"When Artists Get Creative"

Ok, I'm all for art and creativity -- as most of you know,-- but sometimes I happen upon the work of other artists and start to wonder. Often, I'm intruiged, but sometimes there are those who, ...well, go a little too far, and leave the realm of art completely.

Here are some examples of the good,... and the bad. Enjoy!

INTERESTING:
Wearable Art

"Estelle Akamine is a leading designer in the wearable art as a costume movement. She has created outfits out of material found at the dump, some of which were glamorous enough to be worn to the Black and White Ball in 1993.

The materials for Akamine's imaginative formal wear include computer tape, zipper discards, plastic bags, 6-pack harnesses, shredded paper, hardware items and much more. Graceful hats from floppy phone disc and tiaras from Venetian blinds completed the costumes."

PRACTICAL:
Art from bottle caps.

"Mr. Lamb has been collecting "outsider art" made from bottle caps for many years. The most peculiar category of this collection is "Nuts and Butts," a term Mr. Lamb has coined for figurative constructions that hold an ashtray in their arms and sport what is assumed to be a bowl for nuts on their heads."

COMFORTABLE:
Chairs by Szado.

"The Roadster chair is inspired by the long sleek lines of old race cars. The seat encapsulates the sitter like a driver. You must step into the chair, then put your feet up on the leather foot rest -- it's a fabulous feeling. The chair really is an experience."

A COMPLETE WASTE:
Ham Art

Cosimo Cavallaro, who once repainted a New York hotel room in melted mozzarella, has covered a bed in processed ham. "I feel like I am back in my mother's deli," the artist said Thursday.

His installation in a street-level gallery space of the Roger Smith Hotel in midtown Manhattan involved slicing 312 pounds (140 kilograms) of ham and tossing the meat on top of a four-poster bed. The installation, which took 3 1/2 hours, will be kept in the air-conditioned room for two days.

Right. Think of all those hungry people in New York that could have been eating that ham! Instead it's sitting in an air-conditioned gallery being called art. Maybe he should get into nut art instead. :)

He has a website, but I'm too appalled that someone can create that and call it art, that I'm not even going to support his efforts with a link. (Besides, some of his "art" borders on being downright disgusting.)

-Jon
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