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Recreation of Vincent van Gogh's Self-portrait by Oleg Shuplyak

This amazing optical illusion has been created by Ukrainian artist Oleg Shuplyak. Shuplyak was born in 1967 in the Ternopol region of the Ukraine, and studied architecture at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute.

Merging portraits of famous figures from art and fiction with landscapes and images from nature, his work requires a double take – or in some cases, several minutes of staring – before the secrets of the visual illusions reveal themselves.

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Metalmorphosis is a mirrored water fountain by Czech sculptor David Černý that was constructed at the Whitehall Technology Park in Charlotte, NC. The 14-ton sculpture is made from massive stainless steel layers that rotate 360 degrees and occasionally align to create a massive head.

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The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine mountain range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire, England.

From Burnley the tree’s profile is visible on the horizon. It appears and disappears in the mist. As the wind blows the tree begins to sing. Stories of its song pass from mouth to ear. In cars and on foot people make their way from the city and up the hill. The journey is made to hear the wind make music with the singing ringing tree.

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