francoise nielly lives in a world of images.
she has explored the different facets of “image” all her life , through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual, computer generated animated graphics. it is clear now that painting is her direction and her passion. [francoise-nielly.com]
she gets her sense of space and construction from her father, who was an architect.
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simple desktops is a collection of wallpapers curated by tom watson designed to make your computer beautiful without distraction. [simpledesktops.com]
find more illustrations by serge birault on sergebirault.fr.
ai weiwei (born 28 august 1957) is a chinese artist and activist, who is also active in architecture, curating, photography, film, and social and cultural criticism. ai collaborated with swiss architects herzog & de meuron as the artistic consultant on the beijing national stadium for the 2008 olympics.[3] in addition to his art work he has investigated government corruption and cover-ups, especially the alleged corruption scandal during the construction of the sichuan schools that collapsed in the 2008 sichuan earthquake. he intensively uses the internet to communicate with people all over china, especially the young generation. on 3 april 2011 police detained him at beijing airport. his studio in the capital was sealed off, and his staff interrogated pursuant to official allegations of “economic crimes”. on 20 april ai was appointed visiting professor of the berlin university of the arts. [wikipedia]
