A while ago, artist Clayton Pettet claimed he would lose his virginity on stage under the guise of art. Well, the media took hold of his idea and his performance piece was highly anticipated. What happened? A sex stunt… And loads of bananas.
We lost interest in coloured pencils the moment we got out of kindergarten. But this 19-year-old kid is bringing them back, showing their artistic potential in these hyperrealistic drawings. Take a look at Jose Vergara’s incredibly detailed works of art.
This artwork takes a new spin on not remembering where you parked your car. Even if you remembered where it was parked, you might not be able to spot it. Check out how Sara Watson used paint to create an almost invisible car.
Check out the winning photographs of the Open and Youth categories of the 2014 Sony’s World Photography Awards. This year Sony’s World Photography Awards had to select the winners from 70,000 entries from around the world. These are some of the best amateur photographs you’re likely to see.
We had to have a second look, just to make sure it wasn’t a parrot. Ornithologist and appreciators of the human body will get a kick out of this. This amazing piece of art has transformed this woman into a bloody parrot.
You’ve heard of the term, “suffering for your art,” right? There’s a reason why the object of that sentence is art, and not “TPS reports”. TPS reports are hard, because they’re boring. Great art is special because it actually takes something away from the artist; blood, sweat, and tears – sometimes quite literally. That’s why […]
“Someone urgently needs to restore George Clooney’s marbles,” said London mayor Boris Johnson in response to Clooney’s remark regarding the return of the Elgin Marbles to their place of origin. But the Englishmen didn’t stop there. He went on to described Clooney’s comment as “Hitlerian agenda”.
A while back a woman sold her virginity on eBay. Now, 19-year-old art student Clayton David Pettet will be loosing his virginity as part of a performance art piece.
Shia LaBeouf is making it too easy for everyone to make fun of his stroll down the path of insanity. Actor Jerry O’Connell is doing just that by opening up an art exhibition right next door to LaBeouf’s installment of a crying madman in a paper bag.
Welcome to the mad world of Shia Labeouf. For the next couple of days people in LA will have the opportunity to go to a very strange art installation.
Internationally renowned Cape Town artist, Richard Scott has chosen the iconic Vespa as the focal point of his latest exhibition, Joyride. An explosion of positive energy, the exhibit’s bold, contemporary artworks pop with colour as they explore the concept of joy as art.
2oceansvibe’s resident intern and pro photographer, Charles Mackenzie took a walk around our neighbourhood today, and snapped these radical shots of the street art surrounding The Woodstock Exchange, sandwiched between Albert Road and Victoria Road. Click on each of the shots to enlarge them. We’ll publish a series of shots detailing the people of the […]
It may not be Francis Bacon’s R1.4 billion best-seller, but you have to admit that half a billion rand is still a helluva lot, and it’s worth seeing what kind of art deserves that degree of monetary exchange.
It has been a while since Luis Suárez bit the arm of Branislav Ivanović during a match between Liverpool and Chelsea. Lest you forget again, local artistic genius, Regis Matare has stepped up to the plate, producing a stunning portrait of the event. Check it out.
Like so many artists before him, Kazimir Malevich has borne the brunt of rejection many times over. Before his success, he attempted to get into art school, but was twice rejected – which prompted him to try out this controversial stunt.
The legendary painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer produced a massive, all-engulfing body of work in his life. And for the first time, it’s coming to Cape Town.
You may have noticed a few ludicrous art sales happening lately, what with this Andy Warhol painting going for a billion rand, and this Francis Bacon piece which was sold for a billion and a half. But how is this value created? Where does it come from and how does it rise so exponentially? Perhaps the world of crime is to blame.
There have been some really, really big art deals lately. Just this week, the worlds most expensive artwork was sold for R1.4 billion. And another billion-rand deal was finalised just yesterday. Dollar bills everywhere.
Maybe the guy who bought the R10 million toy car saved some of his pennies and bought this too? Until now, the most expensive piece of artwork ever sold was Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ for the neat sum of R1,2 billion. Now, Mr Munch has been toppled by someone whose surname is ‘Bacon’.
Dirty Skirts lead singer, Jeremy De Tolly, has been working on a soundtrack for a new project called ‘Into The River’. The project is written and performed by 75 year-old John Cartwright, ex-Dean of the Arts Faculty and English Professor at UCT.
Artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada unveiled his 11-acre land art portrait of a girl, who is apparently making a wish. Located in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, Ireland, the artwork, titled “WISH,” took one month to construct and required 30,000 wooden pegs, 2,000 tons of soil, and 2,000 tons of sand.
How’s this for irony? When Banksy himself tried to sell his own original canvases in Central Park at $60 a pop, there were a few locals who came and bought his stuff. Few – but not many. A week later, some random dudes pitched up with some fake Banksy canvases, and they sold out in just one hour. Mental.
Remember when we broke the news yesterday of Banksy’s art being defaced in New York? Well, if the images weren’t enough to go by, we got hold a video that sheds light on just how bad the graffiti has gotten.
Banksy, the elusive street artist that everyone loves, seems to have made a couple enemies. His artworks have been popping up all over New York City over the last couple of weeks for his “street exhibit” entitled, ‘Better Out Than In’.
Our – indeed, the world’s – favourite street artist, Banksy has expanded his repertoire to include video projects. His first work was uploaded to YouTube over the weekend. Titled, ‘Rebel rocket attack’, the video has already clocked up over half a million views. Banksy’s ‘Better Out Than In’ street art project is already in full […]
Banksy is attempting to host an art exhibit, titled “Better Out Than In,” on the streets of New York. Last week, we brought you a new artwork of his spotted on the streets of LA – it seems that was just the beginning of the elusive artist’s master plan.
Here’s the graffiti artist’s latest piece as seen on the streets of Los Angeles, entitled ‘Better Out Than In’. Looks a lot like Tyler, The Creator in the Yonkers video doesn’t it?
Check out these art installations by an Italian artist in New York City who is bringing Google Street View to life through his project called ‘Street Ghosts.’ He scours Google Street View until he finds an interesting looking person (Google blurs out the faces of people captured by their cameras) then he prints out a life sized photo and paints it on to the side of a building where that person was spotted.
Conor Mccreedy is a South African artist based in New York city. Having garnered critical acclaim for his striking artworks painted in varying shades of blue, Mccreedy is turning his attention to philanthropy. Mccreedy has set up a foundation to Protect the African lion, and has some of the largest names in the world behind […]
Ecce Homo is the Spanish fresco whose restoration was botched after parishioner, Cecillia Gimenez attempted to restore the painting to its former glory. The ruined fresco now enjoys the nickname ‘Monkey Christ’ and has become a serious tourist attraction with over 40,000 people making their way to the church to view the failure. Epic win?