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Artist Put an Ear in His Arm [Video]

So, last week, I nearly gave myself a panic attack over getting a part of my ear... more

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robo-rainbow

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Interview with Tony Hernandez of Frequency Fifty Four

Cool and fun interview with Tony Hernandez of rockers Frequency Fifty Four. Includes 2... more

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Artistic Wedding Photography | Solan Photographers

Follow some artistic wedding photographs by Solan Photographers.... more

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Artists Wanted | In Focus | Art Takes Miami: Scope Art Show 2010

Artists Wanted presents the official video of our featured artists at SCOPE Miami 2010... more

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Chicago Police State Double Standard Threatens Artistic Freedom

In what is sure to be a very important case, Illinois has one of the most restrictive... more

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Know No Truth

http://vimeo.com/16356381 Profile piece of Boston artist Landon Richmond

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Interview with Kat Perkins of Scarlet Haze

Interview with lead vocalist Kat Perkins of rockers Scarlet Haze. The female fronted... more

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Still Life Photography: Courting Surprise and Allegorical Meanings

“In Focus: Still Life” is a selection of remarkable photographs from an installation of wonderful still life photographs presently on view at The J. Paul Getty Museum Center for Photographs. The collection presents a survey of some of the innovative ways photographers have explored and refreshed this traditional genre. During the 19th century, still life photographs tended to resemble still life paintings, with similar subjects and arrangements. Beginning in the 20th century, still life photographs have mirrored the subjects and styles that have more broadly concerned photographers in their time.

In addition to early experiments of pioneers of the photographic medium, some of the works that have been newly acquired by the Getty Center are presented here: “Still Life with Triangle and Red Eraser” (1985) by American Irving Penn, “Lorikeet with Green Cloth” (2006) by Australian Marian Drew, and “Blow Up: Untitled 15” (2007) by Israeli Ori Gersht. Gersht loosely based his “Blow Up” series on traditional floral still life paintings. His arrangements of flowers are frozen and then detonated; the explosion is captured using synchronized digital cameras, with the fragmentary detritus caught in remarkable detail. This contemporary approach to still photography belies the notion of still life as something motionless, as it explores the relationships among painting and photography, art and science, and creation and destruction.

This piece also presents the acclaimed experimental video “Still Life” (2001) created by the English artist Sam Taylor-Wood, a three-minute short film that focuses on a classically composed bowl of fruit as it decays. Also, there’s a pen. “Still Life” has been said to be one of the most classical works in contemporary art, carving a permanent record for itself in art history with hardly any commentary. This is not just a Still Life; it is based upon a particular type of still life painting that developed during the 16th and 17th centuries in Flanders and the Netherlands, part of a classical genre that contains symbols of change or death as a reminder of their inevitability. Its focus was upon confronting the vanity of worldly things through often subtle signs of elapsing time and decay.

Sam Taylor-Wood’s film represents yet another step in that direction: the image, beautiful as ever in Taylor-Wood’s universe, decomposes itself. By the end of the short film, nothing is left but a grey amorphous mass. But upon closer inspection, one detail distinguishes this picture from its predecessors. The plastic ballpoint pen, a cheap contemporary object. One that doesn’t seem to decay and doesn’t seem to be a part of the universal process of self-disappearing life. Is this what is really left here to stay after we are gone, this nothingness, this ridiculous attribute of ourselves?

This piece includes a number of stunning high-resolution color photographs, a slide show and the short film.

http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/still-life-photography-courting-surprise-and-allegorical-meanings/“In Focus: Still Life” is a selection of remarkable photographs from an... more

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40 Best Makeup Artist Blogs

A talented makeup artist can transform a person into someone or something completely... more

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EXCLUSIVE Crucial of Slumside kicking it With Sope of Indie Heat Part 2

Crucial one half of Slumside premiering his Song to Sope of Indie Heat Video Magazine.... more

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Bottum Lyne Ent outside V103 Luckies Lounge With Indie Heat Video Magazine

St. Eyes, Ghetto Rock, and B of Bottum Lyne Entertainment outside of Luckies Lounge... more

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Click it Magazine's Jicasso Stylez Indie Heat Shout out

This is Jicasso Stylez of Click it Magazine giving Indie Heat Video Magazine and... more

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Interview with John Sheldon of Ekotren

Interview with lead vocalist John Sheldon of Ekotren. Ekotren are releasing their... more

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MUSIC CAN SAVE THE WORLD

Society is part of human exsistance theerfore making it mans responsibility to... more

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William Burroughs : Influenced Artist Builds Online Gallery in Homage To the Beat King

This link discusses one artist's attempt to pay homage to an icon, William... more

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Amazing Concept Art of Marco Luna

Marco Luna is a 28 year old talented Mexican artist currently living in Mexico City.... more

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The Holy Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

The Holy Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.The holy rock and roll hall of fame inducted 5 new... more

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Ace Movie Poster Artist: The Work of Drew Struzan

When I look over some of my favourite movie posters of all time I notice that I... more

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Some published VOGUE Brazil “Joséphine de la Baume” images

Here are some samples from my shoot with Actress, Singer and Artist Joséphine... more

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