Slinkachu art

London-based artist Slinkachu may not be the only miniature installations artist, but his work brings street art to the micro level and very fun to observe. Stuart Pantoll is the artist behind Slinkachu. Name Slinkachuderives from his old nickname, Slinky he believes was given to him because of his curly hair.

He creates tiny street-based installations, photographs them: from far away and up-close and leaves them behind in neighborhoodsall over London,  Berlin, Beijing, and Doha. People sometime pass by and not notice it. 
His photos are extremely good and bring the attention to tiniest details, makingyou pause and think for a moment.

Want to see more? Head over to SLINKACHU

The Attention-Sucking Power of Digital Technology Through Photography by Antoine Geiger

Making eye contact is history today. It is an impossible mission as people around are sucked into their phone's screens most of the time like digital monsters. That worked as inspiration to artist Antoine Geiger's series SUR-FAKE, a group of digitally altered photographs depicting random people being sucked into the screens of their phones. Emotionless, faces lacking personality, lost deep in the glare of tiny square device. No interaction...

“I Fear the Day That Technology Will Surpass Our Human Interaction”

— Albert Einstein

All images courtesy Antoine Geiger

Sexuality and the Sahara: 17 artists showcasing Africa's divergent stars #ART

Touria El Glaoui is the daughter of one of the most revered living Moroccan artists, Hassan El Glaoui. She was born and raised in Morocco andholds an MBA in Strategic Management and International Business from Pace University, New York.

Parallel to her career, she has organized and co- curated significant exhibitions of her father’s work including a major retrospective in Casablanca and Meetings in Marrakech, a joint exhibition with Winston Churchill’s paintings hosted at Leighton House in London and most recently, La Mamounia in Marrakech, as part of the 2014 Marrakech Biennale.

Her latest work opened for its third edition at the Strand's grand Somerset House called Sexuality and the Sahara: 17 artists showcasing Africa's divergent stars.
38 galleries representing more than 150 artists from Africa and the African diaspora.

JIM CHU CHU - PAGANS |X, 2014

SIMONE LEIGH - KINGSTON 2013

DELIO JASSE - PONTUS 2012

MERIEM BOUDERBALA - SCARS ||| 2012

ZAHRIN KAHLO - PASSAGE 2015

Pleasure and pain #VictoriaandAlbertMuseum #Art

To all of us shoe lovers this may be very close to our hearts. Victoria and Albert Museum in London exhibition looks at the extremes of footwear from around the globe, presenting around 200 pairs of shoes ranging from a sandal decorated in pure gold leaf originating from ancient Egypt to the most elaborate designs by contemporary makers. It considers the cultural significance and transformative capacity of shoes and examines the latest developments in footwear technology creating the possibility of ever higher heels and dramatic shapes. Examples from famous shoe wearers and collectors are shown alongside a dazzling range of historic shoes, many of which have not been displayed before. For ticket information visit Victoria and Albert Museum

Caroline Groves (b.1959) ‘Parakeet’ shoes Leather, silk satin, solid silver talons and heel tips, and feathers England, 2014. Photography by Dan Lowe

Chopines, about 1600, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Wedding toe-knob paduka Silver and gold over wood India, 1800s V&A: LOAN: CALAM.2:1+2 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Chopines, photographed in the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries at the V&A, London, 2014, Punched kid leather over carved pine, Venice, Italy, c.1600 V&A: T.48+A—1914 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Pairs of shoes for bound feet Embroidered silk and cotton over wood China, late 1800s V&A: FE.89, 96, 87, 93, 97, 92, 90:1+2—2002. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Atalanta Weller (b.1978) ‘Scotty’ boots Leather and polyurethane Designed in England, made in Portugal, 2010 V&A: T.94:1+2—2011. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Two-teethed geta, About 1920, Japan, Lacquered wood, silk,, rabbit fur, grass and metal, V&A: FE.11:1, 2-2015

Pale-blue shoes, photographed on the mantelpiece in The Norfolk House Music Room, the British Galleries at the V&A, London, 2014 Silk satin with silver lace and braid England, 1750s V&A: T.70+A—1947; M.48+A—1962 (diamond and sapphire buckles. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Souichi Furusho - The Umbrella Man #SouchiFurusho #Art

“The umbrella has become a symbol essential to my work. For me, the umbrella embodies the thoughts and dreams of people. This is a series of images using the umbrella as “a vehicle which carries a dream.”

