Ryan Foerster

Ryan Foerster was born in 1983 in Canada and presently lives in New York City. In 2008 he has had solo exhibitions at the Bortolami Project Room and the Swiss Institute New York.

Ryan Foerster
Untitled (Julie Shower Curtain), 2007
C Print
14 x 9 1/2 inches, Edition: #4 + 2 AP
Value: $900 | Min. Bid: $400
Courtesy of the Artist

Timothy Barnes

Timothy Barnes

intricate drawings by Aurel Schmidt

Artists Aurel Schmidt creates beautifully intricate drawling of food, body parts, drugs, and other objects.

Interesting/informative interview with Aurel, here.

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MORE WORK HERE:Aurel Schmidt

Collages by Eleanor Wood.

More work by: Eleanor Wood.

Cross River, Nigeria. West African Masquerade, and more by Phyllis Galembo

The figures in these Photos by Phyllis Galembo, remind me heavily of the soundsuits created by artist Nick Cave.

and, PLEASE be sure to check out the rest of Phyllis Galembo's beautiful work.

Fever Ray

a lil fever ray for your day

Jessica Stam wearing Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2007.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

-Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

Inspiration is flowing tonight,so here's a little magic.

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b.p. challenge

by David Montes

Just happy to say that i will be taking 350 Billion Photos on beaches, in parks, in rooms, in cities, in countries, in forests, in streams, in rain, in sun, in wind, water and smoke.

Blake Hicks-Illustration

Illustrations of characters from The Wire (each w/ their own quote) by artist Blake Hicks.

Solargraph by Justin Quinnell

'Solargraph' by Justin Quinnell shows six months of the sun's luminescent trails and its subtle change of course caused by the earth's movement in orbit. The lowest arc being the first day of exposure on the Winter solstice, while the top curves were captured mid-Summer. (via)

Karl Gerstner

Karl Gerstner, one of Switzerland's most distinguished artists, has devoted himself, for 50 years, to the study of colour.

Does anyone know who this is by?

“Writers get so fixated on the mechanics of writing that they forget how much they can learn from the other arts about line and the uses of space. Good writing, like a good watch, should have no unnecessary parts, and that’s what great art shouts at us: Tell the story with no unnecessary parts.”

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William Zinsser inspired by simple geometry he saw in Matisse’s work. Every year he reads a sentence to his students, one that accompanied a panel where Matisse was quoted about his infatuation with what he called African cloths. Matisse said, “I never tire of looking at them for long periods of time and waiting for something to come to me from the mystery of their instinctive geometry.” Zinsser reads it to the students in his writing classes. “I don’t tell them what it means — how it might apply to their own writing — because I don’t know. I just want them to think about it.” He continues, “Think about it. Tell your story as plainly as you can, with no extra parts.”

1,000 Chinese Artists

francis bacon

francis bacon by john deakin

"I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion."
— Jack Kerouac

Barack Obama Battles the Pink Robots

Barack Obama Battles the Pink Robots by Philadelphia based artist Jayson Musson, was displayed at 'The Last Drop' in 2009. Jayson's work is filled with lots of humor, and political and social commentary.

Be sure to check out his website 'Jayson Musson', and blog 'SwimmerInTheOcean'.

Uncertainty with conventional responses.

What are the questions raised?
how are they confronted?
how do they confront the viewer?
how are they resolved?