Art that vanishes as nature reclaims it...

Jason deCaires Taylor

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Cecilia Granara

Graduated from SGBIS in 2009

Now at St Martin's in London

Here's her website:

http://ceciliagranara.yolasite.com/

sketchbooks

paintings

James Jean

Blog

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Art that you can see from space

More Information about the giant rabbit's creators: GELITIN, and their other works.

Printmaking: Several Y13 and all Y12 students are exploring a range of printmaking techniques Here are some links to the work of famous and less well known artists who have used printmaking.

printmakers council

www.worldprintmakers.com

www.artsconnect.com

www.squidoo.com/blogosprint

www.artoftheprint.com

German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: Portraits and Self-Portraits

rembrandt.parkwestgallery.com/

ukiyo-e

Tom Wood

An old favourite of mine who might inspire a few of you Y12 & 13 students with your ongoing studio work

Click HERE

OR HERE

Happy Famous Artists Blog

Bad Art For Bad People

Some interesting sculptural projects in a range of unusual media

Follow the links to the artists' sites

How does an artist's choice of medium impact upon the final outcome?

Prior to Duchamp & Picasso. most sculptors used ceramics, carved stone, bone, plaster or wood and cast metal to express their ideas. Now available media might include frozen blood, vaseline, waste products, sharks and formaldehyde, condoms, old tights, kebabs, cigarette ends, used engine oil, the artist's own body....

Or in this case - the artist Gianni Motti presents a bar of soap that he claims is made from fat that was liposuctioned from Silvio Berlusconi:


further information here

Link to a downloadable PDF of the latest issue of Aesthetica Magazine

HERE

Cultures Converge

Here is a link to a PDF of the current IWB research task for Y13 (with working hyperlinks to videos and other resources)

What happens to all of those
St George's IB artists
after they leave F floor?

Of course many go on to Foundation courses as well as degrees in Fine Art, Vehicle Design, Toy Design, Textiles, Fashion Design, Illustration, Film, Photography, Video, Book Design, Architecture, Theatre and TV Design, Interior Design - to name but a few...

But then what?

Some become painters, fashion stylists, photographers, designers, sculptors, or may even use their artistic talents to help others. Here are a few examples from recent years:

Amy Griffin

Caroline Conte

Dario Carbone

Bea Bonafini

Phoebe Stannard

Adjmal Dulloo

Salvador Dali walking his anteater.

Was the man himself the real artwork ?

World Food Day 2010

St George's Art on the Saatchi Gallery

(more work to be added soon)

Any of my wonderful St George's artists in London this summer should check out these free workshops:

Click HERE for info