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“Art But Make It Sports”: Side-Splitting Comparisons Shared By This Instagram Page

“Oberon, Titania, And Puck With Fairies Dancing” By William Blake, 1786
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If you are looking for a fun and creative way to compare athletes and artworks, you might want to check out this Instagram account. It has more than 88,000 followers who enjoy its witty and unexpected matches. Continue reading »

Artist Lucy Litman Impressively Matches Tons Of Tasty Treats With Pantone Colors

Lucia Litman likes to play with her food – but in the best, most creative way possible. Continue reading »

This Instagrammer Perfectly Matches Her Outfits With Art Masterpieces

In 2010, a social media manager combined her painting skills with her ability to design and construct clothing. The result was Artfully Awear, a website and a social media account that highlights Ariel Adkins’ ability to make clothing inspired by art. So far, Adkins has featured an impressive hand-painted dress inspired by Vasily Kandinsky’s Composition 8, a polka-dotted jumpsuit inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors, and a long white jacket colorfully accented with multicolored sheafs inspired by Henri Matisse’s large-scale ceramic, La Gerbe. Continue reading »

Playing With Matches: Mesmerizing Photo Artworks By Stanislav Aristov

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Stanislav Aristov is a Russian photographer from Ekaterinburg, also known as Pol Tergejst. Using his talent, perspicacity, and creative approach, Stanislav has made interesting series of art photos where you can see burned matches in a new light and another form. Continue reading »

Photographer Angelica Dass Matches Skin Tones with Pantone Colors

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For her ongoing project ‘Humanæ‘, photographer Angelica Dass takes portraits of people from all around the world to match their skin tones with the PANTONE® color system. To create a photo background of the same color, a sample of 11×11 pixels of the portrait’s face is extracted digitally. The photographer’s aim is to document every human skin tone on earth.
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Giant Globe Made From Matches By Andy Yoder

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American artist Andy Yoder created this incredible world globe made entirely of matches. Completed in 2014 after two years of work, the sculpture, entitled Early One Morning, measures an impressive 42″ in diameter.
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United States Map Made from Thousands of Wood Matches by Claire Fontaine

U.S.A. (burnt/unburnt) is a 2011 installation by Paris-based artist Claire Fontaine constructed from thousands of green matches that were inserted into a wall at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art as part art of “Evidence of Bricks” at the 2011 Time-Based Art Festival. Fontaine has made somewhat of a name for herself with her match installations and flaming geography, most recently completing a similar U.S.A. map at Queens Nails Gallery in San Francisco. Unlike the installation in Portland above, the Queens Nails artwork was actually set on fire, and while it may not have gone exactly as intended, the final post-flame artwork is impressive nonetheless. Photographs for PICA by Dan Kvitka. Continue reading »