— Souichi Furusho

Souichi Furusho lives in Kumamoto-Japan and works as a graphic designer in the field of advertising media. Souichi's photography is "freedom & simple" which the artist approaches from different angles. Artist discovered iPhoneography on Facebook and Flickr a couple of years ago when purchasing an iphone. Souichi's art is now at exhibitions in Spain, The Netherlands and California along with iPhoneographers from various countries. Check out of of Souichi's work below. For more, follow the artist here: SOUCHI FURUSHO

Noell Osvald Black and White Surrealist Self-Portraits #NoellOsvald #Art

Noell Osvald's bold work impresses us much. There is something unique about her black and white gestures captured in a photo. The emphasis is on the lines of the artist who tilts her head or crooks her neck. Noell is a self-taught artist in photography. Her work is never planned and always spontaneous which makes this artist more interesting. “I build my pictures up from several different ones, much like a jigsaw puzzle.” For more information on the artist's work, please visit http://cargocollective.com/noelloszvald

Digital Collages of Kostis Pavlou @KostisPavlou #Art

He is an lllustrator and lover of vintage .  Kostis Pavlou is Greek from a small town of Katerini.
Heclaims to be a citizen of the world and one of those lucky people blessed enough to remember almost every dream. One of his favorite dreams is of himself being recreated one pixel at a time by Storm Thogerson with eyes by Salvador Dali’s brush. He has come a long way since being a graphic artist transforming into a traveler of digital collage.

For more of Kostis work please visit:

http://www.kostispavlou.com/2015/02/about.html

https://www.facebook.com/illuKostis

Inside Banksy's Dismaland #Dismaland

Street artist Banksy created an unusual installation in Weston-super-mare. The happiest place on earth is shown in a very different, unhappy color. It begins with the Mickey Mouse eared attendants who respond with a shrug to any question asked, then a very sad installation of a princess's carriage upside down and dead princess which resembles a lot the tragic story of Princess Diana and ending with the final shot showing the mother,in the passenger seat of the family car, looking back contentedly at her sleeping children, then looking across to the driver’s seat, where her husband has fallen asleep at the wheel. Would you go and see it?

Text Samanta Milo

Izziyana Suhaimi Art #Art

Fashion Illustrations with Embroidered Accessories by Singapore-based artist Izziyana Suhaimi focus on fashion accessories where scarves, hates and other clothing is depicted in thread.

Suhaimi says:

Embroidery for me is a quiet and still act, where each stitch represents a moment passed. The building of stitches then becomes a representation of time passing and the final work is like a physical manifestation of time – a time object. Each stitch is also a recording of the maker’s thoughts and emotions. I enjoy the duality of embroidery, in its movements of stabbing, cutting, covering, building, repairing, taking apart. Every stitch made seems to unfold a story and withhold it at the same time.

You can find latest updates on Izziyana Suhaimi on her instagram @izziyanasuhaimi

Jacqueline de Ribes - The Art of Style #JacquelinedeRibes

Oldest child of the Count and Countess Jean de Beaumont, she made her entrance into the world on Bastille Day 1929—the 140th anniversary of the insurrection that had cost some of her ancestors their heads. Countess Jacqueline de Ribes, whose originality and elegance established her as one of the most celebrated fashion personas of the twentieth century.  Costume Institute exhibition at Metropolitan Museum of Art will focus on the internationally renowned style icon. The show will feature about sixty ensembles of haute couture and ready-to-wear primarily from de Ribes's personal archive, dating from 1959 to the present.

Jacqueline de Ribes in Christian Dior, 1959. Photograph by Roloff Beny, Roloff Beny Estate

A muse to haute couture designers, de Ribes had at her disposal their drapers, cutters, and fitters in acknowledgment of their esteem for her taste and originality.

“I was very sensitive. I liked everything that touched fantasy and beauty. I dreamed of being a ballerina, but Mother said I was too big, too long.
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— Jacqueline de Ribes

Jacqueline de Ribes in her own design, 1986. Photo by Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jacqueline de Ribes, 1961. Photograph attributed to Raymundo de Larrain for The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rachel Feinstein Fall Fashion issue for NY Magazine #RachelFeinstein #NYmag

Rachel Feinstein loves fairy tales. Her thesis at Columbia was on Bruno Bettelheim and a sinister early version of "Sleeping Beauty". Years later, motherhood inspired the artist to hunt for her favorite editions of "Thumbelina" to read to her kids. She dug up the trippy, Technicolor Shiba Productions version of the story on eBay. Her children weren't interested, but she was inspired by the hyper real color plates.
NYMag paired Rachel Feinstein with author Michael Cunningham, whose latest book, a collection of rewritten fairy tales called Wild Swan and Other Stories, will be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux this fall. Together they created the "Seven Ages of Woman", a story bsed on a 16th- century painting by Hans Baldung, as a dark and beautiful exploration of femininity and motherhoold. Starring Grace Coddington, Karen Elson and more. www.nymag.com

Photo by Lauren Dukoff

Rachel Feinstein's fairy tale for @nymag Fall Fashion

Rachel Feinstein's fairy tale for @nymag Fall Fashion

Fairy tale moments by Rachel Feinstein in the Fall Fashion issue of NYmag