BEAUTY: Painting--Kazuo Torigoe

The trompe-l'œil work of Japanese fine art painter Kazuo Torigoe is astounding. He plays on a long tradition of a style of still life illusions which dates back to the Renaissance. I love his fruit and bugs and the fact that some of them extend past the "frame" calling into question exactly where the painting stops and the actual wooden frame begins...if at all.

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BEAUTY: Murals--Mantra

Mantra is the nom d'art of a French muralist who has crated some stunning pieces on residential and commercial buildings around Europe and South America. These trompe l’oeil shadow boxes full of butterfly specimens are gigantic and so lyrical...

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