Russian artist Stas Chepurnov has a strange cache of work including the above installation that is hypnotic. His work is a mix of pop and reactionary cynicism to popular culture with a particular fascination for HD television. How cool would it be to have the above installation in your home or studio (a good client distraction at least)?
Painter Inka Essenhigh is based in New York. Essenhigh studied at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio (1991) and the School of Visual Arts in New York (1993). Her work has been widely exhibited and is a part of several distinguished public collections including the Albright Knox Art Gallery, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Tate Gallery and the Saatchi Gallery in London. She is currently represented by Gallery 303 in New York, and the Victoria Miro Gallery in London.
The Brighton Freak Show features the work of some of the South Coast’s most unique image makers and is a part of the Brighton Open House Festival. Exhibitors include Shan Jiang, Mega Munden, Luke Insect, Hello Marine, Imakethings and Steve Wilson amongst several others. The show opens April 30th from 7-9 PM and will run the length of the festival in May. The show takes place at St. Peter’s Church, York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GU United Kingdom.
Illustrator Nathan Manire was originally in Detroit but is now based in New York City. He has recently developed a new technique using watercolor to create a pixelated look that I would imagine requires a fair bit of patience to accomplish. The end result of his diligence is a striking image. To truly appreciate the amount of detail, take a few steps back from your monitor and squint your eyes a bit.
Dublin-based artist/illustrator Denise Nestor has a nice series of fashion-inspired pencil drawings in her Flickr-folio. The layering effect in some of the pieces is striking. You can also view her work via blog-folio Trees for the Woods.
Paris-based photographer, illustrator and artist Elene Usdin is a part of the artistic collective Heartland Villa whose members also include Stefan De Vivies and Lionel Avignon. Her work is symbolic and often times surreal relying on elaborate props and she sometimes includes herself as the subject. Her diverse portfolio includes photography and illustration work for fashion and commercial clients as well as personal artwork.
Painter Mark Ryden paints ‘Incarnation’ in this time-lapsed video. A painting that apparently sold at Art Basel for $800,000. Amazing. The painting will be exhibited at ‘The Gay Nineties Show’ opening on Thursday, April 29th, 2010. The show is open through June 5th at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York.
Directed Geoffrey Mann
Produced Chris Labrooy
Commissioned by Past, Present & Future Craft Practice
The audio sample was taken from the film American Beauty.
“The focus of the Past, Present & Future Craft practice commission was to examine the intangible characteristic of the spoken word and investigate the unseen affect of sound upon its inhabited environment.
The project centralizes around the context of a domestic argument. In this case the event samples an audio excerpt from the 1999 Sam Mendes Film ‘American Beauty’. The slow building dialogue between the three central characters family dinner climaxes with a sound clash of emotions. The cross-fire of the argument traverses the dinning table but where previously the inanimate everyday objects such as plates, cutlery, teapot etc were unable to express their character, the intensity of the conversation deforms their once static existence into objects of unseen familiarity.
The presented sound artifacts each encapsulate a momentary emotion of the argument.”
For more details please visit mrmann.co.uk
Adam White has kept up with me for a few years now and has continued to push himself to create some exceptional illustration work. He has amassed a really impressive portfolio over the years and he is finally having his first art exhibition. The show begins this Friday April 2nd, 2010. The show is open from 6:30-10:00 and is for one night only at the Parrish Project on the second floor at 14th & O street in Lincoln, Nebraska. If you can’t make the show be sure to check out some of the more recent work at his website.
Painter Matt Mignanelli’s pop art painting confections have been peaking through the blogosphere subterfuge in the last few weeks. His subtly gradiating paintings of bricks (which I at first mistook at first for keys on a keyboard) seem to be popular. Mignanelli is currently based out of New York City but has exhibited far and wide. You can see his work at both his website and through his Flickr stream.
I stumbled upon Mollusk Surf Shop tonight and was doubly impressed by the posters available for purchase and the t-shirts in stock. The site runs much deeper than that though offering up all kinds of amazing goodies. The poster shop offers up artwork from the likes of Geoff McFetridge, Thomas Campbell, Jessie LeDoux and Evan Hecox to name a few. It’s a little gold mine of good stuff supporting good artists.
New York-based photographer Gabriel Jones sent in a link to his portfolio and I have to say I was really impressed by his artistic imagery. He has some beautiful contemplative imagery in his book. The image above is eerily haunting.
‘Slices, Spheres and Limm’ are the titles for a series of 3D renders created by Christoph Bader, a member of the art collective DepotArt along with Dominik Kolb and Julian Rohbach.
Discovered via Human Resources.
Oslo-based designer Fredrik Melby has some curious and beautiful images in his Behance-folio. If you can’t get enough there you an also view his work via his studio website at Anti-ink. Why the name ‘Anti-ink’? I don’t honestly know but I suspect it may be that Melby is proud to be a digital designer.
Photographer Peter Yang captures up-close-and-personal images of rockstars and celebrities. He resides in Brooklyn but hails for Texas. He is a regular contributor to Rolling Stone, ESPN Magazine and Wired, among numerous othere. His work has been recognized by American Photography and Communication Arts. He claims he gets to photograph his highly-desired subjects by being a nice unassuming guy.
The above photo of Jerry Robinson (the creator of the character The Joker) is fantastic.
Artist Dirk Dzimirsky draws his work at a large scale using colored pencils, pastels, charcoal and whatever works to achieve an nearly impossible amount of detail. The images appear almost photographic and I would speculate in order to really appreciate the absolute commitment to craft you would need to stand before one of the works in person and lean in to see just how difficult it was to create it. Truly amazing.
Italian photographer Dido Fontana said about his work, “”…I’m interested in the representation in its true essence, with no unnecessary frills, accessories, special effects or extras”. You can easily draw similarities between Fontana’s approach and the work of Terry Richardson. Despite the comparison, there are some amazing images in Fontana’s portfolio of work. The raw, jarring and candid nature of his images have a staying power in the mind’s eye and aren’t easily forgotten.
The short film Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.
Credits:
Direction and cinematography by: Arev Manoukian
