Mind-blowing portraits made of test tubes and pushpins
Liz Stinson for Wired
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/31/world/mind-blowing-portraits-made-of-test-tubes-and-pushpins/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
Michael Mapes, a New York- based artist, uses details of people's lives to create portraits of people. For example he might use locks of hair, jewelry, photos, samples of handwriting, etc. He describes these pieces as "biographical DNA" which is closely related to the portrait he is working on, taking the art to a personal level. By collecting hundreds of little pieces of "DNA" he arranges several different versions before actually making the piece final using test tubes, little baggies, and push pins. Mapes says "My hope is that it encourages different ways of processing and interpreting what and how we look at things—art, science or anything. " By approaching this scientific method to art, Mapes was able to achieve a truly unique series of 'paintings'.
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comment by Rhyann Lee 5th period
ReplyDeletethis is soooooooooooooooo amazing ! I love to see unique artists I wonder how much time it takes him to do this. I cant stop looking at it. the detail I wonder how he thought of this idea
That's so beautiful! The different layers of detail are incredible, and what an interesting way to make something more personal... I hope people keep doing stuff like this, interpreting classic styles in new ways.
ReplyDeleteWow this is incredibly detailed! I think it's great when people find ways to develop their own unique art styles like this.
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This is so cool! it's nice to see how creative people are these days-NIa Edwards4th period
ReplyDeleteWow, this is amazing! I always love seeing unique forms of art such as this, and it's also clear that the artist put a lot of time and thought into these pieces.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! I think it is so interesting how some people can make art out of anything! I love this!
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible! It's so interesting to see all of the different ways that people will manipulate materials and how it still comes out as a detailed, defined, stylized and beautiful piece of artwork. His originality and concept is so unique that I'm sure people are already clamoring to buy it.
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