Fantastical Queens

Hailing from Switzerland, Alex Gertschen and Felix Meier create imaginative, surreal worlds. It is their conscious decision to build sceneries in real terms and not on computer screens. Thanks to the realistic backgrounds, their pictures never give the impression of being artificial, but instead look vibrant and playful. In their most recent work, "Thirteen Queens," a universe is presided over by fantastical queens.

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10 Wickedly Cool Sculptures

For today's compilation post, I decided to put together some of my favorite sculptures. These ten have been chosen because they each possess a slightly dark feeling. I call them wickedly cool and though some lean more towards cool than wicked, they're all meant to give you a lasting memory and even, perhaps, a few goosebumps.

Crack The Whip
A sweet cemetery sculpture gets a bit creepy when an anonymous person places birthday party hats on their heads and brightly colored beads around their necks. This grouping of sculptures, by J. Seward Johnson, bring back memories of childhood days, and is one of the many focal points in the cemetery.

Location: Sunset Hills Cemetery
Photo credit: Blooms n' Twigs

The Awakening
J. Seward Johnson also created The Awakening, a 100-foot statue of a giant embedded in the earth, struggling to free himself. The statue consists of five separate aluminum pieces buried in the ground, giving the impression of a panicked giant trying to pull himself to the surface.

Current Location: National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside the District of Columbia.

American Merchant Mariners' Memorial
The memorial, designed by artist Marisol, was based on a true event during World War II, in which a Nazi U-boat attacked an American merchant marine vessel. While the marines held on to their sinking vessel, the Nazis photographed the victims, then left. The memorial is directly inspired by one of those photographs.

Location: West side of Battery Park, New York

What You See Might Not Be Real
Chen Wenling's sculpture shows a bull, meant to represent Wall Street, seen ramming the biggest con man of all time, Bernie Madoff, into a wall. The huge cloud coming out of the bull's rear not only refers to the end of a greedy era, but also symbolizes the danger of virtual bubbles in international financial markets.

Location: Beijing gallery

Melting Ice Cream Truck
Orest Keywan won $30,000 for the Sulpture by the Sea prize in 2006. Constructed with steel, stainless steel, sandstone and limestone, the piece evokes memories of shifting landscapes. Also a reference to global warming? Perhaps.

Location: Tamarama Beach, Australia

Emergence
Sayaka Kajita Ganz created these wild horse sculptures from trash-picked objects like plastic utensils, toys, and metals. She says, "By building these sculptures I try to understand the human relationships that surround me. It is a way for me to contemplate and remind myself that even if there is conflict right now, there is a way for all the pieces to fit together."

Location: Roaming Exhibitions

Horizons
Though the jury's still out as to whether this sculpture by Neil Dawson is in fact an optical illusion sculpture or a hoax, we're going with the former. The sculpture almost makes us feel as if we're living in a cartoon world.

Location: New Zealand on "The Farm," a large private art park owned by Alan Gibbs.

Maman
Like a creature escaping from a nightmare, or a larger-than-life embodiment of a secret childhood fear, the giant spider Maman casts a powerful physical and psychological shadow. Over 30 feet high, the mammoth sculpture is one of the most ambitious undertakings in the long career of Louse Bourgeois.

Location: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Device to Root out Evil
Dennis Oppenheim created this upside-down church made of galvanized structural steel, anodized perforated aluminum, transparent red Venetian glass, and concrete. Balancing on its steeple, the church is meant to look like it has been lifted by a terrific force and brought to the site as a method of rooting out evil forces.

Location: Harbour Green Park, Coal Harbour, Vancouver.
Photo credit: darian_marcus

Self
Marc Quinn's Self is a reproduction of the British artist's head composed of nine pints of his own frozen blood. It's Quinn's signature piece in the art world and it took him over a period of 5 months to complete. Can you say bloody brilliant?

