{"id":38612,"date":"2013-08-17T07:48:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T07:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/homeguide\/giuseppe-colarusso-manipulates-everyday-objects-to-create-thought-provoking-images\/"},"modified":"2013-08-17T07:48:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T07:48:08","slug":"giuseppe-colarusso-manipulates-everyday-objects-to-create-thought-provoking-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/homeguide\/giuseppe-colarusso-manipulates-everyday-objects-to-create-thought-provoking-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Giuseppe Colarusso manipulates everyday objects to create thought-provoking images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.45em\">Social media is replete with images of bad examples of<br \/>\namateur photoshopping. As funny and distinctly horrifying as these images can<br \/>\nbe, they are nothing more than a reflection of the growing vanity and the thinning<br \/>\nmoral fiber of society. But that doesn\u2019t mean that the software itself is evil<br \/>\nor that it cannot be used for good. In fact, artist Giuseppe Colarusso has used<br \/>\nphoto manipulation to create a series of images that blend everyday objects to<br \/>\ncreate visual examples of metaphysical conceits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1_juqle1.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The series of images is titles Improbabilita and the Swiss-born<br \/>\nItalian artist states that the purpose of making these images was to push the<br \/>\nbeholder from being a mere passive spectator into an active thinker who can<br \/>\nspin a number of interpretations and stories around the objects and images<br \/>\nbeing displayed. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2_e127x.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Even though the combinations of everyday objects in the series<br \/>\nis highly unlike, the artist claims that it isn\u2019t impossible and that is<br \/>\nprecisely what makes them so thought provoking and makes the spectator question<br \/>\ntheir functionality as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/3_mjsen.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p>Thus, we have images like the orange fitted with a<br \/>\nfaucet with juice dripped on the floor in front of it, a single lens \u201cpair\u201d of sunglasses,<br \/>\na cube of ice burning like a candle, a brown egg marked with the recycle sign, a<br \/>\nsink with no drain, a pair of dice that has shed its dots and many more such<br \/>\nexamples all of which make one really sit up and wonder about what is and what<br \/>\nmay be possible.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/4_72lew.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default;width: 491.49695121951214px;height: 327px\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/5_eiwqb.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/6_u1mua.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/7_dewrg.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/8_l3vn9.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/9_5k7fs.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/10_ok9kr.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/11_rjykc.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/12_rictr.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/13_tyhrl.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/14_4pbb7.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/16_u9wlz.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is replete with images of bad examples of<br \/>\namateur photoshopping. As funny and distinctly horrifying as these images can<br \/>\nbe, they are nothing more than a reflection of the growing vanity and the thinning<br \/>\nmoral fiber of society. 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