The Absolutely Insane World of Italian Artist Claudio Parentela!

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Can an artist be both an outsider artist and a pop artist? I’m not sure. But Italian Artist Claudio Parentela‘s work certainly is a powerful argument that its possible! His website, full of mind blowing color and vaguely-nauseating movement shows his outsider-like, insane pop aesthetic just as much as his artwork. He’s a man who’s not afraid to […]

IIWII. Pure Artistic Evolution!

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IIWII The Trifecta! And back we go for the third time, to one of my favorite modern (and currently active) Art projects/collaborations! This is another look at what’s been going on over at the IIWII Project. (It IS What It Is) Am I just shamelessly promoting a project I’m part of? No, I’m not. I […]

The Oddball, Whimsical Work of Dave Higgins

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Dave Higgins’ work looks like something strait out of a Juxtapoz magazine spread. It’s detailed and intricate enough to make you want to spend time with it. It’s just about odd enough to not want to. And that is why it’s so interesting. Is it Outsider Art?, Lowbrow?, Surrealist? Or maybe even Fine Art? Whatever […]

True “Insider” Outsider Art


Alien or Citrus? Both. When you look at this work, what do you see? I see an amazingly detailed work that looks to be molded of clay and worked with tools to get the shape and depth. Then maybe it’s painted or stained many times to get that depth of color. Finally, it would be […]

Meat and Veggies: A unique look in Art


Photos copyright of Dimitri Tsykalov Photos copyright of Dimitri Tsykalov The Weird Art of Dimitri Tsykalov By Spooky on September 1st, 2010. http://www.odditycentral.com Unique Russian Artist Dimitry Tsykalov does much more than just play with his food. He’s moved on from sculpting potato mountains and valleys to meat suits and veggie skulls. See the rest […]

It Is What It Is.


IIWII 2006b [txt ©2011 jbb | img ©2011 am] IIWII. It Is What It Is. But what is it? I’ll tell you what it is. It is genius. It Is what happens when an Artist and a Writer have 1 hour a day to create, design and put on paper their daily experiment. Simply put, […]

Detroit Art City? You Bet It Is!

Kresge Foundation Launches Art X Detroit to Celebrate Artistic Excellence and the City's Creative Spirit

Kristen Beaver. David Lewinski Photography A city as downtrodden as Detroit has got to have some seriously powerful and inspired Artists! Well, some of those Artists are getting a chance to show off what they can do. Detroit Art City! Good luck Detroit. All of us here at Give Us Art are rooting for you! […]

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