Sinema tarihinin önemli filmleri

Liste 1:

2001: Bir Uzay Macerası (2001: A Space Odyssey)  Stanley Kubrick

8 1/2  Federico Fellini

Aguirre, Tanrının Gazabı (Aguirre, The Wrath of God) Werner Herzog

Almanya Sıfır Yılı (Germany Year Zero) Roberto Rosselini

Alphaville Jean Luc Godard

Ana ve Oğul (Mother and Son)  Alexander Sokurov

Andrei Rublev  Andrei Tarkovsky

Arı Kovanının Ruhu (Spirit of the Beehive)  Victor Erice

Aşk Zamanı (In the Mood for Love) Wong Kar-wai

Ayna (Zerkalo)  Andrei Tarkovsky

Batan Güneş (L'Eclisse) Michelangelo Antonioni

Berlin Alexanderplatz Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Berlin Üzerinde Gökyüzü (Wings of Desire) Wim Wenders

Bir Ardıç Kuşu Yaşadı (There Lived a Singing Blackbird) Otar Iosseliani

Bir Taşra Papazının Güncesi (Diary of a Country Priest)  Robert Bresson

Burjuvazinin Gizli Çekiciliği (Discrete Charm of Bourgeoisie) Luis Bunuel

Büyük Aldanış (La Grande Illusion) Jean Renoir

Caravaggio Derek Jarman

Cennet Çocukları (Children of Heaven) Mecid Mecidi

Contempt Jean Luc Godard

Çığlıklar ve Fısıltılar (Cries and Whispers) Ingmar Bergman

Dava (Trial) Orson Welles

Days of Eclipse Alexander Sokurov

Dead Man Jim Jarmusch

Dekalog Krzysztof Kieslowski

Fanny ve Alexander Ingmar Bergman

Gabbeh  Muhsin Makmalbaf

Gece (La Notte) Michelangelo Antonioni

Gezgin Oyuncular (Travelling Players) Theo Angelopoulos

Gölgeler (Shadows)  John Cassavetes

Hiroşima Sevgilim (Hiroshima Mon Amour)  Alain Resnais

Hitler: A Film From Germany Hans Jurgen Syberberg

Ikiru  Akira Kurosawa

Ivan'ın Çocukluğu (Ivan's Childhood)  Andrei Tarkovsky

İlkbahar, Yaz, Sonbahar, Kış…ve Yine İlkbahar  Kim Ki-Duk

Jean D'arc'ın Tutkusu (Passion of Joan of Arc) Carl Theodor Dreyer

Jules ve Jim (Jules and Jim) François Truffaut

Kış Işığı (Winter Light) Ingmar Bergman

Kızıl Mezmur (Red Psalm) Miklos Jancso

Kirazın Tadı (Taste of Cherry)  Abbas Kiyarüstemi

Korkunç Ivan Sergei Eisenstein

Kumlardaki Kadın (Woman in the Dunes)  Hiroshi Teshigahara

Kurban (Offret) Andrei Tarkovsky

Küller ve Elmaslar (Ashes and Diamonds) Andrzej Wajda

Macera (L'Avventura) Michelangelo Antonioni

Matta'ya Göre İncil (Gospel According to Saint Matthew)  Pier Paolo Pasolini

Metropolis  Fritz Lang

Miky Way  Luis Bunuel

