Street Art

So I was looking for street art online, because I am a big fan of graffitis and I ended up finding this amazing artwork that was made on the "flat" ground with chalk.

I love how three dimensional it looks on the photograph. I am really wondering if it would look as good in real.

Check out the following website, it has many more pictures:

http://www.redjellyfish.com/fun/street-art.html

Venice Beach

I researched about Venice Beach earlier today, and I remember the great murals I saw when I went there the first time. I think I wouldn't lie if I would say that almost every house has a mural. It's just so amazing to walk around Venice Beach and see all those different people hanging out, playing instruments, playing sports etc.. Combined with the murals, it's like a walk through a museum. 

the robots are alive

After researching April Greiman, I really got into the collage thing. So I googled “collages” and found this very interesting piece, which lead me to the online portfolio of James Dawe. (http://jamesdawe.co.uk/illustratedape.html)

By looking at this piece I get a very cold feeling. It kind of makes me feel uncomfortable, because it's very robot like, but has a lot of human touch to it, which makes me relate to it. And I don't really like that. Besides that, I think this piece is a great work of collage art. I get a 3-D feeling, and the picture seems alive. All the different elements seem to work perfectly together to make the whole piece harmonious. 

Are colleges a Swiss thing??

This is a cover for WET magazine, designed by April Greiman, 1979. The work is very typical for her, because its made like a collage with all those different shapes and layers. If we take a closer look, we notice all those random objects, yet they work perfectly together. 

April received her Masters from the Allgemeine Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel, Switzerland. Since I am from Switzerland, I remember that we used to make collages all the time in school during art class. I think it's typic Swiss thing. Unfortunately I can't compare it to the American art classes, since I've never attended one until College. Maybe you can give me some feedback and let me know if you ever made collages at school?? I'd appreciate it!