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Australian Artist Justin Lee Williams has finally built a home on the web.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Australia, Justin Lee Williams, Melbourne, Painting

The instillation work of artist James Hopkins has been sweeping the art and design blogosphere for the last few weeks because of his stylish skull visuals. I was pleasantly surprised by the rest of his work though. Some of which is really amazing. See for yourself.

written by Christopher | tags: Artist, Instillation, James Hopkins, Skulls

Sam Kaprielov studied fine art in Leningrad. He has since worked in portraiture and commercial. He only recently began exhibiting his striking work that deals in nostalgia and often references what could only be described as dreamy memories of war.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Leningrad, Painting, Sam Kaprielov

Scottish born artist Kirsty Whiten has some exceptionally amazing paintings and illustration work in her Flickr-folio. The above image is an actual oil painting. Stunning and contemporary.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Kirsty Whiten, Painting, Scotland

WK Interact is currently exhibiting at Shepard Fairey’s Subliminal Projects gallery. The Show is titled ‘How to Blow Yourself Up‘ and looks like typically provocative work from the street-honed art/pop culture philosophers.

Here is a little more about the show from Subliminal’s website: “In How to Blow Yourself Up, WK Interact twists and inverts the fatalism of end-of-the-world prophecies, turning destruction into a matter of free will.  “If you believe the world will end in 2012 and you can’t do anything about it, maybe it’s better to blow yourself up when you feel like it,” says WK.  To that end, he has turned objects of control and personal movement – skateboards and bicycles, as well as three-dimensional panels – into instruments of self-destruction, equipped with what appear to be pipe bombs and other menacing apparatuses.”

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Exhibition, Subliminal Projects, WK Interact

A new Depthcore pack is out (XXXVIII. Freestyle IV). The work I am digging the most this time is definitely the drawings and a few of the photography pieces. I am always a fan of Chris Haines 3D work though (above).

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Chris Haines, Depthcore, Freestyle IV, Illustration

Eugène & Pauline have printed a big 12 page newspaper book featuring one-colored visuals from artist Geneviève Gauckler. The paper is a silk-screen-print handmade by the publishers. It looks like the pages could make for some nice posters to hang around the home or just to peruse while you make some orange juice and eat a croissant.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Books, Eugene & Pauline, Genevieve Gauckler

The London based gallery, ‘PlanetPatrol’ is curating a small retrospective of work from contemporary Japanese artist Sal. The exhibition will take place from the 21st November through to the 26th. At 133-137 Westbourne Grove, W11 2RS London. Sal will be in attendance & painting live at the preview. The ‘Project Room’ of the gallery will also feature a selection of international artists from both PlanetPatrol & Gallery Nosco. Artists will include: Matt Small, Dave the Chimp, SheOne, Peter Taylor, Jaws, Brusk-Plisson, Collin van der Sluijs, Eduardo Recife, Bom.K & Bruno9li.

Sounds like good gig.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Gallery, Graphic Art, Planet Patrol, Sal

There are some very strange things happening withing the portfolio of Elizabeth Heppenstall. Not the least of which is her animated gif series titled simply ‘Boys’.

written by Christopher | tags: Animated Gifs, Art, Elizabeth Heppenstall, Photography

Justin Blyth has an image/mood board blog that seriously blows my brain out of the back of my head. There are so damned many totally awesome things happening at Them Thangs I don’t even know where to begin. Just thinking about some of what I have seen there makes the creative hemisphere of my brain start to dance.

written by Christopher | tags: Image Blog, Justin Blyth, Mood Board, Pop, Them Thangs

Artist Steve Kim is preparing for his upcoming MFA show and has posted new work to his website. His strong use of color, human subject matter and unusually arranged compositions combine to create some truly unique and beautiful imagery.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Painting, Steve Kim

Aaron Maurer sits around his apartment making some pretty wild collages.

written by Christopher | tags: Aaron Maurer, Art, collage, Illustration, Williamsburg

Alexis Rockman has exhibited his work at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. It is easy to see how his unique imagery that is a mishmash of post-apocalyptic science fiction, pop culture, science and biology would strike a cord with many a viewer. It definitely struck one in me.

written by Christopher | tags: Alexis Rockman, Art, Painting, Sci-fi

Anish Kapoor has a vision. His architectural work is extraordinary. Sublime even.

“Anish Kapoor was born in Bombay in 1954 and has lived in London since the early 70’s when he studied at Hornsey College of Art and Chelsea School of Art Design.

Over the past twenty years he has exhibited extensively in London and all over the world. His solo shows have included venues such as Kunsthalle Basel, Tate Gallery and Hayward Gallery in London, Reina Sofia in Madrid, CAPC in Bordeaux and most recently Haus der Kunst in Munich. He has also participated internationally in many group shows including the Whitechapel Art Gallery, The Royal Academy and Serpentine Gallery in London, Documenta IX in Kassel, Moderna Museet in Stockholm and Jeu de Paume and Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Anish Kapoor was awarded the ‘Premio Duemila’ at the Venice Biennale in 1990, the Turner Prize Award in 1991 and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at the London Institute in 1997 and a CBE in 2003. He is represented by the Lisson Gallery, London, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York and Galleria Continua and Galleria Massimo Minini, Italy.”

written by Christopher | tags: Anish Kapoor, Architecture, Art, Sculpture

I was recently browsing a local book store downtown here in Denver and picked up a publication (sorry I can’t recall what it was) that had Rex Ray’s retro-inspired art on the cover. I picked it up immediately and had to know who was responsible for the imagery. Needless to say, after visiting his website, you can call me a fan of his work.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, collage, Mid Century, Rex Ray, The Fifties

Who out there knew that Blu had published a book with Studiocromie of their mind-boggling drawings that was hand printed and signed by the artist. And why wasn’t I told before they were sold out. Damn.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Blu, Books, Drawing, Graffiti, Painting

Occasional Changethethought blogger, artist, illustrator, motionographer, entrepreneur, guitarist and fellow personal friend Aaron Ray will be exhibiting some new work this Friday at Indyink here in Denver, Colorado. The title of the exhibit is Non No-Sense and the show will start at 7pm. You can find out more about the show including the address at Indyink’s website and look into some of Aaron’s work at his personal site.

written by Christopher | tags: Aaron Ray, Art, Exhibition, Indy Ink, Non No-Sense

Virginia Echeverria Whipple creates some unusual collages utilizing a touch of nostalgia with a dash of color.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, collage, Virginia Echeverria Whipple