INTERVIEWS

Make Art That Matters: Interview with Alexia Sinclair

Ry Sangalang

October 10, 2017

FEATURED, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

A New Dawn: IX Arts in the Year of the Rooster

Natalia Fedoruk

October 3, 2017

ART, EXHIBITIONS, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS

Kit King: The Queen of Hyperrealism

Nicole Gordon

September 26, 2017

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Interview with Simona Candini + Fight Like A Girl @ PIQ

Miu Vermillion

September 23, 2017

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Fantasy Couture: An Interview with Atelier Selene de Viollet

Jennifer Gori

May 17, 2017

COUTURE, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS

Enchanting and refined, the dark universe of Atelier Selene de Viollet will tug fashion and fantasy art lovers' heartstrings. Behind this mysterious name is hiding Bulgarian born designer Stanislava Spasova. Sh...

Black and White Hyper-Realistic Paintings: An Interview With Claus Word

Jantine Zandbergen

May 10, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

If you come across one of the works of Italian artist Claus Word online, you probably think he’s a skilled photographer. Strong, close-up and detailed: his hyperreal work is quite fascinating. The fascination g...

Brooke Shaden: Death, Beauty, and Light Through the Darkness

Ry Sangalang

May 5, 2017

INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

It is our fascinations and obsessions that help make our art. Brooke Shaden portrays themes such as death, rebirth, beauty in darkness, and dreams through her photography. I first discovered Brooke after Googling ‘fine art photo composite’. Seeing her images f...

The Psychology of the Female Body in the Work of Daniel Maidman

Deianira Tolema

May 4, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Daniel Maidman is a self-taught painter and art writer based in Brooklyn, New York. He is known for his high renderings of the human figure. His work can be found in the collections of New York Magazine senior ...

Feral Plains: An Interview With the Two Headed Mystic

Kylie Dexter

May 3, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Digital artists Feral Plains delve deeply into the intricacies and symbolism of life. Nothing is placed on the page without meaning and a pure representational objective. These balanced and deeply emotionally c...

Dark Enchantment: The Art of Handsome Devils Puppets

Jennifer Susan Jones

April 29, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, SCULPTURE

Jewelry, hand-stitched clothing, and tiny tattoos - it’s all in the details with Handsome Devils Puppets. Add to that, elongated, knuckly, wicked fingers and a dry brush skin effect that is positively chalky (like some kind of delicate bone-skin that has laste...

Into the World of IX Arts: Special Feature With Thomas Kuebler

Natalia Fedoruk

April 23, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, SCULPTURE

Forget mind-altering chemicals to trigger over-stimulation - put yourself face to face with one of Thomas Kuebler's sculptures, so alive that your senses feel heightened, and the stir of excitement cannot be ma...

Myths, Dreams, and Politics: An Interview With Franz Szony

Ry Sangalang

April 21, 2017

INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

Shakespeare once said, "All the world's a stage." If that’s true, then maybe art is its royal theater. Sumptuous. Regal. Decadent. Avant-garde. These are my impressions when I look at Franz Szony’s photographs....

Experimentations, Process and Emotions: An Interview With Jeremy Mann

Marie Larkin

April 19, 2017

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

Vigour and seduction... he paints with an aggressive and dynamic mark and yet, Jeremy Mann invites us to see his world through the quietly brooding melancholia of a wet evening street and the seductive glance of a female model. In 2016, I was in San Francis...

Hand Made With Love: Interview With Petite Pierres

Allie Schaitel

April 13, 2017

COUTURE, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS

Brittney Malesra of Petite Pierres makes jewelry that is delicate and "handmade with love," yet bold in its design and execution. Brittney's roots burrow deep into her education and family history, as she build...

Romantic Tales With an Edge: Interview With Katie Eleanor

Jantine Zandbergen

April 11, 2017

INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

We all have artists we love so much that they can do no wrong. Directors that can’t create a film you don’t love, writers that publish book after book that steals your heart and painters that seem to be deeply ...

A Divine Connection: Interview with Brianna Reagan

Kylie Dexter

March 24, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” – Jacques Cousteau Brianna Reagan's work often represents the cyclic nature of the world. Skulls and decaying life forms share the canvas with plants and new growth, animals burst f...

Walls of Wonderment: An interview with Lisa King

Kylie Dexter

March 15, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, STREET ART

Lisa King is an Australian self taught multi-disciplinary artist/illustrator, who is recognized for her socially engaging large-scale murals. Over the recent months she has been beautifying otherwise less than...

Underwater Lifeforms, the Sculptures of Margarita Sampson

Jackie Lemmon

March 14, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, SCULPTURE

A miscellaneous collection of fabric, ceramic, furniture, tableware, and other found objects are altered and melded together to form colorful jewelry and sculpture. In these works by Australian artist Margarita...

The Divinity of Realism: An Interview with Harold Muñoz

Jessica Violetta

March 11, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

What could be more inspiring than having the Louvre in your backyard for inspiration? As an impeccable realist painter, Harold Muñoz shares his experience of seeing and depicting the divinity of human beings. From the late night streets of Paris to the enchant...

Sweet Nightmares: An Interview with Kazuhiro Hori

Miu Vermillion

March 10, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Kazuhiro Hori is known for his surrealistic paintings of young Japanese girls in their school uniform, surrounded - and, sometimes, trapped - by sweets and toys: the things they are supposed to love. Some of us...

“Fun and Cosmopolitan”: The Music of Aksak Maboul in the Words of Founder Marc Hollander

Danai Molocha

March 10, 2017

CULTURE, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, MUSIC

It was 1977 when Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis formed Aksak Maboul — a Belgian ensemble going down the winding road of avant-rock and pop, just to mention a couple of the ideas floating and flooding their be...

IX Arts: Shaping the World of Imaginative Realism One Reality at a Time

Natalia Fedoruk

March 7, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

There’s a certain excitement that hovers perpetually around the name IX Arts; it’s not without marginally contained elation that I find myself writing about them in the run up to their 10th anniversary show. A universal leading organization, IX Arts has been c...

BRB Chasing Dreams: Interview with Hieu Nguyen aka Kelogsloops

Kylie Dexter

March 6, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Hieu Nguyen, has done two mesmerizing works that will be included in the beautiful.bizarre curated international group exhibition Bitter | Sweet, opening 18 March 2017 at 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace on the G...

Fantastical Lands and Fairy Tales: Ivana Flores Interview

Kylie Dexter

February 23, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Step into the imagination of Spanish born artist Ivana Flores and you certainly won't be disappointed. She fills her pieces with the fragmented imaginings of her creativity and passions. Ivana speaks to the vie...