Body Paint Art

In the world of today, there are many diverse meanings to the word “painting”. Needless to say, there are also loads of coloring compounds that someone can utilize; depending upon the particular art form that they are creating. Body painting is one of the most famous forms of sketching that has become popular in the past few years. Let’s take a look at these fabulous hand painting art by Mario Mariotti an Italian artist from Florence.

Living Statues Contest - 2010

There is an annual competition for such performers at Arnhem in the Netherlands. Also, the U.S. city of Laguna Beach, California, is home to the annual Pageant of the Masters show which is created by local amateur volunteers as part of the city's Festival of the Arts. The show presents living statue recreations of several dozen famous artworks in one evening. The show is set to classical music and about two minutes are allocated per artwork. In Portugal, the city of Espinho organizes since 1997 a living statues contest, the Sunday of June near the 16 (the municipal holiday).

Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida has hosted interactive examples of living statues from Unity Productions since April 1995.

At concerts for The Dresden Dolls, there are often living statues, as the lead singer/pianist Amanda Palmer was a living statue before starting The Dresden Dolls.