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Category Archives: Contemporary
Art Therapy
Anders Krisar is a Swedish artist/photographer who creates work that primarily represents human psychology. He attended the University College of Arts, Crafts & Design in Stockholm where he currently lives and works. He was recently nominated for the Best Swedish … Continue reading
Posted in Avant-Guarde, Contemporary, Farmboy Fine Arts
Tagged Anders Krisar, Arts & Crafts, photography, psychology, Stockholm, sweden, Swedish
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Victorian Minimalist House
Architect Matt Gibson has created a lovely house named George Residence in Australia. The exterior is traditional Victorian with a surprising minimalist interior and rear. It sits on a narrow plot of land and a wooden deck runs through the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Avant-Guarde, Contemporary, Farmboy Fine Arts
Tagged australia, design, down under, house, interior design, residence
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Toothpick Timber Model
It took Scott Weaver over 30 years to build this toothpick model of San Francico. He started building the toothpick structure at age 17 and 3000 hours later, he completed his toothpick city. It stands 9 feet tall and 7 … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Assemblage, Contemporary, Farmboy Fine Arts, installation
Tagged Architecture, artist, installation, miniature, miniatures, obsession, toothpicks
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YEKPARE – Building Projections in Istanbul
YEKPARE Yekpare is a story teller to narrate 8500 years’ story of Istanbul. The story has symbols by from Pagans to Roman Empire, from Byzantine Empire to Latin Empire, and finally from Ottoman Empire to today’s Istanbul. A building which … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Contemporary, installation
Tagged Architecture, Art, artist, Farmboy Fine Arts, installation, interior design, night, photography, Todd Towers
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Frank Michels – RUSTICAL X INDUSTRIAL 2010
Rustical x industrial’ is a series of furnishings which derive from an aesthetical and theoretical survey on rural and suburban bricolage. The objects enunciate the poetic language of such vernacular furniture by arranging a crude patchwork of archetypes and materials -Michels … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary, industrial design
Tagged design, Farmboy Fine Arts, house, interior design, Todd Towers
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QLOCKTWO by Biegert & Funk
For those of us who have still not gotten over the trauma of learning to read a numbered face-clock in first grade, this sleek, type-based clock by Beirgert & Funk seems like a comforting resolution (although it may not have … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary, industrial design
Tagged Art, design, Farmboy Fine Arts, installation, interior design, Todd Towers
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Matthew Palladino
In Matthew Palladino ‘s most recent work, surreal-esque renderings come to life in watercolour on cold pressed paper.
Posted in Contemporary
Tagged Art, artist, Farmboy Fine Arts, gallery, painting, Todd Towers
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Hoover Dam
I have a bit of a concrete fetish. I’ve always admired the way architects like Arthur Erickson use this material in their work. So when I spent some time in Nevada recently, a trip to the Hoover Dam left me … Continue reading
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Jordan Tull squares off
Jordan Tull‘s sleek, seductively sinister sculptures have no obvious function. Yet they imply a range of possible purposes. Subtle and stylish, Tull leaves the onus on viewers to make their own private assumptions and associations. While some of the Portland-based … Continue reading
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Sebastian Vallejo Paintings
Sebastian Vallejo (b. 1982, San Juan, Puerto Rico) lives and works in New York. He received his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2009, and his BFA from the University of Puerto Rico. Selected group exhibitions … Continue reading
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