I have seen the paintings of Tomokazu Matsuyama before in various art publications, but I haven’t checked his website or looked at his work in a long time. Since I last saw his work he has developed his style and subject matter extensively and he has really grown. I really love the contemporary clash with traditional Japanese subject matter happening in his paintings. His new work is beautiful and his recent exhibitions look amazing.
Sarah Spitler crafts psychedelic landscapes out of artfully construed paint-splatters and drips. The end result is a melting space of beautiful colors supplemented by happenstance details.
The solo show for Florentijn Hofman at Galerie West in The Hague (The Netherlands) is entitled Dushi. The artist created gigantic stuffed animals to force the viewer to reconsider their feeling and function. Personally, I want to just run and jump on one of them and throw it’s arm over myself and feel like a small child again.
I am really digging the artistic stylings of Fionn McCabe today.
There are some really beautiful renderings happening at Gaia Street Art. The work off the street and on the street are equally as good and interesting.
Rosemarie Fiore makes art utilizing non-traditional objects such as fireworks, shredded self help books and lawnmowers. The end result of her efforts is as unusual as her methods.
Here is a description of a recent project:
“I created paintings using my hot rod lawn mower. Fiberglass inserts which fit between the blade and the frame of the machine captured bits of grass, paint and books as I ran over 50 self help books and whoopie cushions filled with house paint. A video camera, which was secured to the side of the mower at ground level, recorded the event.”
Very interesting.
“A burned-out ice-cream van is among 100 works Banksy has installed at Bristol’s museum, replacing many of the museum’s regular artefacts. The reason the museum was closed was kept secret from top council officials.
Banksy said: “This is the first show I’ve ever done where taxpayers’ money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off.”
Staged in the council-owned City Museum and Art Gallery, Banksy v Bristol Museum features animatronics, installations and a sensory display.”
I want to go see this very badly.
Michael Ferris Jr. creates sculptures are portraits based on actual people that are made of recycled wood with pigmented grout. They look fascinating. He also creates works on paper that are equally visually stunning.
There is a glimpse of some new work by artist Mars-1 at the Billy Shire Fine Art Gallery website. He remains one of my favorites. Such strikingly beautiful imagery.
The Mac is a graffiti artist who has been working since the mid 90’s and has exhibited around the world with his work gracing the cover of numerous publications.
I was lucky enough to score one of his Obama posters from the Manifest Hope exhibit in Denver last year. I didn’t realize he had a website until today.
Via Design You Trust.
‘”ANNA TARATIEL creates her own landscapes by transforming movements into visible forms. Her personal experiences develop their own dynamics; they become energy, movement, new forms and colours.” – quoted from Artnews
Linda Zacks creates dense and vivid collage paintings inspired by urban surroundings that effectively communicate the cultural/ethical/mashup/melting pot that is unique to big cities.
Mary Virginia Carmack generates some very strange and fascinating psychedelic paper collages.
Painter Tomoo Gokita recently exhibited some really amazing work at the ATM Gallery.
“Claire Morgan was born in Belfast. She attended University of Ulster and Northumbria University where she achieved a first class degree in Sculpture. She is now based in London.
Since graduating she has pursued a career solely as a visual artist. She has exhibited internationally, with solo shows, residencies and commissions across the UK, as well as group exhibitions in Europe. At an early stage she developed a strong interest in the organic, in natural processes, and in the bodily connotations of natural materials. This formed the basis for her practice as an artist creating sculptural installations and continues to influence her work at present.”
More about Claire Morgan and her unbelievably complex and amazing installation work here.
“Air Lines is an art project showing worldwide airliner routes. Every single scheduled flight on any given day is reresented by a fine line from it’s point of origin to it’s port of destination. Thereby forming a net of thousands of lines. Hubs like JFK, FRA or DXB turn into dark knots where lines meet, lesser served local services are only are a subtle hint.”
You can purchase really large prints for only 38 bucks. Consider them a token of the downfall of the human empire. Hello global warming. Goodbye inhabital land mass.
I can’t tell you much about artist Simon Schubert because his website is in German. What I can tell you however, is that his work is some of the more interesting artwork I have come across in some time. Looking through it is a brain-melting experience. I only wish I could see it in person to obtain the full effect.
