Artist Punches “自由” 27,000 Times onto Wall in a Tribute to Nelson Mandela

With the Chinese characters for “freedom” (自由) on a stamp attached to his boxing glove, Belgian artist Phil Akashi punched a wall 27,000 times to create a likeness of Nelson Mandela. He made it in tribute to the international hero, utilizing his particular brand of “seal art,” where he only uses East Asian Seals as the medium.

“I am addicted to seals, I collect seals, I paint with seals, I love seals. Creating with East Asian seals as a medium is a wonderful opportunity to tribute and to sustain a very old tradition with passion, emotion and innovation. It is also an exciting way to advance their potential with a European sensitivity.”

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He used a Chinese seal and cinnabar paste for Nelson Mandela’s significance in Taoist culture. He opted for black cinnabar paste to honor Mandela’s struggle against apartheid. The painting can be found in the Shanghai Graffiti Park, surrounded by the graffiti of local street artists.

“This artwork exemplifies Nelson Mandela’s 27 years of incarceration but also symbolize his lifelong brave stand for freedom and equality. Nelson Mandela is an extraordinary artist of peace. He sacrificed his own freedom to fight for the freedom of others and therefore represents a fantastic source of inspiration for the entire world.”

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Watch the project in progress:

 

Images courtesy of the artist’s website. For more see his Facebook page and Instagram.

Source: Good.is

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‘The Future is Blight’ from TrustoCorp

Culver City got an amazing new exhibit last month – a collection from guerilla art group TrustoCorp titled “The Future is Blight” at LeBasse Projects. “Known for their bold, unexpected artwork and on site installations of meticulously fabricated billboards, highly produced street and subway signs and complex sculptural objects, TrustoCorp seeks to point out the follies of contemporary society and politics,” the gallery writes.

The exhibition includes a larger, citywide installation of “poverty kits,” made up of things like toothbrushes, candy bars, condoms and cigarettes that attempt to shed light on the issue of homelessness in Los Angeles, a city where an estimated 50,000 people are homeless. If you graph out the locations of these “poverty kits” throughout the city, their locations will spell out an “urgent message.”

The artists summarize their impression of of Los Angeles in the following statement:

‘Underneath the glossy veneer of tabloid magazines and Hollywood movies, the former middle class is struggling, families are facing poverty and America is slowly becoming a third world country. In the absence of any real help or solid solutions, there is hypocrisy, greed and hopelessness. Through our work, we hope to call attention to this reality, crack a few smiles and hopefully make some people think along the way.’

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (They Can For Her Guns) Mixed media on wood panel, 18x18"

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (They Can For Her Guns)
Mixed media on wood panel, 18×18″

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (Cops From Hell) Mixed media on wood panel

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (Cops From Hell)
Mixed media on wood panel

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (I Was A Botox Junkie) Mixed media on wood panel, 18x18

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (I Was A Botox Junkie)
Mixed media on wood panel, 18×18

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (Tales of Eviction) Mixed media on wood panel, 18x18"

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (Tales of Eviction)
Mixed media on wood panel, 18×18″

TrustoCorp :: Everything Is Fine Mixed media on paper, 10.5 x 18"

TrustoCorp :: Everything Is Fine
Mixed media on paper, 10.5 x 18″

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (It Rhymes With Fame) Mixed media on wood panel, 18x18"

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (It Rhymes With Fame)
Mixed media on wood panel, 18×18″

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (Love Affair With God) Mixed media on wood panel, 18x18"

TrustoCorp :: Trusto Pulp (Love Affair With God)
Mixed media on wood panel, 18×18″

rustoCorp :: Floundering Father II Mixed media on paper, 17.5 x 13"

rustoCorp :: Floundering Father II
Mixed media on paper, 17.5 x 13″

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TrustoCorp :: Give Me Some Credit Mixed media on paper, 9 x 12"

[/zl_mate_code] All images and info via LeBasse Projects.

