Jukka Male

Check out this slideshow of the Mixed Nuts exhibition and reception!

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So I was researching Tim Noble and Sue Webster for a paper and I discovered a friend of theirs who also works with taxidermy animals, Polly Morgan. Her work is whimsical, often symmetrical, and very simple.

Joe Fig does these amazing miniature scenes depicting famous modern artists in their studios. He builds these scenes fairly accurately showing how they each organized their studios, and what materials they preferred.  take a look on his website for more images:

http://www.joefig.com/[slideshow]

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French artist Hubert Duprat supplies caddis fly larvae with gold and semiprecious stones with which they make cases to protect their bodies. In nature, they incorporate sand and sticks into their cases. Who is the artist? The man, who supplies the objects for the larvae to use or the animals who are doing the physical labor? Read all about it here.

Last summer while I was in Chicago I saw these paintings by Ivan Albright. They are huge and incredibly meticulous! Honestly these pictures really don’t do them justice. I would suggest looking him up on Art Stor to zoom in on his amazing detailing.

These particular ones were commissioned by Albert Lewin for his film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Los Angeles street artist Thierry Guetta rose to prominence recently in the Oscar-nominated documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” in which he is featured at length along with the artist known as Banksy. Now Guetta is facing the downside of fame in an unrelated lawsuit in which he is accused of copyright infringement.

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Just found this blog someone has been keeping up with the bellingham street scene. Ccccccheck it.

http://nwartist.tumblr.com/tagged/WWU_Urban_Art