Modern Zamanlar (Modern Times) Charles Chaplin

Mothlight Stan Brakhage

Mouchette  Robert Bresson

Narayama Türküsü (Ballad of Narayama)  Shohei Imamura

Nefes Nefese (Breathless) Jean Luc Godard

Nehir (River)  Tsai Ming-liang

Nostalghia Andrei Tarkovsky

Oedipus Rex Pier Paolo Pasolini

Oharu'nun Yaşamı (Life of Oharu) Kenji Mizoguchi

Orpheus  Jean Cocteau

Otomatik Portakal (Clockwork Orange)  Stanley Kubrick

Oyunun Kuralı (Rules of the Game) Jean Renoir

Özgürlüğün Hayaleti (Phantom of Liberty) Luis Bunuel

Pather Panchali Satyajit Ray

Persona Ingmar Bergman

Qatsi Üçlemesi (Koyaanisqats, Powaqqatsi, Naqoyqatsi) Godfrey Reggio

Ran Akira Kurosawa

Rashomon  Akira Kurosawa

Rastgele Balthazar (Au Hasard Balthasar)  Robert Bresson

Red Sorghum Zhang Yimou

Renk Üçlemesi: Mavi, Beyaz, Kırmızı (Colour Trilogy)  Krzysztof Kieslowski

Ruhların Kaçışı (Spirited Away)  Hayao Miyazaki

Sayat Nova (Colour of Pomegranates) Sergei Paradjanov

Second Circle  Alexander Sokurov

Sessizlik (Silence)  Ingmar Bergman

Sisli Manzaralar (Landscape in the Mist)  Theo Angelopoulos

Solaris  Andrei Tarkovsky

Söz (Ordet)  Carl Theodor Dreyer

Stalker  Andrei Tarkovsky

Sunless (Sans Soleil)  Chris Marker

Tokyo Hikayesi (Tokyo Story) Yosujiro Ozu

Tommy  Ken Russell

Toprak (Earth)  Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Touch of Evil  Orson Welles

Ulysses' Gaze Theo Angelopoulos

Unutulmuş Atalarımızın Gölgeleri (Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors) Sergei Paradjanov

Uzak Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Venedik'te Ölüm (Death in Venice)  Luchino Visconti

Werckmeister Harmonies  Bela Tarr

Winterreise  David Alden

Yaban Çilekleri (Wild Strawberries)  Ingmar Bergman

Yağmurdan Önce (Before the Rain) Milcho Manchevski

Yağmurdan Sonraki Soluk Ayın Öyküsü (Ugetsu Monogatari)  Kenji Mizoguchi

Yankesici (Pickpocket) Robert Bresson

Yaşamak Zamanı, Ölmek Zamanı (Time to Live, Time to Die) Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Yazgı Zeki Demirkubuz

Yedi Samuray (Seven Samurai) Akira Kurosawa

Yedinci Kıta (Seventh Continent)  Michael Haneke

Yedinci Mühür (Seventh Seal)  Ingmar Bergman

Yi Yi : A One and a Two Edward Yang

Yumurta  Semih Kaplanoğlu

Yurttaş Kane (Citizen Kane) Orson Welles

 

Liste 2:

