I am familiar with sculptor Simen Johan’s work but was a little shocked to find I had never posted anything about it. His work involves nature themes and is often hauntingly contemplative albeit slightly disturbing. He has recently updated his stunning body of work with images from a recent show that wrapped in October which makes it a good time refamiliarize yourself with his work. Too bad you will have to imagine it in person.
“Nick Knight is among the world’s most influential photographers as well as being Director & founder of SHOWstudio.com the fashion & art internet broadcasting channel. Knight’s work has been exhibited at such institutions as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, the Photographers Gallery and Hayward Gallery and recently The Tate Modern. He has produced a permanent installation, Plant Power, for the Natural History Museum in London.”
There is nothing more to say. Onto some beautiful images.
You begin browsing the photographs of artist James Chronister and think, ‘well these are nice.’ Then you scroll down and read the title and description of the work and realize that you aren’t actually looking at photographs, you are looking at oil paintings. Then you really start to pay close attention because the detail is phenomenal.
Lithuanian born artist Monika Bielskyte now resides in Paris where she works primarily in with photography and video based installations that also include text and music. She has traveled the world over to generate her work and sifting through it is akin to opening a dark box of haunted dreams. Spend some time looking through her projects. Each one unlocks a new and beautiful reward. Every image is considered and as a whole the projects build upon image after image leaving you in the darkest recesses of imagination.
Illustration Stephane Manel has updated lately with more of his simple pen and ink style illustrations that always manage to somehow capture the personality of the subject.
Leeds-based art house Kraffhics has been busy since I last dropped in. As far as I can tell, they updated some time ago with a new website and have a few new projects up. It looks as though they have been collaborating a lot with other creatives and agencies as well.
Davide Faggiano captures some bizarre and even a little disturbing portrait photographs. The ‘black’ series, one of which you can see above are definitely striking. Via Acidolatte.
Victoria & Albert Museum‘s Decode exhibition is underway and will be on display until April 2010. The exhibition features the latest developments in interactive and digital design. The show includes large scale installation work down to smaller computer screens. The exhibition is an exposition upon three themes. Code as a raw material looks at how explores the organic nature of code and how it can be used to generate constantly changing objects. The second is interactivity, which encompasses projects that utilize viewer interaction to either engage or resolve the design. The final theme is the network. The works created under this theme examine digital bread crumbs leftover from by everyday online communication like blogs, social media to GPS data.
V&A commissioned Karsten Schmidt to design a digital identity for the Decode exhibition using open source code that you can download and recode. V&A may even use your recoded version as their new identity. You can read more details about how to become a part of the recoded identity here. The winners works will appear on screens in the London Underground to promote the event. You can see the current ident above.
Artist and illustrator Silene Audibert has some interesting nature-inspired pen and ink drawings posted to fuel your creative inspiration. They kind of remind me of magic root the little girl hides under her mother’s bed in the movie Pan’s Labyrinth.
Adam Voorhes photographs defy logic. I am not entirely sure if they are photographs or photo-illustrations. Perhaps a bit of both. He also has one of the funnest and most telling about sections I have seen in a while. Although I was hoping for further explanation into his amazing imagery his genuinely fun-loving personality is clearly communicated.
Wear It With Pride has a new project entitled ‘Originals By Artists’ featuring just that. You can purchase the originals via the WIWP online store. There is some really nice work in there from some notable illustrators and designers. I am not sure if the above painting by artist Tadaomi Shibuya is included in the ‘Originals By Artists’ series but it was one of my favorites nonetheless. Someone else must have liked it as it has already been sold.
Artist Michael Zavros paints fashion-inspired imagery that appears as almost photographic upon first glance. His work is meticulously crafted and the resulting imagery of his labor is genuinely beautiful. Not an easy feat with oil paint.
Sculptor Kate Clark creates unique animal/human hybrid creations that are haunting and leave a lasting impression on the psyche. I would love to see her work in person and I am sure standing in a gallery surrounded by them would be a memorable experience.
Painter Barbara Wijnveld uses big dripping blocks of water color to create some striking fashion-influenced portrait paintings that look much better hanging on a wall then they come across via the web. I’d love to see them in a gallery setting.
This was created by Lois van Baarle as a part of her animation studies at the Utrecht School of the Arts.
I can’t say I am crazy about Sterling Hundley’s website but his imaginatively beautiful drawing and illustration work more than makes up for any technical shortcomings. Just try spending a little time staring at the image above.
Kim Pimmel is a really extraordinary photographer who is somehow able to easily move between capturing beautiful images of abstract light, shapes, letterforms, structures to people with ease.
