Plaster Body Painting – Jasper Huang’s ‘Congeal’ is a Blend of Painted Live Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Jasper Huang’s ‘Congeal’ photo shoot is an artistic feat in both the body painting and live arts realms. This series uses thickly-applied grayish-white body paint that reminds me of plaster. The models’…

Spelunking Photo Shoots – Ryan McGinley’s Models Take it All Off for ‘Moonmilk’ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ryan McGinley’s ‘Moonmilk’ exhibition is the result of a fantastic combination of nude models and caves. The spelunking photo shoot will be exhibited at London’s Alison Jacques Gallery in London this September.…

Storytelling Digital Art – Merel Brugman’s Image Manipulation is More Than Meets the Eye (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Merel Brugman’s ‘Body Language’ shoot is a digital wonderland of image manipulation. With admirable expertise and a cheeky sense of humor, Brugman turns these provocative images into a silent story.

Whether…

Time-Traveling Body Painting – Natalia Stahl’s ‘Chinese Mood’ Blends Burlesque Ancient China (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Natalia Stahl’s ‘Chinese Mood’ is an example of beautiful body painting that transcends time. Stahl has painted her model with traditional China cultural symbols, like Chinese characters and gorgeous sprawling…

Photoshopped Bombs – Daniela Edburg Takes Explosive Photos for her ‘Time to Kill’ Series (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Daniela Edburg takes spectacular shots and photoshops explosions in for her collection entitled, “Time to Kill.” The Houston, Texas native studied Visual Arts in the National University of San Carlos Academy…

Vixen Photography Exhibits – Sizzling Collection Kicks Off the Toronto Burlesque Festival (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Thursday night the Toronto Burlesque Festival kicked off with a party at the Gladstone Hotel featuring this burlesque photography.

Featuring many of the bombshells from the Toronto scene, this burlesque…

Hypnotic Wall Decals – Modern Sticker Decorum From Areaware (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Areaware has just released a new line of wall decals and these sticker murals are nothing like the ones we have seen before. These vinyl decals give your walls that extra flair and let you add a piece…

Role Reversal Photography – Kristina Sinutko’s ‘Objectifying Men’ Turns the Tables on Relationships (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Kristina Sinutko’s ‘Objectifying Men’ is a series of tableaus that reverse common relationship roles. Rather than objectifying women, as we see frequently in the media, these images objectify men instead.…

Athletic Art Shows – Nike Teams With INSA for Art Show (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) INSA has teamed up with Nike Sportswear to create this exhibition titled “Looking For Love.” INSA is very well known for female-inspired themes in its artwork.

Some pieces had classic INSA trademark topics…

Illusory Invisible People – Liu Bolin Makes Men Disappear With His Tricky Painting Techniques (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Liu Bolin is talented at illusory art. More specifically, Bolin can make people appear to disappear. This is no easy feat. Art forms like this take a lot of time, patience and attention to detail. Sahndong-born…

Life-Like Paintography – Shaun Downey Astounds and Amazes With Photo-Like Paintings (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I was literally stopped dead in my tracks by the image of a very regular looking woman sitting in a very regular looking kitchen, clutching a telephone. No, I was not peeping into someone’s window. I was…

Monster Art – Chris Ryniak Looks to Outer Space for Beastly Inspiration (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Cute, creepy or downright weird, Chris Ryniak’s little monster critters will have you exclaiming “Oooh!”, “Awww!” and “Ewww!” Ryniak’s collection features many different mediums including paintings, images…

Trashy Pin-Up Art – Lorenzo Masnah Makes Pop Culture Garbage Into an Art Form (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Lorenzo Masnah’s collection entitled “Bonita” is anything but trashy – even though it is technically made from trash. The Mexico-born, New York-based artist finds old 60’s magazine pin-ups and jazzes them…

Blacklight Body Painting – Tim Engle’s UV Photography Reveals Our Android Side (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tim Engle’s body painting photography is enhanced even further by his use of UV lighting. The designs painted on the models feature geometric shapes and patterns that remind me of the blueprints for a…

Hedonistic Photo Shoots – ‘Pandemonium’ Features a Wealth of Dionysian Delights (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When I saw Tereza Haszprunarová‘s ‘Pandemonium’ photo set, I immediately thought of Dionysus (Bacchus) and hedonism. Get ready to recall your Roman and Greek mythology from school!

In many of the shots…

Psychedelic Bedrooms – Olga Tcherednikova’s Interior Color Scheme is for Insomniacs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Olga Tcherednikova’s ‘Psychedelic Bedroom’ design is eye-popping and definitely impressive to behold, but it flies directly in the face of interior designers who advocate calm colors in the bedroom to…

Smoking Statues – Banksy Twists Classic Art into Modern Pop Culture Shock Exhibits (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Banksy is having his first show at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery since 2000. The Bristol Exhibition, which opens on June 19th, 2009, can be expected to show a lot of Banksy’s to-be-expected shocking…

Capturing Stunned Kids – Kyriakos’ ‘Blue Mantle’ is Full of Frightened Faces (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I can’t be too sure what is making the children in Kyriakos’ ‘Blue Mantle’ look so frightened, but their stunned faces tell the story far better than any words could. Image after image, each kid looks…

Underwear Pool Parties – ‘Summer’ Captures the Best of Warm-Weather Fun (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This steamy photo shoot is the result of a scandalous collaboration between Wilmot Design and Jordan Eliza. With hot models clad only in white cotton underwear, an inflatable pool and some pool toys, this…

Super-Sized Swimmers – Discovery Unveils Giant Tattooed Statues for ‘London Ink’ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This super-sized swimmer is a part of an unusual publicity stunt for ‘London Ink,’ a new Discovery Channel reality series. The Discovery Channel placed two giant statues in London to promote the series;…