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Incredibly Elaborate Non-Photoshopped Scenes
FOX GAMES © 1989 Sandy Skoglund
Decades before Photoshop was available, American artist Sandy Skoglund started creating surrealist images by building incredibly elaborate sets, a process which took months to complete. Her works are characterized by an overwhelming amount of one object and either bright, contrasting colors or a monochromatic color scheme.
Born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1946, Skoglund studied studio art and art history at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts from 1964-1968. Moving to New York City in 1972, she started working as a conceptual artist, dealing with repetitive, process-oriented art production through the techniques of mark-making and photocopying. In 1978, she produced a series of repetitious food item still life images.
Skoglund was an art professor at the University of Hartford between 1973-1976. She is currently teaching photography and art installation/multimedia at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
REVENGE OF THE GOLDFISH © 1981 Sandy Skoglund
THE COCKTAIL PARTY © 1992 Sandy Skoglund
RAINING POPCORN © 2001 Sandy Skoglund
A BREEZE AT WORK © 1987 Sandy Skoglund
THE GREEN HOUSE © 1990 Sandy Skoglund
SQUIRRELS AT THE DRIVE-IN © 1991 Sandy Skoglund
BREATHING GLASS © 2000 Sandy Skoglund
GERMS ARE EVERYWHERE © 1984 Sandy Skoglund
RADIOACTIVE CATS © 1980 Sandy Skoglund
BODY LIMITS © 1992 Sandy Skoglund
ATOMIC LOVE © 1992 Sandy Skoglund
CATS IN PARIS © 1993 Sandy Skoglund
THE COLD WAR © 1999 Sandy Skoglund
GATHERING PARADISE © 1991 Sandy Skoglund
A long filament of solar material
A long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona, erupts out into space. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, travelled at over 900 miles per second. The CME did not travel directly toward Earth, but did connect with Earth’s magnetic environment, or magnetosphere, causing auroras to appear on the night of Monday, September 3.Picture: NASA/GSFC/SDO / Rex Features
Don’t be afraid to be a fool
“Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.”
Furniture-Free Decor: Hand-Drawn Home Wallpaper Design
Consider the cost of all those furnishings, or the impossibility of making interesting views out of windowless spaces – sometimes, fantasy steps in when reality won’t do.
Charlotte Mann can be found working in all kinds of settings, including museums but also basement apartments or boring lofts, decorating in black and white that seems to come to life despite the lack of color.
Like a storybook illustrator, she has a certain style that carries from one project to the next, and if nothing else, her work serves as great inspiration for difficult-to-DIY space designs.
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