3 Kadın (3 Women) Robert Altman

400 Darbe (400 Blows)  François Truffaut

5′ten 7′ye Cleo(Cleo from 5 to 7) Agnes Varda

A Ay  Reha Erdem

Accatone Pier Paolo Pasolini

Alexander Nevsky  Sergei Eisenstein

Ali: Korku Ruhu Kemirir (Ali: Fear Eats the Soul)  R. W. Fassbinder

Alice Şehirlerde (Alice in the Cities) Wim Wenders

Amarcord Federico Fellini

Annie Hall  Woody Allen

Aparajito  Satyajit Ray

Ariel  Aki Karusmaki

Askerin Türküsü (Ballad of a Soldier) Grigori Chukhrai

Atlantic City  Louis Malle

Baba F. Ford Coppola

Baba ve Oğul (Father and Son) Alexander Sokurov

Bahçe (Garden) Derek Jarman

Başkasının Yüzü (Face of Another)  Hiroshi Teshigahara

Beauty and the Beast  Jean Cocteau

Bir İdam Mahkumu Kaçtı (A Man Escaped)  Robert Bresson

Bir Sarışının Aşkları (Loves of a Blonde)  Milos Forman

Bisiklet Hırsızları (Bicycle Thieves)  Vittorio De Sica

Blade Runner Ridley Scott

Burmese Harp  Kon Ichikawa

Büyük Diktatör (Great Dictator) Charles Chaplin

Cennet Günleri (Days of Heaven)  Terrence Malick

Cezayir Savaşı (Battle of Algiers)  Gillo Pontecorvo

Christ Stopped at Eboli  Francesco Rosi

Conformist Bernardo Bertolucci

Cranes Are Flying Michail Kalatazov

Çıplak (Naked)  Mike Leigh

Çölün Simon'u (Simon of the Desert) Luis Bunuel

Dalgaları Aşmak (Breaking the Waves) Lars von Trier

Deliverence  John Boorman

Dilek Ağacı (Wishing Tree) Tenghiz Abüladze

Doctor Jivago (Doktor Zhivago) David Lean

Dr. Caligari'nin Muayenehanesi ( Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) Robert Wiene

Dünyanın Bütün Sabahları (Alla the Mornings of the World)  Alain Corneau

Elektra, Aşkım (Electra, My Love) Miklos Jancso

Endülüs Köpeği L. Bunuel - S. Dali

Esther  Amos Gitai

Europe Europe Agnieszka Holland

Fahrenheit 451  François Truffaut

Farewell My Concubine Chen Keige

Fargo  Coen Kardeşler

Faust F.W. Murnau

Faust Jean Swankmajer

Geçen Yıl Marienbad'da(Last Year in Marienbad)  Alain Resnais

Gel ve Gör (Come and See)  Elem Klimov

Goodbye Dragon Inn  Tsai Ming-liang

Goodbye South Goodbye  Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Illumination Krzysztof Zanussi

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels Chantal Akerman

Kafka Steven Soderbergh

Kayıp Otoban (Lost Highway)  David Lynch

Kerkenes (Kes)  Ken Loach

Kıyamet (Apocalypse Now)  Francis Ford Coppola

Köprüüstü Aşıkları (Lovers on the Bridge) Leos Carax

Kral Lear (King Lear)  Jean Luc Godard

Kwaidan Masaki Kobayashi

La Jetee  Chris Marker

L'Atalante  Jean Vigo

Life on a String Chen Keige

M Fritz Lang

Macbeth Roman Polanski

Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Ford

Masamdaki Melek (An Angel at My Table)  Jane Campion

Meshes of the Afternoon  Maya Deren

My Night at Maud's Eric Rohmer

Narayama Türküsü (Ballad of Narayama) Keisuke Kinoshita

Nazarin Luis Bunuel

On the Waterfront Elia Kazan

Papatyalar  Vera Chitilova

Paris, Teksas (Paris, Texas)  Wim Wenders

Pi  Darren Aranofsky

Pierrot le Feu Jean Luc Godard

Playtime  Jacques Tati

Raise the Red Lantern Zhang Yimou

Roma: Açık Şehir (Open City: Rome) Roberto Rosselini

Ruhların Julliettası (Juliet of the Spirits)  Federico Fellini

Satantango  Bela Tarr

Savaş ve Barış (War and the Peace) Sergei Bondarchuk

Scorpio Rising  Kenneth Anger

Sıkı Denetlenen Trenler (Closely Wathched Trains) Jiri Menzel

Sibiryalı Lady Macbeth (Siberian Lady Macbeth)  Andrzej Wajda

Siyam Balığı (Rumble Fish)  Francis Ford Coppola

Sonsuzluk ve Bir Gün (Eternity and a Day) Theo Angelopoulos

Sunrise  F.W. Murnau

Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan

Şairin Kanı (Blood of a Poet) Jean Cocteau

Throne of Blood (Macbeth)  Akira Kurosawa

Tiksinti (Repulsion)  Roman Polanski

Time Regained Raul Ruiz

Unfinished Piece for a Mechanical Piano Nikita Mikhalkov

Utanç (Shame) Ingmar Bergman

Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock

Walkabout Nicholas Roeg

Weekend  Jean Luc Godard

Women in Love Ken Russell

Yalnız Yatmak İstemiyorum (I Don't want to sleep alone)  Tsai Ming Liang

Yüzler (Faces) John Cassavettes

Andrea Joseph