Hand Sewn Portraits by David Catá
Does love really has to hurt? According to artist David Catá it obviously does. The Spanish artist uses his body as a canvas, writing an autobiographical diary. In his ongoing series ‘A Flor De Piel’, he embroiders portraits of people who have influenced or marked his life – family, friends, teachers, lovers, partners – sewn into the palm of his hand.
‘Their lives have been interwoven with mine to build my history’, Catá explains. ‘Every moment lived stays in the memory to finally be forgotten. Somehow, this fact is painful, since there are only material things and traces that people leave behind’. The woven flesh work establishes a symbiosis between union, separation, pain and love, a performatic and symbolic action of loss and preserves the memories through memorial, corporal and videographic footprints. Continue reading »
On Set with David Bowie and Tilda Swinton
A photos taken by Director Floria Sigismondi on set of The Stars (Are Out Tonight), featuring Tilda Swinton. Continue reading »
David Glasheen: A Real Life Robinson Crusoe
David Glasheen, dubbed Australia’s Robinson Crusoe, has lived on tiny Restoration Island, off the north-eastern tip of Australia since 1993, accompanied only by his dog Quasi. A former business man, he abandoned a high-flying life in Sydney after losing $AUS10 million £6.5 million in the 1987 stock market crash and his marriage ended. Mr Glasheen, who is now in his late 60s, said he revels in the tranquillity and privacy and has called himself as “the luckiest bloke in the world”. He lives off fish and crab and collects bananas, coconuts and native fruit, as well as growing his own vegetables and brewing beer.
In photographs by Brian Cassey.
David Glasheen faces eviction from his remote tropical paradise after losing a Supreme Court legal case. Continue reading »
Designer David Ayllon
After learning at a young age that Batman was not a practical career option, David Ayllon is now a graphic designer, illustrator, and righty who writes like a lefty. He took home a 2009 IAC award for Best Design Website as well as an Awwward nomination in 2010. Since graduating from Seton Hall University, he has launched his own clothing brand, People Like Me. His client list includes Black Thought of The Roots, Edward Burns, Kid Cudi, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Lupe Fiasco, and the Food Network’s Serena Palumbo.This Long Island boy wears his heart on his sleeve, among other organs. Continue reading »
David Byrne’s Large Inflatable Globe Sound Installation On Display In Manhattan
People view artist David Byrne’s installation “Tight Spot” beneath Manhattan’s High Line park on September 27, 2011 in New York City. The 48-foot by 20-foot inflatable globe is squeezed beneath the steel support framework of the High Line and is accompanied with a rumbling audio soundtrack created by distorting Byrne’s voice. (Mario Tama/Getty Images North America) Continue reading »
Fantastic Worlds of David Schleinkofer
David‘s paintings are sooo very, very amazing! I love them all! Fantastic works! Continue reading »
