http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/index/ en info@zupi.org Copyright 2010 2010-09-08T21:19:22+00:00 http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/art_with_fries/ http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/art_with_fries/#When:20:19:22Z Take a look at the Arte com Fritas project, by Mauricio Telles, in which he uses French fries packages to create versions of personalities and movie characters he admires. Arte com Fritas (Art with Fries) is a project by Brazilian Mauricio Telles, who uses McDonald’s French fries packages to create his own versions of movie characters and personalities he admires. Among the represented figures are Frida Kahlo, David Bowie, Count Dracula, Nosferatu and Thriller Michael Jackson. Frida Kahlo David Bowie Michael Jackson Edward Scissorshands The Phantom of the Opera Cesare (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) The creature from The Black Lagoon Nosferatu Count Dracula Frankenstein Mummy Werewolf + Info: Blog: Arte com Fritas   News 2010-09-08T20:19:22+00:00 http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/painting_on_water/ http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/painting_on_water/#When:19:03:09Z Back in 2007, gathering paint, water and photography for the first time, Mark Mawson created the Aqueous series. Now he presents us Aqueous II – The Sequel. Check out his pictures. Back in 2007, gathering paint, water and photography for the first time, Mark Mawson created the impressive Aqueous series, in which he captured the beauty of accidental shapes and mixed colors of paint underwater. Later, feeling more comfortable with this kind of photography and, therefore, being capable of getting more expressive shots, the Australian artist gave sequence to his work on Aqueous II – The Sequel. See below for some of his new pictures and go to Mawson’s website for the complete project. + Info: Site: Mark Mawson News 2010-09-08T19:03:09+00:00 http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/8-bit_illustration/ http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/8-bit_illustration/#When:19:47:07Z Get to know the work by Jude Buffum, the graphic designer who brings all the magic of old videogames into his 8-bit style illustrations. There’s something about the graphics of old 8-bit videogames that no super-processor can emulate nowadays. And Jude Buffum, American graphic designer, brings all that magic into his works, creating 8-bit versions of the movies he admires, among varied illustrations on the same style. Graduated in 2001 in Graphic Arts and Design from Tylor School of Art, Buffum has illustrated diverse books and developed projects for a number of clients, such as New York Times, GQ, Entertainment Weekly and Newsweek. He currently works as a freelance designer and teaches illustration at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. + Info: Site: Jude Buffum Blog: Jude Buffum News 2010-09-03T19:47:07+00:00 http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/the_real_life_movie_by_d._yee/ http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/the_real_life_movie_by_d._yee/#When:19:31:53Z Taking a sensitive look at the most subtle moments of life, photographer D. Yee directs his “real life movie” on the project Life as Cinema. Check out this series of powerful yet naturally beautiful images. Taking a sensitive look at the most subtle moments of life, the painter and photographer D. Yee directs his “real life movie” on the Life as Cinema series. His images, although as powerful as the ones you’d see on a well-directed movie, keep all the natural beauty of day-to-day situations, revealing (or creating) their poetry. The artist, based in New York but working worldwide, affirms that Life as Cinema is an endless project – at least for now. “The series takes on its own direction organically - like life - as I go on. Like life, or most of it, I have very little control over what I photograph. The only dictation in the series is how I select an image for it - like a movie director editing. I am always looking for that subtle feeling or look of a production still. What I do not control or cannot predict is how Life as Cinema will end”. Via + Info: Site: D. Yee   News 2010-09-03T19:31:53+00:00 http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/jean_francois_rauziers_hyper-photography/ http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/jean_francois_rauziers_hyper-photography/#When:19:58:25Z Do you know what a hyper-photo is? Then you should check the work of Jean François Rauzier, artist who stitches over than 3000 images to compose a single and detailed scenery. Do you know what a hyper-photo is? Ask Jean François Rauzier, who created the term to distinguish his work from the one common photographers do. Although the combination of art, photography and technology isn’t news to anyone, on the French’s work these elements find a truly unique approach. Using a technique similar to digital collages, Rauzier ‘stitches’ hundreds of high resolution photos to create a huge and hyper-detailed image. His works usually gather from 600 to 3400 individual close-up images, each taken one by one and then gathered on Photoshop in order to create one single vision. Lover of the arts, Rauzier affirms his work has a little of painting