Austrailian artist Stelarc — formerly Stelios Arcadiou — spent 10 long years searching for a surgeon willing to perform a controversial operation to implant a third ear onto his forearm ‘in the name of art,’ which was created in a lab from human cartilage. picked by deepchill 10 months ago tags australia artist implant thrid ear forearm |
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Picking up where the Vacanti mouse left off, Australian performance artist Stelarc went through with his plans to implant a cell-cultivated ear beneath the skin of his forearm earlier this year, and he's now showing off the results for the world to squirm at. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
People over the years have found many uses for Jell-O, some more vulgar than others, but artist Liz Hickok has created an entire scene of San Francisco out of Jell-O. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
The American artist who created them - Kurt Wenner - is a former Nasa illustrator who began street painting in Rome in 1982, inspired by Renaissance frescos and sculptures. More images here. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
Cartrain, a graffiti artist similar in style to Banksy has included images of one of Damien Hirst's artworks which sold for £50 million. Mr. Hirst is suing Cartrain, demanding Cartrain pay Hirst the £200 he has earned picked by bernardblack 1 month ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
For diminutive men such as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, famously overshadowed by his wife Carla Bruni, a pair of stack heels used to be the only way to stand tall. But a surgeon has devised a new way of adding up to 2in to a person's height - inserting a silicone head implant. During a 90-minute operation an incision is made in the side of the head and the implant squeezed in between the skul... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Artist Robert Sherer said he uses HIV positive and negative blood to bring attention to the AIDS epidemic. picked by moe 12 months ago 5 comments edit related share arts |
You may love him or hate him but he is definitely an artist. Part of his mystique was his anonymity - until now. picked by BernardBlack 6 months ago 13 comments edit related share arts |
A British artist is to give away 1000 of his works by leaving them around London for anyone to find. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Houston police artist says she has positively identified the sailor kissing a nurse in a photograph that has become the iconic image of World War II's VJ Day. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
These are some of my favorite pin-up artist. Art Frahm is great in his detail of drawing movement. Hope you enjoy. 1 comments edit related share artsNSFW - Here Be Nipples picked by willster09 1 year ago |
An artist has collected thousands of lost hub caps from roadsides across Britain and turned them into spectacular animal sculptures. Official website picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
No people, no animals, no movement. Spanish artist José Manuel Ballester (Madrid, 1960) cleared every living creatures from some of the most famous paintings . picked by Bornbad 4 months ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
"See if you can match the paintings to each artist...a lot harder than the first 2!" picked by power832 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share arts |
Artist Frank Boelter set sails in his lifesize paper boat as he leaves a shipyard in Lauenburg, Germany. He constructed the 9-metre vessel from 'Tetrapack' and fearlessly sailed it up the Elbe, despite the fact the light material is more commonly used for packaging milk. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A British children's book writer and artist has offered his own head to replace a collection of shrunken heads that a museum may return to South America. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share weird |
From the moment he wakes until the moment he falls asleep, Taylor Wollstenhelme, 9, of Newhall is moving, thinking, creating and wondering. picked by suebe 5 days ago 0 comments edit related share world |
I ran across this gallery and felt I had to share. From chocolate syrup Last Supper to sugar children to peanut butter Mona Lisa, Vik Muniz is one fascinating artist. Click on his gallery link to travel through fun art! picked by readingitall 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share arts |
A heart donated for transplant was beating inside a third owner last night. The donor heart was first given to a patient several weeks ago. But a week after the transplant, the patient died of unrelated causes. So surgeons removed the heart and transplanted it again. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Some of artist Anna Maltz' work is definitely NSFW. This is just... well... hmmm. Just look for yourself. And we need a Really Really Weird category for this one. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share weird |
In a reverse-theft of sorts, a British artist has been sneaking his works into some of New York's top museums. 2 comments edit related share artsOk, i guess its pretty old news, but its interesting! picked by LatueOfStiberty 2 years ago |