"5 minutes with ..." is an international art project
of the German based artist RalfPytlik.
In five minutes people are used as a "model" to create a new artwork.
You have to know that the character will not be presented as a caricature or
kind ofphotorealistic rather the
artist captures those people and creates a new high-level work of art within 5
minutes. The outcome of this is that Ralf Pytlik willrelease an art book incollaboration
with a publishing company. More updates, please visit 5 minutes with on facebook.
While Ray Villafane is best known for his
expertise in the art of food carving, he is also recognized for his
magnificent, remarkably realistic sand sculptures. Using just sand and
water, the artist sculpts incredibly detailed figures that tower above him as
he works. Funny-faced people, nativity scenes, and hellish creatures from
Dante’s Inferno appear so life like that it’s hard to believe they were formed from
humble grains of sand.
Villafane only began sand sculpting in 2008 after accepting a challenge in Jesolo, Italy.
Despite not having any experience working with
the medium, he wowed viewers with his exceptional craft, and since then has
received invitations from all over the world to take on new sand sculpting
projects.
Born in
Lviv in 1979,Ukrainian artistNazar Bilykcreated
this stunning 6-foot tallsculpturecalled 'Rain' using fiberglass and metal with a
hugeraindropstands suspended on the figure’s face
as he looks up toward the sky.
Nails are commonly used as a tool to lock a
material such as wood in a building. In shape, the nail is interesting for me
to be explored as an artistic medium. But I always think to use it in small
amounts, because of its solidity and may be difficult to be processed. But this
one British Sculptor, Marcus Levine uses nails as the media, hundreds or even thousands
of nails rather, to create works of applied art, in the form of figurative
sculpture that enact a physical Pointillism. Each composed of thousands of
nails hammered into wood panels. All works are completed freehand without any
sketches or tracing onto the boards.
It's certainly not an easy process to create
figurative work without sketches or tracing, especially if you see the size of
the works made mostly on a large scale. I do not doubt the value and beauty of
this work, but at a glance if you look at the work from a distance, I think
this work may be seen less bold, perhaps because of the size of the nails used
are not too large, Applying this work really should be adjusted to the
surrounding area, layout, lighting, color dominance around, and so forth, so this work would appear to be 'outstanding'.
Interview and video coverage by BBC's look north program includes footage of Levine at work in his studio
