Making of the 3D LEGO Chalk Drawing

Created for the Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida, this amazing mashup of Legos and Terracotta warriors is magnificent in every sense of the word.

Founder and Director Peter Westerink told My Modern Met that it took a team of four artists - Leon Keer (design and art production), Peter Westerink (himself), Remko van Schaik, Ruben Poncia - five and a half days to complete it. "We started on Tuesday morning November 1st and finished on Sunday November 6th in the afternoon," Westerink says.














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Human Billboard Paintings at North Korea Mass Games

German film director and photographer Werner Kranwetvogel has released a photo book celebrating the human billboards of North Korea’s Mass Games. Deriving from 19th century nationalist movements, the Mass Games or Mass Gymnastics are large group performance events involving the synchronized movement of up to tens of thousands of participants. Often they work together to collectively display large images by the perfectly timed raising of single colored pages from a book of printed sheets.

These human mosaics traditionally celebrate strong nationalist themes and symbolism of their country’s leaders. Performances are a serious art, often involving participants who are selected as early as the age of five and continue full-time for much of their lives. Kranwetvogel’s book A Night in Pyongyang, depicts one of these festivals in 2005 and a consequent collection of images that are beautiful, rich in color, and moving, to say the least.
















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Sculpture by the Sea 2011

Sculptures By The Sea is is the largest free-to-public outdoor sculpture exhibition spread out over a 2 km (1.3 miles) coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama beach in Sydney, featuring over 100 sculptures by artists from Australia and across the world.

Facebook Commissioned Street Artist for Tape Art Installation in New York Office

Facebook's New York City offices just gained some bright hot colors courtesy Brooklyn artist Aakash Nihalani, who was commissioned to create a series of site-specific works for the social network's east coast headquarters.

Called "Domino," "Platforms" and "Zig Zag," these three installations would make anyone do a double-take!

500,000 Cigarettes Used to Make Tiger Skin Rug

China's renowned contemporary artist Xu Bing has worked on tobacco-related projects for over ten years. This installation is just one part of the prolific artists Tobacco Project which examines the culture and production of tobacco from the perspective of this Chinese artist.

Laid out across the exhibition hall at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the rug transforms the cigarettes into a creative material, unearthing contemporary and historical ideas about this powerful industry.




















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Escape: 3D Art by Yuki Matsueda

Japanese artist Yuki Matsueda, who holds a Ph. D in design from the Tokyo University of the Arts, is responsible for these mind blowing 3-D artworks. With elements appearing to break free from flat, two dimensional imagery, there is no mystery as to why the series is titled Escape. The Japanese artist skillfully plays with a number of simple themes (like a cracked egg) allowing the idea of his work to sing simple and true.


























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