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Monday, March 21, 2011

Sightseeing With An Artist. What do you see?

What do you see?


A street in Grottaglie, Italy.  Look closer...(Click on images for an even closer look).

The High Life


An English Heritage Property at Belsay Hall, Newcastle.

On closer inspection:

Relics

Sightseeing in Grottaglie, Italy.

It's a hot day.

Wet 'n' Wild

Late for work? Rushed to leave the house?

A Close Shave


Lost and looking for directions?

Tundra

Feel like demonstrating?

Riot

Meeting Nessie

Fantastic Voyage

Painting en plain air at the Crystal Palace, London

Antscape Painting

Slinkachu is a street artist living in London, UK.  In 2006, he started the Little People Project.  He places his miniature installations in various cities, photographs them and then leaves them for people to discover.  An artistic social commentary on the isolation and alienation that people can experience in the concrete grey of urban environments.  Clever, at times poignant, ironic and humorous. His work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions and his first book was released in 2008.  According to Slinkachu himself, he "just wanted to make people smile". Since he has been making me and many others smile for years, I believe that he has accomplished his goal.

Slinkachu's blog can be found at Little People, a tiny street art project, on which he posts and updates his installations. Prints of his photographs can be viewed and purchased at the Andipa Gallery.
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27 comments:

  1. Vinny CMarch 21, 2011 10:02 AM

    Those are awesome. I'm always amazed at big imaginations out there - even when it comes to something so tiny.

    Okay! I gotta sat it. That guy in the last photo's painting an ant.

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  2. Antares CryptosMarch 21, 2011 10:55 AM

    Agreed. If you look at his other work, endless imagination and humor.

    He is? How did that get in there?

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  3. JayneMarch 21, 2011 12:41 PM

    This is brilliant - and I'm so glad you brought it to our attention. Certainly made me smile. Just goes to show what happens when we really zoom in on that big picture. ;)

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  4. LisaMarch 21, 2011 1:56 PM

    OMG.I love these.

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  5. Kev D.March 21, 2011 2:13 PM

    Thanks dude, these are awesome.

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  6. Al PenwasserMarch 21, 2011 7:55 PM

    Those are fantastic! I wish I had his imagination. The best I could do is pose my daughter's Ken doll over a mound of dog poop.
    It's certainly not Art.
    Because his name is 'Ken.'
    Sheesh!

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  7. Antares CryptosMarch 21, 2011 8:31 PM

    @Jayne, thought we could all use a smile. Yes, I know exactly what you mean. There's a lot of depth to his work.

    @Lisa, hi. Glad you enjoyed them too.

    @KevD. You're most welcome. I think they're awesome too.

    @Al, he keeps coming up with incredibly clever work. Been watching him for a while. You never know, take a photograph, give it a clever title and it could be art.
    Very clever, Al.;)

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  8. Marylinn KellyMarch 21, 2011 9:20 PM

    Smiles. I have an aunt, once a shy child, who walked looking at the ground. SHE would have seen these. As it was, she always found money on the sidewalk. Hard to pick a favorite...I think the shoelace Nessie. The world remains open to new forms. Thank you.

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  9. Antares CryptosMarch 21, 2011 9:35 PM

    Marylinn, I keep hoping I'll find one of them, better look up on occasion. :) Yes, it was hard enough selecting these. He hand paints his tiny little people. You're welcome:)

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  10. Gutsy LivingMarch 21, 2011 11:59 PM

    How creative. Now you'll have me looking down everywhere I go. I need to check out his website.

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  11. DB StewartMarch 22, 2011 2:14 AM

    Treats my life.

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  12. SultanMarch 22, 2011 6:49 AM

    Nice

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  13. UnknownMarch 22, 2011 7:42 AM

    If you like those, you might like these too.

    http://e-clecticism.blogspot.com/2009/05/plastic-life.html

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  14. AlittlespriteMarch 22, 2011 9:16 AM

    Love them (especially last one :)
    I am always amaized by street artists. SO talented
    I loved those realistic chalk ones that were floating round emails one time.
    Also loved the watermelon carving email? did you ever get that one?

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  15. Antares CryptosMarch 22, 2011 2:38 PM

    @Gutsy Writer, :), agreed. I think you'll enjoy them too. Some are a little dark humor and melancholy. Still quite good.

    @dbs, art can have that effect ;)

    @Laoch, agreed.

    @Jono, thanks, I'll have a look.

    @Sprite, me too. The chalk or pastel trompe-l'oeil that I sometimes see someone draw on the ground are amazing. Someone sent me a bunch of the carved ones a while back. Talent is everywhere, we just have to notice it.;)

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  16. PearlMarch 22, 2011 5:08 PM

    I absolutely LOVED this. Thank you!

    Pearl

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  17. Antares CryptosMarch 22, 2011 6:30 PM

    Hello Pearl, hard not to like them:)

    BTW, you are now the second person I know who likes the Master and Margarita.

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  18. AlittlespriteMarch 24, 2011 7:04 AM

    Dammed dbs! Now I feel like oranges.

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  19. katsidheMarch 24, 2011 8:55 AM

    Those are brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing, Antares.~

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  20. Antares CryptosMarch 24, 2011 7:37 PM

    Sprite, want one? Nom,nom,nom.

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  21. Antares CryptosMarch 24, 2011 7:38 PM

    Hi Katsidhe, have a look at his other work, I think you'll like it.

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  22. RuthMarch 25, 2011 12:57 AM

    Brilliant!!!

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  23. Antares CryptosMarch 25, 2011 1:54 AM

    Ruth, yes and he keeps coming up with new ideas.

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  24. UnknownMarch 26, 2011 1:20 AM

    I think this should be done in all cities around the world. It would encourage us to look closer at our surrounding environment, and find the beauty in simple things. Bring out the artist in all of us....

    And yes, have morphed the blog a bit. Trying to get work as a travel/destination reviewer.... Big hopes so far, but no action...

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  25. Antares CryptosMarch 26, 2011 5:53 PM

    Sarah, agreed. It is his intent.

    Good luck. I like your writing style, would go where you send us, so it's just a matter of time before someone says yes. BTW, I can't load your blog.

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  26. mandersMarch 27, 2011 12:08 AM

    those are great, i love them

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  27. Antares CryptosMarch 27, 2011 8:04 PM

    Manders, I think so too.

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