And you can find these works in real life here:
LeBasse Projects 6023 Washington Blvd Culver City, CA 90232
April 13th – May 11th, 2013
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8 Conceptual Photographs With Floating People

It might be the coolest superpower ever, and with photo editing software now it’s possible: people can fly. Only visually unfortunately, not physically, but seeing the image of a person flying makes it seem like it’s that much closer to possible. Maybe someday soon it will be, inventions these days are reaching new levels of amazing – we’re basically able to reconstruct working human limbs now so jetpacks can’t be too far off. But then there would have to be flying legislation and we wouldn’t actually get to use the jetpacks legally till the year 3000.

Hint: hover for descriptions!

 

1. Sky Fall by Evan Borges

 

[zl_mate_code name=”Pink Dynamic” label=”1″ count=”1″ who=”div” text=”More floating than flying, he glides eerily over the smooth top of the lake.

He’s in the exact center, and the sky’s clouds and colors are reflected in the lake below, the ripples transforming their shapes into a real kind of impressionism.”]fly7[/zl_mate_code]
Source: galito26.tumblr.com

 

 

2. Away to the Sky by Anka

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[zl_mate_code name=”Orange Dynamic” label=”3″ count=”1″ who=”div” text=”Balloons lift a girl from her center, and she’s flying without realizing it; her head falls back and her body is limp in the middle of the sky.

The scene behind her is blurred and faded – not as real as the girl in the plaid skirt who looks like she’s just flown away from the party. “]balloons[/zl_mate_code]
Source: unplu66ed.tumblr.com

 

 

3. Untitled by Agnieszka Sikorska

 

[zl_mate_code name=”Blue Dynamic” label=”2″ count=”1″ who=”div” text=”Flying is more like hovering here. A figure dressed all in black hangs a couple feet off the ground, her hair falling forward and tickling the leaves and the dirt.

She looks captive, hands held above her head and feet kicking back, speckled in dirt.”] SONY DSC[/zl_mate_code]

Source: whynotrishu.tumblr.com

 

 

4. Chairway to Heaven by Julia

Anna

 

[zl_mate_code name=”Green Dynamic” label=”4″ count=”1″ who=”div” text=”Against a fiery red sky, the girl plays a dangerous game of musical chairs, arms outstretched for balance even though she’s not afraid of falling.

She’s almost halfway to the chair at the other end of the sky.”] fly5[/zl_mate_code]

Source: i-rene.tumblr.com

 

 

5. Leaving the Body by Hands of Skill

 

[zl_mate_code name=”Orange Dynamic” label=”3″ count=”1″ who=”div” text=”A man levitates and leans forward, blindfolded and thrust forward by whatever’s in his hands.

A boy sits on the curb and stares up holding his head in his hand, watching the man fly past as if levitation were an ordinary thing.”]fly3 [/zl_mate_code]

Source: myphotologbook.tumblr.com

 

 

6. The Journey by David Shauf

 

[zl_mate_code name=”Pink Dynamic” label=”1″ count=”1″ who=”div” text=”She doesn’t have wings but she still looks like a fairy, a girl flying over the sand in the sunlight with her back arched; the petals of her skirt dance in the wind.”]fly8 [/zl_mate_code]

Source: insaneobsession28.tumblr.com

 

 

7. Floating Chair by Hannah

 

[zl_mate_code name=”Blue Dynamic” label=”2″ count=”1″ who=”div” text=”She sits in a wooden fold-up chair and both chair and girl fly a few feet above the ground, with tree branches stretching out like spiderwebs behind her.

She looks over the back of the chair and down, surprised at the magic she’s found in the woods.”]fly1 [/zl_mate_code]

Source: tumblropenarts.tumblr.com

 

 

8. Head in the Clouds by Stefano Galeotti

 

[zl_mate_code name=”Green Dynamic” label=”4″ count=”1″ who=”div” text=”Thick wooly clouds hide the girl’s head, but her body stick out of the fluffy ceiling like a stick stuck in the dirt.

Her body’s set against the corner of a room, the line of the wall running down behind her.”]fly4 [/zl_mate_code]

Source: unplu66ed.tumblr.com

 

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