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slowartday:

Alex Doolan

I paint because I think, because I don’t want my overactive imagination to be underutilized, because the world in my head is better than the one I’m stuck in, because laughing is pivotal to a satisfying life, because it’s really hard, because it’s really easy, because I want to tell stories in one moment, because I want to do things that are impossible, because I am a painter. (via)

slowartday:

Abigail Box

likeafieldmouse:

Klaus Pichler - Skeletons in the Closet: Museum of Natural History, Vienna (2010-ongoing) 

Artist’s statement:

“What does a museum look like behind the scenes? How are exhibits stored when they are not on display?

The focus of this study is not on the exhibition spaces of the museum, but on the space behind the scenes, particularly depots, cellars, and storage rooms assigned to individual departments which are generally not accessible to the public.

These spaces are used for the storage of countless exhibits belonging to various collections, sorted following a rigidly scientific classification system, but also taking into account the limited storage space available.”

(Source: likeafieldmouse)

likeafieldmouse:

Zhang Huan - Free Tiger Returns to Mountains (2010)

This series demonstrates a painting technique the artist pioneered using ash gathered from incense burnt at Shanghai temples.

(Source: likeafieldmouse)

slowartday:

Jason Ratliff

“But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.” - Carl Sagan (The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark)

(Source: ofpaperandponies, via cabinet-de-curiosites)