Posted by Bel. The time is 12.50pm here in Wellington NZ

Conan Thai's photography project explores the Icarus myth and humankind's eternal battle with gravity in a thought provoking urban context.

[via Fubiz]


This series reminds me of some of my arty favourites: Sam Taylor Wood's Bram Stoker's Chair, delving in Victorian female sexuality; and Denis Darzacq's La Chute, World Press Photo award-winning images.

Sam Taylor Wood

Denis Darzacq

Posted by Bel. The time is 5pm here in Wellington NZ.

600,000 CDs transform a field into a sparkling ocean, in this installation by UK artist Bruce Munro.

The first in a series of projects utilising recycled and recyclable materials, Munro says it is inspired by the light of Australia of his childhood - but its also reminiscent of the current dire state of the Gulf of Mexico, as this image shows:

[via UFunk and Dezeen]

Posted by Bel. The time is 3.15pm here in Wellington, NZ.

Antony Gormley is the UK artist who was behind the One And Other installation at the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalger Square, and amazing sculptures such as the Angel of the North.

His latest work sees New Yorkers straining their necks, reexamining their iconic skyline and their own situation on the ground. Iron casts of the artist himself have been perched atop of the city's buildings, in a piece of public art entitled Event Horizon.

More photos can been seen on unurth (a site I recommend highly if you are interested in street art of any kind). These images are breath-taking enough secondhand - I can't imagine what the impact is in person.


*10 internet points to the first person to Name That Band.

Posted by Bel. The time is 11.53am here in Wellington, NZ.

In den Zillertaler Alpen by Hank Schmidt in der Beek.

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Posted by Bel. The time is 12.23pm here in Wellington, NZ.

I have to admit that I'm not enough of a woollenwear connoisseur to be familiar with Pringle of Scotland, a label established in 1815. But apparently they originated the much esteemed Argyle pattern, so congratulations to them as they celebrate 195 years in the fashion business. We fans of patterned cardigans salute you!

 

Argyle platforms? Yes please! And Lou will take them as brogues, I bet.

 

US President of Style, rocking an argyle cardie. (Note overwhelmed children in background, embarrassed by their abundance of beige.)

 

My original icon of argyle (and knee socks), Cher Horowitz.

David Shrigley is a Scottish artist whose illustrations manage to at once capture both the most basic and complex matters of life. His crude drawing style makes his pictures immediately accesible and funny, yet so often the comedy comes from a 'sad but true' element. Oh and he uses lots of text as image...  le sigh!!

 

  

  

And now he has turned his attentions to that simple and essential item, the woolly jumper. (Or 'sweater'. Which do you say?)