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Famous photographs in history turn into Lego by Balakov

Mike Leavitt: The Art Army

The art army’ by Seattle-based artist Michael Leavitt is a collection of handcrafted action figures that depict well-known artists in the manner of their individual work and style. Including the likes of Takashi murakami (with removable glasses), Jeff Koons (with poseable balloon penis), and Ai Weiwei (with removable digital camera and articulating cell phone phallus), the series is a part of Leavitt’s on-going work where he explores the phenomenon of idolization within the world of contemporary art and culture.

Each figurine is fabricated from scratch using coloured polymer clay and feature at least 20 to 30 body part pieces .  To see more models from the series, click here to visit michael leavitt’s website.

Wicked Samurai Skateboarders

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Vision is a rather unique 3D drawing device created by twins Ryan & Trevor Oakes, allowing almost anyone to draw images in perfect perspective using nothing but your eyes and a pen. The device MESSES WITH YOUR BRAIN by using a technique that splits the ocular system, creating two images of the subject, allowing the artist to literally trace one directly onto paper.

You should watch this video to see how exactly this works. Mind-blowing.

Radioactive Control

‘Radioactive control’ is an outdoor installation which addresses, in a somewhat humorous tone, the paranoia which we are suffering from the escape of radioactive material in japan, bringing into question the safety systems at the nuclear power plants.

Conceived by Spanish collective luzinterruptus for the dockville festival in Hamburg, Germany, it took 6 days to install. The project features an army of 100 mysterious, illuminated radioactive figures, which seem to have advanced threateningly on the natural environment in which they are positioned. The intention of the piece was to invite reflection regarding the use and abuse of nuclear energy, cheap in economic terms, but which can cause grave secondary effects for the environment and health, forever irreversible.

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I Photo NY - photography collection of New York by http://www.markosavic.com/

Salmi Strati made a mosaic using no less than 229,764 corks to enter the World Book Of Records, on the wall of the Sheraton Hotel in Albania. It took 28 days, working 14 hours a day, to mount the panel which was 12.94 m wide and 7.1 m in height, called “Romeo with a crown of grapes, playing the guitar while dancing with the sun and sea”.