Steven Spazuk is a Canada-based artist
who uses candle soot to create elegant drawings. After depositing soot
on his media with a candle or torch, he etches lines and patterns in the
soot with pencils and feathers.
Though Spazuk has spent the last 14
years developing and perfecting his soot painting technique, the
creation process always has an element of random spontaneity and
improvisation. via: boredpanda
These, for me, are the two most depressing paintings in western history. They were painted by post-impressionist Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec, a man who, due to inbreeding, was born with a genetic disorder that prevented his legs from growing after they were broken. After being so thoroughly mocked for is appearance, he became an alcoholic, which is what eventually caused his institutionalization and death. His only known romantic relations were with prostitutes.
And then he paints something like this which is so beautiful and tender and sentimental. It seems like the couple in bed really loves each other–cares about each other. Wakes up happy to look at each other. And I see that love and passion and I wonder how lonely he must have been. I wonder how he could paint something like this without it breaking his heart.
Maybe they say artists should create what they know, not because its unbelievable when they extend themselves beyond their experiences, but because when they pull it off with such elegance, it’s so damn unbearable to look at. I hate thinking of Lautrec, wondering about the lovers he created and knowing it was beyond his experience. Creating something that he knows is beautiful and knows he’ll never really understand.
그리고 영어가 불편하신분들을 위해서 간단하게 작성을 했습니다: “My art was uploaded without permission on Tumblr, and I would like the post removed. This is the original link to my art (소스링크) . This is the post I would like deleted (불펌링크) .”
YOU CAN ALSO SEARCH FOR THEIR URL IN THE SEARCH BOX, CLICK ON THE PERSON’S ICON ON THEIR URL BOX THINGY, AND GO TO “FLAG THIS BLOG.”
HERE’S A QUICK STEP-BY-STEP FOR YOU. YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS IF IT IS YOUR WORK!
Greek bust, British Museum vs. i-want-my-iwtv, actual Greek goddess ;]
In before: the angle isn’t identical! but you get the idea. I’m actually jealous that the statue has a bigger smile and a bit more nose than I do *siiiigh* Artistic license. I gots a better neck and my eyebrow game is strong.
What
interests me about this object, in particular, is the one tiny,
spinning blade that we can just make out at its center. It made me
realize how very basic the demands of function can be in design (a
blender just needs a blade and a tube for it to spin in) and how little
they really condition the look of a thing.
The idea that function
and form are or need to be closely related is probably mostly myth;
every designer, no matter how functionalist, has vast latitude in the
look that he or she gives to an object.
Muller-Munk’s “Blendor,
Model B” comes at a lovely moment when decoration and use are in
particular tension: The appliance’s roots in Art Deco ornament are
perfectly clear, but so are its leanings toward the machine-age
esthetics of the new, streamlined “Moderne” style. Whether it matters or
not to how we blend drinks, Muller-Munk’s piece looks like it would
pass any wind-tunnel test. (Private collection; photo, Dallas Museum of Art)
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