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by Sparky on October 15th, 2009
My dad has a painting made on a newspaper, and another on the reverse side of plate glass.
by JohnnyH73 on March 30th, 2011
Basically, artists now use anything they find. Metals, stone, plastic, Saran-wrap, newspapers, living human skin, living animals, leaves, ad nauseum. And the substances used to "paint" on them are just as varied, including things auch as mud, blood, urine, feces, semen, bacteria, tea, wine, lights, and just about anything else you can think of.
The lines between painting, photography, and printmaking have almost disappeared. Paintings can be 3-dimensional, and a famous sculptor (Giuseppe Gabellone) makes hukes intricate works inside a gallery space, photographs it, and then tears down the sculpture and instead displays the photo in the space.
I've been taking art classes for a couple years and have really come to appreciate that it is all art and that defining what makes a "painting" or "sculpture" is highly fluid.
by pwillmott on March 30th, 2011
Well not ally what this guy is painting on but the medium he is using to paint with....BLOOD...his own blood too, really deatialed somehow.....check it out http://bloodpainting.com/blood-art-gallery I think his from Australia.
Other than Daniel C. Boyer's "The Electronic Dancer," have any other artworks ever been mounted at an angle in the frame?
by samuelomalley on October 17th, 2010
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Has anyone else ever drawn with wart remover? I have a drawing I made with this.
by danielcboyer on October 23rd, 2010
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what glue do I use when applying a photograph to a piece of unfinished wood?
by Heather_B1405 on October 22nd, 2010
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How do I protect an acrylic based mural in a bathroom from normal cleaning wear? Is there a varnish of some kind?
by Mark360 on July 15th, 2010
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For art we are making an outfit, htat has to be made out of recycled materials. any ideas for what i could use?
by Niva-Wants-Answers on September 22nd, 2010
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Picasso used to paint on newspaper also. That's so cool. I'll bet the plate glass is nice too. Thanks! +6
by Marguerite on October 15th, 2009