hijaktaffairs:

Chess and art have shared a close relationship virtually since the invention of the game.

Throughout the long and rich history of chess, the three-dimensional playing pieces have provided artists and craftsmen with seemingly endless opportunities for creative interpretation and expression, resulting in a tremendous diversity of forms ranging from the representational to the abstract. Within the standardized arrangement of thirty-two pieces on the square grid of the game board, artists have found innumerable ways to challenge expectations with innovative approaches, transforming this timeless and universal game into something novel and even unconventional….

image:

barbara kruger

untitled (do you feel comfortable losing?), 2006 

pieces: black and red corian, miniature speakers, electronic and computer components; box and board: sublimated image in corian, electronics, and customized metal and carbon fiber flight case with printed exterior and foam interior. from an edition of 7 and 3 artist’s proofs.

TV Helmet (The Portable Living Room) by Walter Pichler, 1967
Small Room (Prototype 4)

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ratsoff:

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sirmitchell:

Rivers form tree-like shapes in the desert in Baja California, Mexico. 

This is mind-blowingly awesome. 

 

nrkn:

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hijaktaffairs:

man ray

chess set, 1926

thirty-two silver alloy chess pieces with oxidizes

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nrkn:

velvet-moon: milesian: Bridal Veil Mushroom

sirmitchell:

ollymoss:

I redrew the original three starting Pokemon to better fit with the Pikachu I doodled earlier this month.

This is me right now:

jasmine-blu:

this wat i do

i sit on u

i sit on u

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