Source Artsy Shark  Artists who are serious about marketing and promoting their work cast a wide net. That means they will be turned down much of the time. The post Rejection as a Catalyst for Change appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Cheers to the Asian Art Museum and exhibition organizer Yuki Morishima for presenting the first solo exhibition of Yoshida Hodaka in the United States. Hodaka was an influential Japanese artist with a voracious appetite for innovation and experimentation. Schooled in traditional woodblock print techniques, Hodaka seemingly leapt…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Subliminal Projects is pleased to present, Visual Language: The Art of Protest, a group exhibition and survey of the symbiotic relationship between art and activism. Visual Language is an ongoing project curated in collaboration with Coates & Scarry, that aims to investigate and spark dialogue about how art acts as…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Waterman: Coloring the Stranger explores the adaptation of a stranger in a new place. Jiyoun Lee-Lodge began this series as a journal-like notation when she moved from New York to Utah, and struggled to settle in. The persona of Waterman acts as a stand-in for both personal and…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  In today’s A Portfolio, we look at the hyperrealistic train graffiti paintings of Tim Conlon. Whether creating canvases that depict details of iron freights with graffiti tags or recreating scale trains themselves, Conlon’s work is about observation and movement. 

Source Design You Trust  LEGO just released a massive Lord of the Rings-inspired set that recreates the elven sanctuary of Rivendell from the blockbuster films. The 6,167-piece set features 15 minifigures, including all of the members of the fellowship, along with iconic locations like the council ring, Elrond’s study, Frodo’s chamber, a gazebo, bridge, river…

Source Colossal   A spread from ‘Shift Happens’ showing the early QWERTY keyboard on a Sholes & Glidden typewriter (photograph by Eremeev). The layout established on that typewriter led directly to the layout of every keyboard today. All images courtesy of Marcin Wichary, shared with permission What if QWERTY wasn’t the standard keyboard layout? A forthcoming…

Source Colossal   All images © Isobelle Ouzman, shared with permission Open one of Isobelle Ouzman’s books, and you’ll be transported to a whimsical world of flora and fauna. The Bratislava-based artist (previously) carves pages of found novels and other tomes into intricate paper labyrinths of forests and meadows. Often occupied by a lone hare or fox, the…