William Grill’s illustrated children’s book published by @FlyingEyeBooks is a sensitive retelling of a timber elephant’s role in WWII https://j.mp/3GGPnvF https://j.mp/3GIKbaq
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Nov 2, 2021
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on: November 02, 2021 at 09:50AM
Monumental ballpoint pen portraits are rendered on vintage collateral by artist Mark Powell https://t.co/EMP9O6PiQQ pic.twitter.com/IgEBVgt6g7
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Congrats to Jesse Brass for today's release of "Helga," his beautiful film about the longtime model and neighbor of artist Andrew Wyeth: https://t.co/ZPpBuwxIHx pic.twitter.com/kZE87ThbNx
— Colossal (@Colossal) January 16, 2019
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on: January 16, 2019 at 02:01PM
Night imagined as a human-like figure in new black and white illustrations by David Álvarez https://t.co/qsOOEEatS5 pic.twitter.com/lNqpw2VZHI
— Colossal (@Colossal) November 23, 2018
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on: November 23, 2018 at 01:03PM
Storybook creatures merge with the real world in this imagination-fueled ad series for LEGO https://t.co/fqW0wBYcND pic.twitter.com/rmUx1VBPST
— Colossal (@Colossal) July 25, 2018
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on: July 25, 2018 at 05:23PM
Uncanny portraits of cats crafted with realistic glass eyes and felted wool https://t.co/x2cZvQMjlR pic.twitter.com/FdzBDv8x7o
— Colossal (@Colossal) July 24, 2018
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on: July 24, 2018 at 11:40AM
Sticks, seeds, and petals from the American Southwest inspire new insect-shaped arrangements by Raku Inoue https://t.co/xGfgLCikW4 pic.twitter.com/rhhnb4W7f5
— Colossal (@Colossal) July 12, 2018
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on: July 12, 2018 at 01:03PM
London-based sculptor Ivan Black creates large-scale kinetic sculptures that are inspired by mathematical formulae and minimal design. One of his latest pieces, Square Wave, is smaller than his typical works and was designed in response to the Fibonacci sequence of numbers. The mobile-like object is made up of several metal bands which curve and flatten as the work twists, creating a mesmerizing movement that is at once fluid and strictly geometric.
Photographer Rachael Talibart captures the spectacular shapes and colors of waves crashing in her native England https://t.co/YtoHNnq9rk pic.twitter.com/kFeE97KfSz
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on: June 05, 2018 at 10:31AM
“The Impostor (George’s Zebra)” (2017), oil and alkyd on cradled panel, 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches, all images via Toni Hammel
Toronto-based artist Toni Hamel works across mediums to create drawings, paintings, and sculptures that analyze human behavior. In her two-dimensional work the artist often incorporates animals and icebergs being treated as art objects by men in lab coats and smocks. The male subjects are seen analyzing or altering the zebras, giraffes, and whales, painting over their spots or pinning on stripes with a marked precision.
Hamel describes her art practice as an “illustrated commentary of human frailties,” seeking to highlight peculiar behavior in humans. “Drawing from personal experiences and outward observations, I point to historical, social, and psychological references,” she tells Colossal. “Virtues and vices, the holy and the profane, the good and the bad, all share equal weight and supply as infinite source material for my investigations.”