Articles tagged with: Art
Posted in Art, Auctions, Paintings, Worlds Most Expensive on 10 July 2008
Setting a new record for the category of world’s most expensive living female artist is a South African born artist Marlene Dumas. And this is made possible via her painting, popularly known as “The Visitor,†that generated sales of £3.1 million at a Sotheby’s auction. The painting was picked up by the New York private dealer Nancy Whyte during Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale scheduled on 1 July. The sales figure overshadowed Dumas’ preceding testimony of £1.8 million marked in February 2005.
Posted in Art, News on 9 July 2008
Bizarre Magazine is now touching the heights of the weird world and has declared aloud that it can’t settle for anything ordinary. Hence the guys behind him have tracked down Zombie Boy; a facially tattooed Montreal youth who’s persona has invited a lot of critique questioning his reason. Whilst earlier the tattoo was restricted to an awfully meticulous facial skull but now Rick, Zombie Boy has invested over $4000 to satiate his quest for a tattooed zombie.
Posted in Art, Designer, Elite Find of the Day on 8 July 2008
Jeff Burnette has been experimenting with hot glass now for almost 30 years. And the featured above Glass Rayguns is the result of his efforts. Jeff, a serious sci-fi fan has developed the designer masterpieces that can be blown. With the transparent shade on the pipe and clear glass gathered on its apex, the piece once blown up takes a different appeal altogether. Once the pieces, blowpipe undergoes a 15-hour cycle of cooling, the next process to be followed is to send it for silvering. The Raygun is a no less than a bubble with a translucent color within. The silvering is the result of the silver nitrate, ammonia, and distilled water assorted and dispensed into the unbolted end of the cannon.
Posted in Art, Automobile, Designer on 8 July 2008
Art pieces or antiques cannot miss our vision. And the latest creation of a revolutionary piece of art is by Diederick Kraaijeveld that deserves a due amount of respect here. The self taught artist has developed this attention-grabbing artworks using domesticated wood. Popularly known as a Harley Davidson 1993 Softail Heritage, alias Cow-glide or Moo-glide as the singular edition motorbike comes layered with cowhides. Measuring 130 cm high and 110 cm wide, the model comes tinted with salvaged wood; found in dumpsters and other remote shores or derelict buildings. It is known to use one piece from a deserted farm in the California desert. Developed on-order for a biking tycoon based in Holland, a similar model can be yours if you are ready to spill over $15,000.
Courtesy Diederick Kraaijeveld!
Posted in Art, Designer, Home Decor on 4 July 2008
If you are a true fighter and a luxury lover then hit further to materialize all your wild imagination. The interior decor of the house is accounted as incomplete in absence of a chandelier. But does it mean hanging any ordinary Chandelier would add value to your abode? Not really! Realizing this Rock and Royal, a company based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands has digged out few revolutionary designer models of chandeliers that respect the persona of your elite villa. Engaged in creating matchless forms of chandelier since 2005, the popular artist Hans van Bentem crafts each unique chandelier while Arno Coenen gathers all the pieces of the mosaics.
Posted in Designer, Elite Find of the Day, Entertainment on 2 July 2008
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Whilst in Lewis Carroll’s ‘Through the Looking-Glass,’ follow-up to the applauded ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,’ Alice only worry was to identify what’s on the flipside of mirror and thus continues her search for the same. Following the similar heights of curiosity, designer Yasmin Sethi has taken us to an extreme where there is no end to our speculation of the fact what made Sethi come out with such a delicate and revolutionary creation of a Chess Set. The transparent chess set is devised to enrich your playing experience with a possibility that it may be the shock of the life for scholars in this field i.e. David Blaine and Chris Angel.
Posted in Art, Automobile, Car, Concept, Designer on 28 June 2008
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Amphibious concepts are a near reality now and thanks to the creative spark within designers who think wild to unveil out-of-the-box creations. Whilst Amphibious PC concept created a buzz around blogosphere with little clue that it would soon the chased by a concept of a graceful amphibious coupe recalling the age of science fiction. But registering an exception is this revolutionary amphibious vehicle design for the year 2030 by Jorge Cross. Riding on three-wheels, the sedan narrows a single ball at its obverse that revolves 90° to divulge a propeller or tire, considering your mode of travel on land or water.
Posted in Art, Designer, Events, Exhibitions, Technology on 26 June 2008
As technology continues to blend flawlessly with our daily routine, the junction amid art and technology has become increasingly universal. Realizing the fact Japanese artist Mutoh Tsutomu has taken a step ahead in taking his artistic approach to the other dominion by installing Optical Tone that utilizes LED light spectrums in synergy with sensors that interrelate with guests to generate original light opus. The Optical Tone Algorithm is developed to visually alter the viewer’s sensitivity of the Optical Tone room.
Posted in Art, Designer, Diamond, Elite Find of the Day, Luxury on 18 June 2008
Only those with an understanding of value an artwork holds can appreciate the featured above elegantly crafted Roulette Set. Confidential to privileged princely collectors of objects, this roulette is a true work of art. Born under the supervision of teacher Bernard Maquin, it came after 4,800 hours of work provided by 30 artisans. It employs 3.5 kg of 14 carat yellow gold, 3 kg of silver and approximately 200 carats of colored diamonds. It is not only difficult but impossible to calculate the value of a jewel inspired from sculptures of Art Nouveau along with the fantastic preziosismi catching the eye orbits.
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Posted in Elite Finds of the Week, Luxury on 15 June 2008
Kilan Nakamura reports a $399 air-conditioned bed
YST001: Yamaha’s creation of lightning speakers with in-built three 25W halogen lamps, Courtesy Keo from Akihabaranews
Rigel Gregg from Luxist features Monique Péan designer $25,000 Necklace designed using 12,000 year old mammoth ivory
Japan Offers shampoo less Bubble bath for your poochie, Courtesy GadgetsBlog.
