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The Strange Art of Paulo Guido

Check out Italian artist Paolo Guido‘s latest work… it’s like a bunch of orphans that ran away to the circus and discovered they have to do messed up stuff for the promise of CANDY. Anything for a roll of SWEET TARTS! No, really, I’ll do anything for a roll of Sweet tarts. They’re …

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Bones, Teeth and an Ax, oh my!

What do teeth, bones, feet and skulls have in common? The crazy ass, serial killer art shown above by Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre . Is it the cold weather and snow in Canada that brings out the Jack Torrance in some people? We may never know. Anywho, the frame with teeth corners strikes …

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Death Becomes Her

    Japanese artist Fumie Sasabuchi  uses the themes of death and decay in his/her artworks( Seriously, with a name like Fumie, it could go either way). Anywho, here is Fumie’s latest works involving some very HONGRAY models. Is it me or does the model in the 6th photo resemble that skinny …

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Plastic Bag Sculptures

Pakistani artist Khalil Chishtee takes plastic shopping bags and transforms them into haunting sculptures that may or may not remind you of a melted wax face of an aging, albino Hollywood socialite. Seriously, this could be the future for plastic bags- melt them down and use it as Botox. Anywho, what I …

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No Bones about it

New Zealand artist Bruce Mahalski has been collecting animal bones ever since he was a child. See- it’s not just hobbits in New Zealand, but actual Bone Collectors.  Errrr…. anyway, he’ll take these animal bones that beling to cats, ferrets, rabbits, sheep, hawks, and more and turn them into guns.  The “spare …

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The Animals of Louis Vuitton

Check out what  British artist Billie Achilleos did with a bunch of Louis Vuitton bags. Last year, taxidermist Deyrolle did the same. I like the owl the best. It has pockets for boobs. Anywho, I guess this will be a tradition every year… this collection will be making the rounds at various …

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Dripping with Blood

Jewelry designer Sissy Westerberg specializes in sculptures and installations, but also does jewelry. She also teaches at RISD in Providence, RI (my hometown). I love love love the bloody pocket( so Dexter!) and the drippy pearls. Reminds me of this drippy thing…. cool , huh?! Anywho, I’m not sure of the butthole pin, …

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Air-igami Art

Here are some ‘Air-i-gami’  by artist Larry Moss… These are pretty cool considering balloons are super hard to work with. I’ve tried working with balloons for the sake of my son and everytime it would pop and scare the hejeebies out of me. Anywho, Larry has even done an installation called Balloon …

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RX Chandeliers

Artist Jean Shin raided the medicine cabinet of every Hollywood actress to make these fanciful chandeliers in the name of art. Seriously, these are prescription bottles that have taken on a second life hanging from a museum ceiling. Not bad, prescription bottles, not bad. They look more  like stalagmites, than chandeliers, but …

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