seat cover over my head and took a picture in the mirror. The image evoked 15th-century Flemish portraiture. I decided to add more images made in this mode and planned to take advantage of a long-haul flight from San Francisco to Auckland, guessing that there were likely to be long periods of time when no one was using the lavatory on the 14-hour flight. I made several forays to the bathroom from my aisle seat, and by the time we landed I had a large group of new photographs entitled Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style.

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Floppy Disk Portraits by Nick Gentry

British artist Nick Gentry is known for his impressive floppy disk portraits. Gentry explores even more characters in his updated collection of floppy disk canvases. Check out the video for a montage of recent and older works.

Multilayered Portraits by Lucas Simões

Brazilian artist Lucas Simoes makes these interesting multilayered cut out portraits. The outcome is awesome but the fascinating part is the process. Read more after the picture.

In this series of works I invited intimate friends over to tell me a secret as I took their portrait. However, my intention was not to hear their secret, but to capture the expressions of each one at the moment they revealed their secret. I also asked each one to choose a song for me to listen to in my ear phones while I photographed them. And, after the photo session, I asked each one if the secret had a color, and these are the colors the portraits carry. From this photo shooting session I chose 10 different portraits to cut and overlap.

Photo-Realistic Ink Paintings of Animals by George Boorujy

Brooklyn based artist George Boorujy creates impossibly detailed ink paintings of North American birds and other animals, often pouring numerous photographs and visiting zoos where the animals are kept before embarking on a piece.

P.P.O.W. gallery, who is hosting George Boorujy’s latest solo show, Blood Memory, writes, "Through their gaze an interaction evolves with the wild that otherwise would have to be sought out or birthed from happenstance. However fleeting our exchanges with the wild are, an impression of their presence marks our memories. There is something mystical at play; a silent exchange that either moves us towards awareness or heightens our fear of the unknown."














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Staple Murals By Baptiste Debombourg

Paris-based artist Baptiste Debombourg uses staples to creates elaborate Renaissance-style murals. Using just a white wall as his backdrop, Debombourg recently placed 450,000 staples to compose his most recent mural, “Aggravure III,” inspired by drawings from 16th century engravers Hendrick Goltzius, Jan Harmensz, Cherubino Alberti.
















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