They are all just living their lives in front of a camera, some by choice, some oblivious to that fact,” he shares, noting that the surreal scenes aren’t intended to be altogether sinister. “If you look at the people in the paintings, none of them are doing anything particularly noteworthy or interesting. Sandwiching the devices between cafes and storefronts or subway stairs, Bartels explores the ubiquity of cameras and how they’re embedded into modern life. Oversized lenses, knobs, and levers echo the shapes of windows and doorways with branding imitating signs for shops and restaurants. Situated in urban settings with a distinctly retro flair, the works nestle vintage cameras among architecture and infrastructural elements. “I’m not sure it’s possible to walk down a city street these days and not be caught on a camera somewhere, either by choice or not even knowing about it.” This idea grounds Surveillance, a series of uncanny paintings in oil by Canadian artist Jeff Bartels. All images © Jeff Bartels, shared with permission “Surveillance Speed Graphic” (2021), oil on linen, 30 x 30 inches. To see more of Blu’s recent works, including a piece speaking to the current fossil fuel crisis, visit his site and Instagram. Yellow shipping containers morph into armored guards, who are swiftly pummeled and destroyed as nature resurges from the ground. Similar to some of his earlier projects, this piece is designed as a sequence that when photographed and stitched together, creates an animation. The 2022 festival centered around the government’s extension of the industrial area to the north, which would “mean, among many other things, the final lunging to the beaches of l’Albufera (and) the multiplication of air pollution of ships and truck traffic.” Part of a movement to halt the proposal, the public art event brought several muralists to the city, including Blu, whose multi-part work features a battle between fist-shaped trees and port defenders. One of his most recent projects brought him back to Sensemurs Valencia to paint a charged mural protesting the expansion of the port in the Spanish city. The legendary anonymous street artist known as Blu has spent his career critiquing the ills of capitalism, the carceral system, and the destruction of the environment, among myriad other problems afflicting the world today. You can find more work on Messam’s website and Instagram. For one, a bronze statue of William I, or Willem de Oranje, who founded the Netherlands as an independent nation, a tube of green spikes playfully encircles the monument, transforming the atmosphere of the main square it overlooks. Bright colors and striking forms that jut from colonnades, facades, and river banks prompt viewers to consider their relationships to the built environment.Īs part of BlowUp Art Den Haag, a three-week outdoor exhibition featuring large-scale, temporary, inflatable artworks throughout The Hague, the artist has unveiled new work marking two notable locations. Often inflated, his works reimagine or disrupt perceptions of our surroundings and impact how people move around and through them. U.K.-based artist Steve Messam is known for his artistic interventions in the landscape, reinterpreting historical monuments, buildings, or rural areas with bold, ephemeral installations. All images © Steve Messam, shared with permission Webmaster if you are the owner of copyrighted animation that is not credited and would like to receive credit and a link.“Spiked” (2021). Must check the copyright restrictions with the original author. If artist name appears next to the animation or on the animation then you Images created by Best Animations can not be edited, can not have the copyright mark removed, can only be used for sharing along with a link pointing to. Gifs can be shared on personal non commercial pages along with a link to. We like to hand select the best gifs found on the internets.The tiny gifs can be as old as 1999.īest Animations is a collection of animated gifs found on the web and original exclusive gifs made by us. We make a lot of gifs here, especially all the Holidays and Birthday card gifs. The best way to share is to Copy and Paste the link using the share tools. To Share out the gifs click on the gif and use the share tools. On mobile and touchscreens, press down on the gif for a couple of seconds and the save option will appear. On desktop right click the animation and select save.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |