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What is art? What inspires artists? Who do artists inspire? An examination of all that is creative: actors, writers, musicians, painters, thespians, designers, performers . . . is life imitating art? Will the modern artist survive being imitated?

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This Is Not Art festival Newcastle, NSW. October 1st - 5th, 2009. The graffiti that inspired This Is Not Art: ...

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Radiologist Kai-hung Fung makes beautiful and informative art from the CT (computed tomography) scans of his patients, digitally manipulating them to look more appealing. This collection of images was orginally published in New Scientist. This is the winning image of the 2007 Internation...

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Narrative. Expressionistic. Surrealistic. Eclectic. Grunge. Raw. Dark. Drawing - Photography - Sculpture To visit the full gallery of Mathew Reed CLICKHERE. Photography by Mathew Reed: Drawings by Mathew Reed: Mathew Reed is currently studyi...

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You have entered the robbiejayy's show, he is from United Kingdom. He wrote on his BlogTV minibio: hi, my name is Robbie Jay, im a teenage boy from London and im here to try and make my ambitions more of a reality, i'll be on from time to time performing songs and hopefully if you all like it...

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Take a look at Scott Wade's Dirty Car Art Gallery. Scott lives on a mile and a half of dirt road. The road base is a blend of limestone dust, gravel, and clay. Driving along Scott's road causes a fine white dust to billow up behind the vehicle and cover the rear windscreen. ...

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I was moving in March so I forgot to report on the 2009 Arichibald Prize. The winning artist was Guy Maestri with his portrait of blind Aboriginal singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. The work beat 708 entries and 39 finalists to take the $50,000 prize. Maestri, 34, said he saw Yunupingu play l...

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CREATIVE SYDNEY is a series of free, public events that celebrate the wealth and diversity of Sydneys creative talent. Running for three weeks at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Circular Quay, with an additional event at The Roxy in Parramatta, CREATIVE SYDNEY offers a provocative discussion a...

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Craig Kosak - Seattle USA I recently discovered the work of Craig Kosak - and it was an invigorating experience. Kosak has stated he strives to capture the feeling and emotion of the wildlife and landscapes he encounters when travelling, he is trying express how his spirit is enhanced by the j...

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Lena Headey is a 35 year old English actor, a favourite in the queer community, and a rising star in the sci-fi and fantasy realm. With her role as Queen Gorgo opposite Gerard Butler in the film 300, and her lead in the American TV show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Lena has started t...

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In honour of the upcoming release of Marilyn Manson's seventh studio album, I have put together a TOP TEN of my favourite Manson tunes. You may notice all of my selected tracks are all from the trilogy of albums individually known as Anti-Christ Superstar, Mechanical Animals, and Holy Wood. Ma...

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The Bed - The Big Sleep Will Ryman Charles Saatchi's King's Road art gallery, UK The Bed began as a personal play with scale. I remember as a child coming into my parents' bedroom and having the impression of their bed being much bigger than it actually was. Here, it's a metaphor for ...

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Valentines Day first became associated with romance when Chaucer penned a poem called "The Parliament of Fowls" in 1381 in the English High Middle Ages. The Valentines day Chaucer spoke of was actually the one on May 2 rather than February 14, as there were many Saint Valentines celebrated on th...

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This is a fascinating video comparing the depiction of women in art over the ages. Female faces morph through classical, romantic, impressionist, expressionist, and even cubist eras of painting. You are bound to recognise at least a few of these familiar faces! <a href="http:vids.mys...

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Congratulations, Mr. President. "To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or blame their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of d...

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My favourite starlet Jennifer Lopez was in fine form at this years Golden Globe awards, looking molten hot in slinky liquid metallics. The plunging golden dress is from Marchesa and transformed J.Lo into the embodiment of a Golden Globe. Jennifer set a glowing tone as the first presenter of ...

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The Pink and Blue Project "This project began with my daughter. My five-year-old daughter loves pink. She wants to wear only pink clothes and only own pink toys and objects. My daughter is not unusual. Most other little girls in the United States and South Korea love pink clothing, accessories an...

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Guillermo Habacuc Vargas is a Costa Rican artist who caused a worldwide controversy when he displayed an emaciated stray dog, named Natividad, as part of his August 2007 exhibit in Managua, Nicaragua. The starving dog element of the art exhibition prompted widespread uproar, petitions, forwarded ...

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Meet a fresh face in film: introducing Steven Strait Age: 22 (born 1986) Partner: Lynn Collins Band: The Tribe Steven Strait's Filmography Sky High (2005) Undiscovered (2005) The Covenant (2006) 10,000 BC (2008) Stop-Loss (2008) <object width="425" height...

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Suggestions	This Is Not Art	CT Scan Art	Mathew Reed: photography and drawing
Watch Robbie Jay on BlogTV!	Scott Wade's Dirty Car Art	The Archibald Prize 2009	Sara Watson: Invisible Car Art
Creative Sydney	Harnessing Nature Kosak-Style	Lena Headey - a face to watch	TOP TEN Marilyn Manson songs
Giant Snoozing in a Trash Habitat	Valentines Day for creative love birds	Women In Art (video)	Exciting Times: Yes We Can
J.Lo dazzles at the 2009 Golden Globes	Pink is for Girls - Blue is for Boys	Habacuc: the art of starving dogs?	Steven Strait - a face to watch

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November 25th 2009 07:58

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This Is Not Art

September 21st 2009 10:24

This Is Not Art festival Newcastle, NSW.

October 1st - 5th, 2009.

The graffiti that inspired This Is Not Art:

the graffiti that inspired the This Is Not Art festival in Newcastle, NSW

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CT Scan Art

July 22nd 2009 15:53

Radiologist Kai-hung Fung makes beautiful and informative art from the CT (computed tomography) scans of his patients, digitally manipulating them to look more appealing.

This collection of images was orginally published in New Scientist.

'What lies behind our nose?'

This is the winning image of the 2007 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. The image looks upward through nasal passages from beneath the head. The bones, soft tissue and fat have been removed from the image, leaving just the cast of the sinuses.

'Network'

This image looks directly down through the top of the head. The complex network of arteries and veins in the brain can be seen in shades of dark blue and the skull base is shown in green in the background.

'Spoke wheel'

This is a human skull. The red ring-like pattern is cancer of the thyroid which has become detached from the thyroid and deposited itself on the skull bone, shown as rainbow-coloured layers. The yellow area shows where the surgeons have cut open the skull. The cancer has caused the bones of the skull to expand.

'Within one's heart'

The human heart from a vantage point at the left lower chamber, peeping upwards through the columns of papillary muscles.

'Nose from the inside'

This shows the inside of the nose. The nostrils are the dark area. The nasal septum is overlaid with radiating blue lines. The bones are shown in red.

'Sound track'

The inside of a human ear canal. The two tiny bones hanging down the ear canal are shown in blue.

All images by Kai-hung Fung.

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Mathew Reed: photography and drawing

July 1st 2009 23:58

Narrative. Expressionistic. Surrealistic. Eclectic. Grunge. Raw. Dark.

Drawing - Photography - Sculpture

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Watch Robbie Jay on BlogTV!

June 24th 2009 18:31

You have entered the robbiejayy's show, he is from United Kingdom.

He wrote on his BlogTV minibio

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Scott Wade's Dirty Car Art

June 12th 2009 07:46

Take a look at Scott Wade's Dirty Car Art Gallery.

Scott lives on a mile and a half of dirt road. The road base is a blend of limestone dust, gravel, and clay. Driving along Scott's road causes a fine white dust to billow up behind the vehicle and cover the rear windscreen

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The Archibald Prize 2009

May 11th 2009 16:20

I was moving in March so I forgot to report on the 2009 Arichibald Prize.

The winning artist was Guy Maestri with his portrait of blind Aboriginal singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. The work beat 708 entries and 39 finalists to take the $50,000 prize

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Sara Watson: Invisible Car Art

May 6th 2009 13:07

Sara Watson, from Lanchashire in the UK has taken a battered old Skoda Fabia and painted it to merge with the surrounding car park. It took Sara three weeks to transform the car's appearance.

Sara is a second year student of drawing and design at the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan). She created the illusion in the car park outside her studio at Uclan's Hanover Building in Preston. The car is now being used for advertising by the local recycling firm (Recycling Lives) that donated the vehicle

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Creative Sydney

May 4th 2009 14:27

CREATIVE SYDNEY is a series of free, public events that celebrate the wealth and diversity of Sydney’s creative talent.

Running for three weeks at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Circular Quay, with an additional event at The Roxy in Parramatta, CREATIVE SYDNEY offers a provocative discussion abd events program showcasing the city’s creative talents - from the leading lights that have made their name on the world stage, to the next generation of creative talent

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