Desert wanderings of the blind and barefoot. Performance "Strange Space" by Turkish artist Kutlug Ataman

Why belly dancing in harems, and is it a shame to dance barefoot: Myths and stereotypes around oriental dances

Belly dance has excited the imagination of the European man in the street since the time when the first peaceful travelers to the Islamic East were able to describe it, and the first orientalist artists - to depict it in paintings. There are many stereotypes around this dance, there are many legends about it, and after entering the European stage, when the dance threw off the flair of mystery, there are still a lot of stereotypes and legends, except that they themselves have changed somewhat

As a half-blind, one-armed hero of the First World War, he became a world famous artist: avant-garde artist Vladislav Strzheminsky

He was born on Belarusian soil, called himself Russian, and entered the history of art as a Pole. Half blind, one-armed and without a leg, he became a famous avant-garde painter of the first half of the last century. The obsessed dreamer of the world revolution, he was also ruined by it, lived an incredible life, full of heroism and suffering. Today in our publication is the life story of an extraordinary person who went through the meat grinder of the First World War, endured incredible physical pain, lived and worked in

Strange Fruits - very, very strange fruits from Sarah Illenberger

Still life artists depict artificial vegetables and fruits to make them look like they are real. But the German designer Sarah Illenberger does not even try to make her own such images realistic and appetizing. But she makes them very interesting and extraordinary

The wanderings of the crystal ball. Original art project by photographer Kees Straver

All the most fascinating stories usually begin with the words "one day", "once" or "one day." This is how the curious story of Kees Straver, a medical laboratory assistant by profession and an amateur photographer at heart, began. One fine day, he absentmindedly twisted a crystal ball in his hands, which usually lay on his table, and suddenly thought, why not use this very ball in his photographs? He did not think for a long time - and

Ability to "see" and create in the dark. Masterpieces from blind and visually impaired photographers

Good or bad, but personally I know several people who believe that many visually impaired or blind artists, sculptors and photographers "ride" on the crest of fame solely because of vision problems. And that if they were sighted, no one would have paid attention to their work. Cruel, but sometimes it makes sense. Sometimes, but not in this particular case, which will be discussed today. Photographers from New York Society Seeing with Photography Collective count photographs