Ad libitum

Ad libitum | Artwork © johnnyluckyrabbit

The Overtaking

Artwork © Kapten-N

Strange Case of Miss Mermaid and Mrs. Whale

Artwork © racookie3 (& Edward Scissorhands)

Points

James Blake’s The Colour in Anything tour poster, 2016 Quentin Blake illustrated the album cover and other promotional material for the third album by the Mercury Prize-winning songwriter James Blake, The Colour in Anything. Illustration: Quentin Blake.

Cover to Cover

艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi) for “Day & Taxi” A new book, “Artist Record Covers” (published by Taschen), showcases how artists have used the album cover as a uniquely populist canvas. Here, 艾未未 (Ài Wèiwèi), who would go on to become infamous for his bold work across various media and disputes with the Chinese government, creates a cover for Swiss jazz trio “Day & Taxi” – who also have covers by the likes of Alex Katz, Gilbert & George, and 奈良美智 (Yoshitomo Nara). Picture and caption by The Guardian.

Pet sitting

Artwork: w-t-w.org

So far the service is available only in Prato, Italy.

Self-Portrait Without A Self

All are not thieves that the dogs bark at. English proverb

Artwork © GothianaVampet

化圓為方 (Squaring the circle)

A Mask, Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky, 1919 The great ballet dancer Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky was world famous during his tenure with the Ballets Russes, directed by Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev. But his mental health declined, and he spent time in asylums, where he created drawings fixated on circular forms. Photo: Jonathan Stokes/© The Vaslav and Romola Nijinsky Estate.

Cygnus Loop

An artist’s drawing a black hole named Cygnus X-1. It formed when a large star caved in. This black hole pulls matter from blue star beside it. Credits: NASA/CXC/Melissa Weiss.

The Difficult Crossing

别批判他人，因为你不知道别人经历过什么。
Bié pīpàn tārén, yīnwèi nǐ bù zhīdào biérén jīnglìguò shèn me.
Never judge others. You never know what their story is.

Artwork © MadLittleClown

The Beginning of Infinity

想象的力量，给予我们无限可能。 Xiǎngxiàng de lìliàng, jǐyǔ wǒmen wúxiàn kěnéng. The power of imagination makes us infinite. 约翰·缪尔 (John Muir)

Artwork © Skia

Panis non conficitur sine farina

Artwork © InThisMoment

抱着下坡的想法爬山，便无法爬上山顶。
Bàozhe xià pō de xiǎngfǎ páshān, biàn wúfǎ pá shàng shāndǐng.
You cannot climb uphill by thinking downhill thoughts.

Catch-22

“Scylla and Charybdis”
Artwork © jacobsteel

没有其它选择时，能使脑筋清楚异常。
Méi yǒu qí tā xuǎn zé shí, néng shǐ nǎo jīn qīng chú yì cháng.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Kawaii

Renaissance woman ... a detail from The Birth of Venus by Tomoko Nagao (2012).

Beauty will save the world

Artwork © Exit Enter

日久见人心。
Rì jiǔ jiàn rénxīn.
Time reveals a person’s heart.

Illuminations

Ho teso corde da campanile a campanile; ghirlande da finestra a finestra; catene d’oro da stella a stella, e danzo. Arthur Rimbaud, “Illuminations”

Artwork © ursulav

White Lines

Heart of Darkness

Das Schachspiel hat wie die Liebe, die Musik, die Fähigkeit, den Menschen glücklich zu machen. Ich habe ein leises Gefühl des Bedauerns für jeden, der das Schachspiel nicht kennt, so wie ich jeden bedaure, der die Liebe nicht kennt. Siegbert Tarrasch, “Das Schachspiel” Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity for the man who has no knowledge of love. Siegbert Tarrasch, “The Game of Chess”

Artwork © Trollgirl

Flying Flowers

Artwork © Dusteramaranth

福
Fú
Good fortune

Exit Enter

I suoi omini neri, stilizzati, intenti a rincorrere palloncini rossi o a farsi trasportare in volo, e accompagnati da messaggi chiari e forti come “Free”, “Love”, “Resistance”, hanno lentamente e inesorabilmente invaso la città, spuntando a ogni angolo di strada, su porzioni di muri e manifesti pubblicitari, pali della luce e sportellini dei contatori del gas. Provocazioni urbane oggi diventate accessori di moda: le borse che Exit Enter, anonimo street artist fiorentino – ma i suoi lavori hanno ormai “contaminato” grandi città europee come Barcellona, Rotterdam, Lisbona, Bruxelles – ha disegnato in edizione limitata per il brand, anch’esso fiorentino, Damai, nato poco più di un anno fa e da subito impegnato in collaborazioni con giovani creativi. [Read more].

• Gaia Rau, Firenze, Exit Enter seduce la moda con la street art, la Repubblica.it, 12 febbraio 2016

Foto: la Repubblica.it

Foto: Marco Facchin