Posts Tagged ‘animals’

Yumiko Utsu

Written by Valentina on . Posted in art, photography

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Yumiko Utsu‘s works…

“Combining the intricate techniques of food photography with the anthropomorphic tendencies of manga, Utsu has an affinity for kitsch. But instead of taking a strictly documentary approach to the Japanese relationship with food and the natural world, she uses fruit, vegetables, and seafood to construct surreal fantasies populated by kittens with octopus eyes, pineapples full of owls, and phallic carrots.”

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Deweaponizing the Gun

Written by Valentina on . Posted in art

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Deweaponizing the Gun is an ongoing art project by Walton Creel:

“When I decided I wanted to make art using a gun, I was not sure what direction I would have to take. I knew I did not want to use it simply as an accent to work I was doing, but as the focus. My main goal was to take the destructive power away from the gun. To manipulate the gun into a tool of creation and use it in a way that removed it from its original purpose, to deweaponize it.”

[via illusion360]