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www.incident.net - A curious, experimental "art" website. I rather liked this exhibition by Reynald Drouhin, although I was a little disappointed there wasn't an "Add to cart" or bid button. Maybe I'm doing a little too much online shopping...
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Vidlit - a site devoted to promoting literature through amusing flash episodes/excerpts from current books and novels.
Try this one to start: http://www.vidlit.com/video/what-was-i-thinking-blind-date/
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Netsuke: Elaborate miniature carvings made (usually in Japan) to secure purses to Kimonos or Kosodes. Materials vary, Ivory and boxwood were once common, now it's mammoth ivory if you're lucky, otherwise cheap resin or plastic. There are an almost limitless variety of them (the handmade ones at least), here are a few searches to get you started:
On Flickr, and again here. On google images here: skull netsuke, or for the more adventurous try erotic netsuke.
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More art to inspire: The Australian version of MOBA, The Museum of Particularly Bad Art. I've attached a sample:
Note: This is not a detail from a larger, finer work. If it were it might be clever. Nope, this is the whole goddamned painting.
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