Odd, Unusual, Weird & Whacky
Lots of unusual art forms!
Extreme Body Art – Erl Van Aken
Welcome back! In the realm of body art, tattoos, and body piercings, you won’t find many more in the extreme than ‘modification pioneer’ Erl Van Aken, who bears several of the first known piercings such as his namesake the Erl — a bridge piercing passing horizontally through the fleshy part between the eyes above or [...]
Banksy Graffiti Artwork Auctioned on eBay
A graffiti painting by the illusive and infamous artist Banksy was sold for more than $390,000 (208,100) on eBay on Monday, illustrating an artist in outmoded clothing putting the finishing touches on the word “BANKSY” spray painted in red. The piece was scrawled on a wall on the Portobello Road in the west London district [...]
Great Moosters Art Cow Collection Worth Over 6 Million
British artist Caroline Shotton creates whimsical, cheeky pieces full of humor, with overtones of impressionism and surrealism of replica artworks with cows after the masters including Leonardo Da Vinci, Johannes Vermeer and Edvard Munch. Shotton’s moosterpiece series include The Moona Lisa, Cow with the Pearl Earring and The Moo. The Moona Lisa / Photo Metro [...]
Aussie Artist Implants Third Ear in His Own Arm
Austrailian artist Stelarc — formerly Stelios Arcadiou — spent 10 long years searching for a surgeon willing to perform a controversial operation to implant a third ear onto his forearm ‘in the name of art,’ which was created in a lab from human cartilage. “It is more of a relief at present than an ear [...]
