Caro Babbo Natale,
Quest’anno sono stata abbastanza buona. Io vorrei due regali: un muratore disimpiegato e una casa pulita. Ti ringrazio e ti mando tanto tanti baci,
C.

A character study of 22 present and past cartoon characters. Animation was the format of choice for children’s television in the 1960s, a decade in which children’s programming became almost entirely animated. Growing up in that period, I tended to take for granted the distortions and strange bodies of these entities. I decided to take a select few of these popular characters and render their skeletal systems as I imagine they might resemble if one truly had eye sockets half the size of its head, or fingerless-hands, or feet comprising 60% of its body mass. Each character resides on a translucent, hinged panel. When the panel is lifted the character’s skeletal structure is revealed giving each a certain validity and glimpse into its origins. Each panel is hand-drawn with archival ink and covered with an acrylic/acetate transparency. Twenty-two of these are currently on display at Stumptown Coffee/Belmont in Portland, Oregon the month of December 2004 (via Grow A Brain)

René Asmussen Photography

The Digital Compositions of Dominic Rouse

Talvez poucos de vocês, queridos leitores, saibam disso mas eu sou graduadíssima em mergulho. Houve um tempo em minha vida que achei, inclusive, que seria bióloga marinha e que viveria meus dias como Cousteau. Fiz, ainda menina, vários cursos na Femar e aprendi a mergulhar junto com meu pai em um curso básico em NY, perto do Hudson. Depois fizemos as especializações todas em Key Largo, FL. Navegando pra cá e pra lá acabei achando o site do Biscayne National Park, onde meu pai e eu mergulhamos muitas e muitas vezes. Essa é uma paixão que ainda me persegue. Deu saudades.

Jim Nilsen Photography (via Bibi’s box)

Annelies Wouters (1968) is a contemporary Belgian artist from Antwerp. Her work tends to be abstract in nature and consists mainly of paintings, but also of graphic art and objects. It is rich in contrast and austerity, yet possesses an uncanny vigour and single-mindedness. Since ‘93 regular exhibitions of her work have been held both in her own country as well as abroad. Her body of work is noted for its sincerity, passion and great spontaneity. Many of her works of art have received prizes and honourable mentions. (via Vivianite, © Brant)

Vivianite - The Painters Portal, em breve com contribuições minhas também.

Experimento e perigo - Christina Oiticica aponta a contingência da sociedade de consumo em mostra na Casa França-Brasil E quem entra pelo pesado portão da nossa ex-alfândega (o prédio da França-Brasil) se vê cercado por um pós-capitalismo aos farrapos. Muito apropriado. Das mercadorias do porto ao lado só ficaram as pedras lá colocadas por Grandjean de Montigny em 1819. Dos símbolos do consumo pintados por Christina Oiticica ficaram só vestígios redesenhados por raízes, rachaduras. Não é a primeira vez que ela pinta uma coisa e expõe outra. © Elvira Vigna @ JB

MasterScans - A selection of great scans of great artworks from around the web @ Artcyclopedia