“I want to play God” is how Cao Hui‘s begins is artist statement. Clearly. The Beijing-based artist has makes stone into flesh. And then, he slices it. Behind the marble surfaces of familiar classical statues, bloody flesh and bone appear, visible as cartoonish, gory slabs. There’s just something so frightening about this. Pygmalion IRL, basically. […]
As you read this, an intrepid Google Nexus smartphone is blasting through space, where it will continue to orbit the Earth for the next six months. Today marks the launch of a multi-faceted experiment designed by a team of researchers from England’s University of Surrey, who hope to test several theories on outerspace physics, screams, […]
New York-based artist Asger Carlsen makes these beautifully-toned monochrome portraits Edward Weston could be proud of, but there’s a caveat — his subjects are horrifying mutant humanoids, “slabs of what appears to be human tissue wrapped in skin and supported by bone.” Impossible and grotesque but so hyperrealistic, they are hard to look away from. […]
How does the toilet at your local go-to spot match up against other toilets around New York City? Thanks to Toilets of New York, you can now compare. The featured latrines are primarily from Brooklyn and East Village, as they belong to establishments that creator Ian MacAllen regularly visits. The graffiti-splashed johns are the most […]
There’s a meatpacking plant in Vernon, California with an absurd mural outside: happy pigs frolic in pastures, chomping on grass and rocking Dodgers caps, living in totally peaceful coexistence with their benevolent overlords. Streetwear brand the Hundreds, which recently moved its offices and warehouse to the L.A. suburb, decided to retaliate by painting a mural of […]
I have some beautiful net art for you. Here’s a little bit from the latest GIF series from Emilio Gomariz: RGB landscapes. Reminds us a bit of Nicolas Sassoon, but more colorful. Anyway, DISCLAIMER: Possibly seizure-inducing new net art below. Enjoy. […]
Philadelphia neuroscientist-turned-artist Greg Dunn brings us these elegant metallic prints of neurons, done entirely from memory (kind of meta, no?). After earning his Ph.D., Dunn was fed up with the strict adherence to fact that dictated his grad school experience, so he decided to channel his passion for neuroanatomy towards something more creatively flexible. Inspired […]
A “biker” is no longer “a motorcyclist, especially one who is a member of a gang: a long-haired biker in dirty denims,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which has succumbed to criticism backed by insurance industry research and altered the definition for one of the world’s earliest countercultures as we know it. According to […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, artist Cody Critcheloe shows us his sketches for SSION’s new music video “HIGH.” The video was written and directed by Critcheloe and shot in his native Kansas City, conceptualized as “an Americanized Dante’s Inferno.” Come in. Go from […]
Animals is an animated web series that (almost) shares a name and a similar set of interests with this very website. The latest episode features a bizarre love triangle of three pigeons who get nice and awkward before stumbling upon some sort of dead mammal. I won’t ruin the surprise for you. Phil Matarese and Mike […]