and sculpting, activities he followed in the past. “As a photographer, I can use this powerful art medium to capture reality. As a painter, I can control my image exactly and put what I want where I want. And as a sculptor, I savor spending a long time on my work, as a meditation, to have the pleasure to approach, touch and feel the texture, then back away to see the entire work. Hyper-photo is a combination of all of these”. At his website it’s possible to take a closer look at his photos, on some kind of tour through the depicted sceneries. + Info: Site: Jean François Rauzier News 2010-09-02T19:58:25+00:00 http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/pencil_illustrations_of_flesh_and_skin/ http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/pencil_illustrations_of_flesh_and_skin/#When:19:17:12Z Cath Riley is a British artist who dedicates her time to the creation of realistic pencil drawings. She may not the only one, but is definitely one of the best. Check out her work. Cath Riley is a British artist capable of creating strikingly realistic pencil drawings. Although she’s not the only one to do that, her work is definitely among the best. Her graphite traces – especially on the Flesh series – capture the skin textures and flesh consistency with an amazing perfection. Check out some of her drawings: See also other creations by Riley: + Info: Site: Cath Riley News 2010-09-02T19:17:12+00:00 http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/blu_strikes_again/ http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/blu_strikes_again/#When:20:48:38Z Kown for his stop motions and provocative art, street artist Blu recently painted a big mural in Madrid. Get to know this work. Widely known for his innovative stop motion films and his provocative urban art, street artist Blu striked again, this time painting a huge mural in Madrid, Spain. The work depicts some kind of sordid circle play, lacking the usual innocence of the infant game. Photos: Alberto de Pedro   News 2010-09-01T20:48:38+00:00 http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/yum_yum/ http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/yum_yum/#When:17:40:26Z The Londoner design studio specialized in creating awesome characters presents some of their works, which include toys and digital creatures. Get to know them. Beth Algieri and Johnny Plummer are the thinking – and designing - minds of Yum Yum, a Londoner studio focused on 3D animation, motion graphics and illustration for both digital and analogical media. With an undeniable talent for creating awesome characters, the duo has an irreverent series of toys, besides some digitally made monsters. Check a few of them below: + Info: Site: Yum Yum London News 2010-08-31T17:40:26+00:00 http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/making_collages_on_toilet_paper_rolls/ http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/making_collages_on_toilet_paper_rolls/#When:19:40:23Z Check out the collage work of French artist Anastassia Elias, created on an uncommon media: toilet paper rolls, inside of which she places her scenes. Anastassia Elias is a French artist gifted with many talents, such as painting, illustration and collage. Although she has participated in several exhibitions in France – especially in Paris – and illustrated some books, what really draws attention on her work are the collages she makes using toilet paper rolls. On a creative process that doesn’t last more than a few hours, the artist cuts her figures from paper sheets whose color is identical to the roll’s, carefully manipulates them with tweezers and finally glue them inside the cylinder, forming scenes dictated by her imagination. Check out below a few of Elias’ collages: + Info: Site: Anastassia Elias News 2010-08-30T19:40:23+00:00 http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/state_of_l3/ http://www.zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/state_of_l3/#When:18:20:28Z State of L3 is a Pan African art collective, based in Amsterdam, Recife and Dakar. Artists from different backgrounds connect, research, analyze, create and perform in order to promote a transatlantic synergy. An exhibition of the work of the collective is now touring through Europe and was part of the biennial in Dakar, Senegal. State of L3 is a Pan African art collective, based in Amsterdam, Recife and Dakar. Artists from different backgrounds connect, research, analyze, create and perform in order to promote a transatlantic synergy. An exhibition of the work of the collective is now touring through Europe and was part of the biennial in Dakar, Senegal. The showing includes videos, performances, installations, photographs and paintings. The idea behind it is to immerse the audience in imagery of black Atlantic environments and to illustrate the landscapes and ideas of migration in which the artists live. Migration - or the condition of being a subject beyond borders - has always been one of the most productive resources of aesthetic practices. In the specific case of State of L3, migration is seen through the eyes of the African diaspora. Black identity is questioned by an examination of the ancestry and a contemporary view is given on the African heritage in three continents. + Info: Site: State of L3 News 2010-08-30T18:20:28+00:00