This odd teacup is the creation of Mary O'Malley.
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Surreal murals by São Paulo-based artist Claudio Ethos
Masakane Yonekura aka 米倉斉加年 aka Yasukura Yoshikawa (Japanese, 1934-2014, b. Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) - 多毛留 aka Takeru, 1976
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The Severed Head of Medusa by artist Damien Hirst is made of a single piece of crystal glass that took three months to cool in an oven. This final product is the fifth attempt at molding the work from molten crystal; the first four cracked in the cooling process.
When people won’t shut up about the sun
Erdal Enci, who clones multiple recordings of himself moving through public spaces resulting in these bizarre looping performances.
(Source: contemporary-art-blog.com)
Island that nobody can enter
Surtsey is a piece of land that formed in 1963 (Iceland), after a huge volcanic eruption that has lasted for 3 years. Now, the land is used for scientific research and observations. The focus of the work is to better understand how an ecosystem forms from scratch, without any human impact. There are only a couple of scientists that are allowed on the island’s premises, making it one of a few forbidden places on earth. (Source)
A flexible rapier made during the 19th century in Toledo, Spain.
(Source: dinuguan)