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Shadow People – Sculptures by Tim Noble and Sue Webster

Pin It Perceptual psychology is a form of evaluation used for psychological patients. An example of this is the Rorschach test (the one with the inkblots). Tim Noble and Sue Webster took this a step further with their shadow sculptures. They’ve always played with the idea of how humans perceive abstract images and give them meaning. […]

Drawing the Line – Photographs by Palíndromo Mészaros

Pin It Looking at the trees above, one might think that the trees are simply part of an outdoor art installation, but it’s not. On October 5, 2010, a toxic flood of sludge tore wreaked havoc in western Hungary, leaving nine people dead and more than 200 injured. Two years after the devastation, Spanish photographer […]

Touched by Fire – Glass Sculptures by Ivan12

Pin It Flameworking is the art of heating and manipulating glass into delicate shapes. Ivan12, an artist from Jogia, Indonesia, uses recycled glass as his medium. It became his way to express his thoughts and emotions. He uses an open flame and his imagination to transform waste into beautiful artwork.He may be new to flameworking […]

The Poetry of Waste by Mandy Barker

Pin It UK photographer Mandy Barker developed a series of suggestive images entitled ”Soup”, which is a generic name given to the waste debris suspended in the sea. The discarded pieces of plastic are photographed by the artist one by one, on black background and then mixed in these worrying but beautiful tides of refuse, […]