Monday, July 23, 2012

Almohadón tejido al crochet. Cushion in crochet


In loving memory of my grandmother who taught me the art of the crochet and I´ve never knitted more than a cushion and a couple of scarfs.... She was really skilled at this.
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Almohadón tejido al crochet. Cushion in crochet by Myriam B. Mahiques is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Flag at war. Bandera en guerra


A vision of the aftermath of any war through any country´s flag. Bodies, tanks, motorcycles, soldiers, in the red color of blood and the yellowish of time. 
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

The temple of the eagle. El templo del águila


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The temple of the eagle. El templo del águila by Myriam B. Mahiques is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

India's 'child Picasso'

One of Shorya Mahanot's abstract paintings. Photograph: Helen Pidd for the Guardian

India's 'child Picasso' Shorya Mahanot, aged five, at work. Photograph: Helen Pidd for the Guardian

"I want to do some painting," said the small voice underneath the dining table. "But first I want to shoot someone." Kapow! A green foam ball pinged out from beneath the tablecloth, shortly followed by Shorya Mahanot, wielding a luminous pumpgun. Clearly pleased that he had hit one of his big sisters, Asia's youngest abstract painter ran off to get changed. Dubbed a "child Picasso" by the Indian media, five-year-old Shorya hit the headlines last month when India's most famous cartoonist took him under his wing. RK Laxman, 90, welcomed the budding artist into his home in Pune, Maharashtra. He was so impressed, his father, Aditya Singh says, that he suggested the pair put on a joint exhibition in Mumbai next month. Neemuch, a dusty town in central India is best known, if at all, for its opium production and the unusually high number of locals who donate their eyes after death. But if Aditya Singh's dream comes true, Neemuch may soon be famed as the birthplace and workplace of India's greatest contemporary artist; a south Asian Giverny; a place as synonymous with 21st-century abstraction as New York is for pop art.

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