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The Best of 2014

January 3, 2015

Written by Danijela Krha Purssey

On behalf of the whole beautiful.bizarre team I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year! I hope 2015 brings you love and laughter in abundance.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our readership and followers, new and old for their amazing support of both beautiful.bizarre magazine which has showcased the work of 129 incredible artists from around the world in the last 12 months, and our website and social media feeds which constantly provide inspiration and tantalizing glimpses of the beautiful and bizarre.

As a tribute and thanks to our brilliant team of Online Authors, I have compiled our 20 ‘most popular’ articles of 2014. Enjoy!

Chiara Bautista, Love Songs on Paper – Interview

Into the world of Kris Kuksi: the dark mirror held to Mankind

Beautiful Nightmares and Phobias by Diana Dihaze

Natalie Shau recreates Alice in Wonderland

The nightmarish visions of Anton Semenov

Nelly Recchia: Queen of Artistic Metamorphosis

Charlie Terrell’s Pagan Angels

Bertil Nilsson: Circus, Dance and Pushing the Boundaries

Lick it: Joseph Marr’s sugar sculpture

The Ethereal art of Daria Endresen

Fernando Vicente, Autopsy of Fashion

Olivier Valsecchi | When Life and Death Have Sex

Kirsty Mitchell: Love, Pain and Wonderland

The Beautiful and Bizarre Dreamworld of Nicoletta Ceccoli

Katarzyna Konieczka’s avant garde fashion creations

Marina Bychkova’s Enchanted Dolls

Bastien Lecouffe Deharme: Androids, Waterhouse and Retrocity

The Captivating Self-portraits of Cristina Otero

The Popovy Sisters Ball Joint Dolls

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Anton Semenov art Bastien Lecouffe Deharme Bertil Nilsson best of Charlie Terrell Chiara Bautista cristina otero Daria Endresen diana dihaze digital art dolls drawing Fernando Vicente Joseph Marr Katarzyna Konieczka Kirsty Mitchell Kris Kuksi marina bychkova Natalie Shau Nelly Recchia nicoletta ceccoli Olivier Valsecchi painting photography Popovy Sisters sculpture

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Danijela Krha Purssey

Danijela Krha Purssey is an entrepreneur, and the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of Australian based international contemporary art magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. She is deeply passionate and committed to her vision to help shift the paradigm in the global contemporary arts industry regarding what is defined and accepted as contemporary art.

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