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Casson Trenor & Caia Koopman’s ‘Umijoo’: A Tale of Adventure, Beauty and Conservation

September 17, 2018

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Art connects with us on many levels. It can remind us of memories and experiences, touch our hearts through the strength of emotion and magnificence it emits, and inspire us with the imagination and technical a...

The Illustrations of Evens Joseph: The Necessity of Metamorphosis

Jennifer Gori

September 12, 2018

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I recently had a chat with American artist Evens Joseph about the construction of his visual universe, inhabited with butterfly-winged creatures. Both his process and his focus on harmonious female forms led me...

Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Curated Exhibition ‘Ephemeral’ @ Modern Eden Gallery

Danijela Krha Purssey

September 4, 2018

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“We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed a fragile planet called Earth.” Maurice Strong ‘Ephemeral’, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s second curated exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, brings together over 60 o...

Jeremy Hush: Drawing a Hazy Memory

Angela Unsworth

August 31, 2018

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Jeremy Hush, mostly a self-taught illustrator, was drawing before he could talk. “I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t drawing,” said Jeremy. “I always had to be fidgeting with something, and couldn’t sit s...

Jason Bard Yarmosky, A celebration of ageing in all its resplendent wrinkly glory

Lee Tudor

August 29, 2018

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Our obsession with youth has spanned cultures, civilizations and even tempted a god or two along the way. Cleopatra swore that bathing in milk would sustain youthfulness, whereas modern day advertising promises...

Childhood Tales Will Never Die: An Interview with Evens Joseph

Jennifer Gori

August 27, 2018

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Do you remember the time when artists were the toys of their muses ? Now, muses are usually real people, mostly pretty famous women. But back then, muses were ethereal creatures connected with nature, past and future, and able to direct the creations of wonder...

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The Recognizable Incomprehension of Ben Smith

Christopher R. Inwood

August 24, 2018

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The works of the Australian painter Ben Smith are unique. The compositions build unique worlds that engage you through a recognizable incomprehension, drawing you into their world in the hope of understanding t...

Erin Nicholls Interview: The Perpetual Tourist

Freddy Grant

August 21, 2018

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The work of Australian artist Erin Nicholls is a reflection of an artistic life lived well. From learning Old Masters' oil painting techniques in Florence, to travelling around the world for inspiration, no...

Dolce Paganne: White is the Most Horrific Color

Jennifer Gori

August 20, 2018

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When it comes to horror, I always thought that it was more effective when brought out in the story by discreet touches, for example by turning mundane elements into tools of complete nightmare. Stephen King perfectly knows how to do that in literature. But hor...

Interview: Hell is Empty, All the Demons are with Jim Pavelec

Jennifer Gori

August 14, 2018

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My fascination with demonology started during teenage years, when discovering the sculptures of the cathedrals and the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch. As I was also a bookworm, I finally stumbled on the Ars Goet...

Angus McDonald: The Striking Stillness of Being

Christopher R. Inwood

August 6, 2018

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Angus McDonald's paintings capture the ever-escaping march of light. His works seem to freeze the world around his subject. This depiction may be an attempt to render the illusiveness of light and the beauty th...

Painting with Blasphemy: An Interview with Carrie Ann Baade

Selena Chambers

July 24, 2018

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While the idea of blasphemy is usually tied to religion, it can also be applied to long-held traditions that society also holds sacrosanct. In the paintings of Carrie Ann Baade, blasphemy is used alongside brushes and oils as another tool to deconstruct the We...

The Modern Japanese Muses of Ikenaga Yasunari

Lee Tudor

July 23, 2018

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“Gulls wheel through spokes of sunlight over gracious roofs and dowdy thatch, snatching entrails at the marketplace and escaping over cloistered gardens, spike topped walls and treble-bolted doors Gulls alig...

Monica Rohan’s Suffocating Warmth of Anxiety

Christopher R. Inwood

July 16, 2018

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Monica Rohan’s paintings are suffocatingly beautiful. When you first look at Rohan’s work, you are immediately struck by the vibrancy of the colours. Your eyes frantically search across the tangle of intricate...

Teagan White, A Voice for the Animal World

Jessica Violetta

July 7, 2018

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Teagan White is an artist from Minnesota, where winters are long yet nature is still seemingly bountiful. She graces us with celebratory water-based paintings that honor the lives and deaths of animals. Instead of the ever present human figure, Teagan uses nat...

The Philosophical Art of Chameleons: Body Paintings by Emma Hack

Jennifer Gori

July 3, 2018

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Artists have always enjoyed giving their own twist on reality to trigger the imagination and dreams of their public. But some artists even go further, by hacking reality, with a lot of wit. The word of hacking ...

Kathrin Longhurst: The Protagonist Is Female

Angela Unsworth

July 2, 2018

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Aptly named, Protagonist, Kathrin Longhurst’s recent solo exhibition at Nanda\Hobbs Gallery, portrays how women are becoming the powerful, empowered protagonists of their own futures. “When I’m old, I want to ...

In the studio I am a god: an interview with F. Scott Hess

Richard Purssey

June 28, 2018

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

American painter F. Scott Hess has had a long and distinguished career as a representational figurative artist, carrying the banner for this often-belittled (by the fine art establishment) art form long before Beautiful Bizarre Magazine came into being. Now an...

Kit Mizeres’ ‘Farewell Transmission’ @ Arch Enemy Arts

Danijela Krha Purssey

June 27, 2018

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Kit Mizeres' new body of work 'Farewell Transmission' is like a vividly beautiful and bizarre dream - a dream we should all heed! I can relate to Kit's feelings of anxiety around the value of her work, and how ...

The Sublime Summer: Aja Trier, Yishu Wang & Margaret Morales @ Future Gallery

Natalia Joruk

June 20, 2018

ART, EXHIBITIONS, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Future Gallery has become an influential artistic core in Lake Orion, Michigan, bringing together a host of delights to take you into new realms of surrealism and beauty. Their mission? To bring a better unders...

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