‘Nam‘ is a Japanese graphic art collective established by Takayuki Nakazawa (Graphic Designer) and Hiroshi Manaka (Photographer). Since it’s inception over 10 artists now belong to the collective all ranging from various artistic backgrounds.
Via Trend Land
“50 of the world’s most inspiring and iconic figures over the age of 65 share their words of wisdom. Wisdom is a multimedia exhibition that features extraordinary large-format portraits and documentary footage of interviews created by award-winning photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman.”
This seems like a great project. God knows that what we need now more than ever is the wisdom from the experience of the elder generation. We live in such a youth-consumed/obsessed culture that we practically discard our elders and their hard-gained wisdom (and I mean wisdom, not knowledge). We need desperately now if we expect to survive the past-century technological quantum leap.
I have felt for a long time that America needs to better integrate it’s senior generation. In cultures past, it wasn’t uncommon for the elder generation to stay home and help raise the children while the child-rearing generation went off to work, find purpose and help provide. This insured that the wisdom of the elder generation was passed down to the young so they didn’t replicate the mistakes of generation’s past. Why don’t we do that anymore? I have always wondered. Now it’s just hustle, work and daycare.
You can learn a little more about the project here.
“Merijn Hos (1978, Enschede, NL) who is also known under his alias Bfree, is an Artist and
Illustrator from Utrecht, the Netherlands. He graduated in 2004 from the Utrecht School of
Visual Arts with a B.F.A in Illustration.
Since then he divides his time working 50 percent as an Illustrator working on commercial
projects while the other 50 percent of his time is dedicated to his own projects such as ex-
hibitions and independent publishing.
The main characteristics in his work are at first sight long-legged characters with high-heel
shoes and big hairdo and freckles, a lot of colours and abstract psycadelic landscapes.
But when it comes to content, you will find a lot of elements such as ghosts, life and death,
friendly and cute expressions and hidden messages.
A lot of the work reflects on issues in todays society and everyday interaction between peo-
ple in terms of escapism, organised confusion and friendship and loyalty.”
Call me crazy but I guess I am kind of a fan of ‘long-legged characters with high-heel
shoes and big hairdo and freckles, a lot of colours and abstract psycadelic landscapes’. I mean seriously, who isn’t?
Strange and a little disturbing collage work from Cullen Stephenson. I have seen a lot of this kind of work lately and can’t decide how I feel about it but whenever I see it, I always end up being drawn in by it.
I have been poking around all over today trying to find something to post or write, about and just about the time I started thinking I wouldn’t find anything new or interesting today I stumbled across the work of Henry Gunderson.
The first part of the discovery was a wave of ‘wow, that is some really great artwork’ which was then followed by a, ‘my God, he is only 17-years-old’ response. My jaw dropped. He’s painting better than people twice his age. Really phenomenal work at a far greater maturity-level-comprehension of space, color and composition than his age would bely. I can only imagine what his mind will bear in the future.
Binth has some really nice prints including a larger-scale and smaller-scale series of one-of-a-kind prints that would make a great addition to anyone’s wall. Nothing like affordable art.
Strange and interesting, and I guess fashion-related things are abounding in the Flickr-folio of Katya Ford. I like what I see.
The pencil drawings of artist Zdzisław Beksiński are mind blowing. If you are wealthy and have money to burn on art, buy a drawing.
Seth Adelsberger has some really nice work in his Flickr-folio. Some of his paintings are really exceptional and his 17 layer one of a kind screenprint is the bees knees (correction: Seth has informed me that the screenprint was done by a friend).
There is really no rhyme or reason to the work of British artist Keith Tyson. His work reads like spillage from an everflowing stream of subconscious visions and memory. It is hard to believe that it all has anything to do with a single individual. All of it is interesting and thought provoking.
His website can be a little frustrating. Try using the quick nav at the bottom of the screen and be sure to click on the images of his work to see larger views.
Wow, every once in a while you stumble on something accidentally and are really impressed. Marco Zamora’s work is familiar in an urban-influenced kind of way but the deeper you get into it the more you begin to realize just how fantastically rendered everything is and just how much detail is happening in his compositions. I wish desperately that he had larger images of his work on his site but regardless, it is worth clicking through almost every image. I was especially taken by his paintings. Beautiful work.
I am really digging what Morgan Blair is producing, described as an illustrator but I would call it art.
I was just informed that there are some new artists on the roster at the Few Gallery. I really like what they are doing. I may be doing something similar at the Changethethought Gallery in the near future.
Collage and photography-based Toronto graphic designer/artist Anthony Gerace has some interesting work in his Flickr-folio.
Artcrank went amazingly well this weekend in Denver. There was a massive turnout and the posters sold like crazy. They were priced very reasonably, I think the most expensive being $30 and the least $10. You can see some photos from the event here and the Minneapolis event here. I think I came close to selling out my poster (pictured below in red, white and blue).
You can still visit and buy posters from the Denver show until May 2nd. Don’t miss your chance if you really want one because a lot of them are almost gone.
You can see some images of the posters created from the Minneapolis event here and the Denver posters should be uploaded sometime in the next couple of weeks. As soon as they are I will let you know. The image above my poster is the poster that was created by the almighty poster Gods, Aesthetic Apparatus for the Minneapolis show.
I am considering reprinting my poster in a different color to sell through my store but haven’t made up my mind yet. So until then, stop by Artcrank here in Denver if you really want one. Word is the show will be traveling to a new location featuring local artists again from that specific location.
Stay tuned for more.
Michael Ciervo has a really strange and interesting body of artwork that seems to stream as if from a subconscious dream.
