Surreal and Playful Furniture By Lila Jang

There’s basic Ikea furniture, there’s fancy furniture, and then there’s these creative and surreal artist furniture pieces by Lila Jang, a sculptor from South Korea who created twisted and bloated versions of 18th-century French furniture.

Jang’s work is inspired by problems that many of us can probably relate to. The space constraints she lived with in her tiny Paris apartment inspired her to consider new forms for furniture that would help it fit into a smaller space. She was also inspired by a desire to escape “the often monotonous routine of real life.”

As Jang explains, “My work represents who and where we are as human beings: in the midpoint of that constant struggle between reality and the ideal.”

Having completed her studies at Hongik University in Seoul and Ecole National Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Jang has participated in various international groups exhibitions and art fairs.

Source: luxartinsititute.org

Surreal and Playful Furniture By Lila Jang originally appeared on Bored Panda.

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http://www.modernism.ro/2014/02/01/surreal-and-playful-furniture-by-lila-jang/

Human Body Transformed Into Surreal Works Of Art

Using the natural shapes and contours of the body, German artist Gisene Marwedel transforms the human body into a living, breathing work of art. Marwedel paints finely detailed images, ranging from animals to landscapes to abstraction. She first learned the art of body painting while in India, where she began painting with henna. This skill evolved into a full-time hobby (she has a day job as a speech therapist). Her work depicts scenes of movement and grace with a hauntingly surreal aesthetic. (via mirror)

The post appeared first on Beautiful/Decay.

http://www.modernism.ro/2014/01/18/human-body-transformed-into-surreal-works-of-art

Magic and Surreal Photo Manipulations by Caras Ionut

The work of Romanian photographer Caras Ionut

„Born in February of the late 70s, I seem to have taken passion in a cooler weather as my inspirations for photogrhapy in mu life as a romanian artist; so much of my work shows depictions of fall and winter and my mechanics entail several hues of blues and whites. Most people when considering deams whould think of good positive dreams, and I like to think I captured that in my work. I also seem to visit the darker side of what people may see of dreams, not necessarily what one would see as negative, but possibly a dream that one could not quite understand or may feel alone.”

You can see more over on 500px.

http://www.modernism.ro/2013/11/05/magic-and-surreal-photo-manipulations-by-caras-ionut/