Pinar stops to admire Johnson Tsang‘s sculptures:
The sculptor is perhaps best recognized for his “Coffee Kiss” piece from his Yangyuang series, in which two kissing faces are formed out of what seems to be coffee spilling from a pair of cups. … The artist’s metallic and ceramic structures often feature a cooperation between inanimate objects and human beings.
From a series of photographs of the work of Russian graffiti artist Nomerz, “who transforms old buildings into wonderfully realistic faces”:
An alleged member of the Muslim Brotherhood is dragged through a crowd of protesters after being beaten on the head during clashes between opposition demonstrators and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood on March 22, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. Opposition demonstrators converged on the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Cairo suburb of Muqattam to protest against the government of President Mohammed Morsi, who is closely connected to the Muslim Brotherhood movement. By Ed Giles/Getty Images.
One of the four white Bengal tigers born in captivity on January 14, 2013 at the Buenos Aires zoo growls during their presentation on March 21, 2013. Their parents are white Bengal tigers Cleo and Rhiano, a young couple living at this zoo. By Daniel Garcia/AFP/Getty Images.
A ‘Ninot’ (puppet) depicting German Cancellor Angela Merkel burns during the last day of the Las Fallas Festival on March 20, 2013 in Valencia, Spain. The Fallas festival, which runs from March 15 until March 19, celebrates the arrival of spring with fireworks, fiestas and bonfires made by large puppets named Ninots. By David Ramos/Getty Images.
More on the Falles and ninots from Wiki:
Formerly, much time would be spent by the Casal faller preparing the ninots (Valencian for puppets or dolls). During the four days leading up to 19 March, each group takes its ninot out for a grand parade, and then mounts it, each on its own elaborate firecracker-filled cardboard and paper-mâché artistic monument in a street of the given neighbourhood. This whole assembly is a falla.
The ninots and their falles are constructed according to an agreed upon theme that has traditionally been, and continues to be, a satirical jab at anything or anyone who draws the attention of the critical eyes of the falleros—the celebrants themselves. In modern times, the whole two week long festival has spawned a huge local industry, to the point that an entire suburban area has been designated the City of Falles – Ciutat fallera. Here, crews of artists and artisans, sculptors, painters, and many others all spend months producing elaborate constructions of paper and wax, wood and styrofoam tableaux towering up to five stories, composed of fanciful figures in outrageous poses arranged in gravity-defying architecture, each produced at the direction of the many individual neighbourhood Casals faller who vie with each other to attract the best artists, and then to create the most outrageous monument to their target.
Headstones are reflected in a photograph that is leaning against the headstone for Iraq war casualty U.S. Army Master Sgt. Tulsa Tulaga Tuliau on the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq at Arlington National Cemetery March 19, 2013 in Arlington, Virginia. Tuliau was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations near Rustimayah, Iraq on September 26, 2005. By Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
A pink horse rests ahead of its appearance in a cavalry event in honour of the Prince of Wales and Duchess’s of Cornwall’s visit on the eighth day of a tour of the Middle East in Muscat, Oman on March 18, 2013. The Royal couple are on the fourth and final leg of a tour, taking in Jordan, Qatar, Saudia Arabia and Oman. By Chris Jackson/Getty Images.
Italian photographer Marina Rosso describes the project she shot between 2009-2011:
Licia and Ryan married 57 years ago in a small town next to Udine, Italy. They spent all their lives together and now at the age of 85, things start to be more difficult and the rhythms are slower. All the days look like the others, every movement is a repetitional loop. But this is what keeps them still alive: the idea of being self sufficient and helping each other.
Amanda Gorence found out Licia and Ryan are actually Marina’s grandparents:
Rosso says that through photography, she was able to foster a closer relationship with them. We don’t doubt that, as it is clear in her intimate portrait of partnership, aging, love, and committment—the latter two concepts melting into an undefined one; Rosso says, “It’s difficult, at a certain point, to say where one ends and the other begins.”
More images here.
Graffiti by Nuxuno Xän, in Fort De France, Martinique. Photo by Rosali Rodrigues via Street Art Utopia.
Former Republican presidential nominee Dip Chutney? … Ham Hockney? … Rom Comedy? … Rick Flambe? … Chip Ranchero? … Blake Lively? … delivers remarks during the second day of the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland on March 15, 2013. By Alex Wong/Getty Images.
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