INTERVIEWS

Sweet Nightmares: An Interview with Kazuhiro Hori

March 10, 2017

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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Bitter | Sweet: An Interview with Crystal Morey

Anmarie Soucie

February 18, 2017

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Visual artist Crystal Morey takes us on a journey with her milk-white, porcelain figures in Entangled Wonders, a series that will be included in the beautiful.bizarre curated international group exhibition 'Bitter | Sweet'. Join beautiful.bizarre for the openi...

Transmitting Messages: Interview with Johnny Adimando

Jackie Lemmon

February 16, 2017

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Imagine that you have been sent, telepathically, an extensive coded message. Your head is overflowing with unknown symbols. Twists and turns of designs like those made with a Spirograph, sometimes words, images...

Bitter | Sweet: An Interview with Yosuke Ueno

Miu Vermillion

February 13, 2017

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Anyone who thinks science, philosophy, and pop surrealism do not mix definitely needs to take a look at Yosuke Ueno's paintings and learn more about the artist by reading our previous in-depth interview with hi...

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The Raw Edges of Alicia Hannah Naomi: Interview

Justine Morrow

February 10, 2017

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It is with humble artistry that Alicia Hannah Naomi creates her pieces. Matching the primitive character of ancient sites like Stonehenge with the intellectual writings and philosophies of those such as Rilke, and Jung, one can almost hear the deep droning...

Inspired by Nature: Birds N Bones Jewelry Interview

Bri Thomas

February 9, 2017

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Zoe Cope and Ashley Lagasse met while in a small metals casting class at San Fransisco’s Academy of Art University, and started Birds N Bones Jewelry on October 31, 2013. Ashley grew up in southern Louisiana, s...

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Frosted Bones: Interview with Eero Hintsanen

Justine Morrow

February 7, 2017

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Eero Hintsanen's work are incredible objects from a time long ago forgotten, like pieces of precious metals straight from the hands of Valhalla deities. Even the woman in his jewelry editorials are powerful g...

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The Phantasmagoria of Gromyko Semper: Interview

Justine Morrow

January 27, 2017

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Hailing from the Philippines, Gromyko Semper is a modern Renaissance man. He quotes old masters, is autodidact, and has a creative spirit that spans many styles. Mostly self-taught, Gromyko has interests that take his art from extensively detailed lithography ...

Interview with Kacy Latham

Bri Thomas

January 23, 2017

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Kacy Latham was born and raised in the small town of Munday, Texas, where she still currently resides. She studied theater at Midwestern State University and now paints, with a focus on the complexities of abst...

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Lee Tudor

January 22, 2017

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Frank Zappa was many different things to many different people. To some he was an idol, to others, a threatening hippy inciting a revolution. Nevertheless, Frank’s work spoke volumes more than any one interview...

The Transformative Magic of Kirsten Stingle: Interview

Natalia Fedoruk

January 20, 2017

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Kirsten Stingle: Storyteller, Performer, Philosopher and Sculptress who continuously brings to life innovative and emotive ceramic sculptures that are impossible to forget. Her journey has been long, evolving throughout her creative journey to bring you...

Mary McGill: The Art of the Story

Jennifer Susan Jones

January 7, 2017

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Ceramic artist and native Californian Mary McGill strikes both a symbolic and aesthetic balance between humans and nature, and beauty and time-induced flaws, as seen in her sculptures of the female figure and a...

Interview with Syd Bee

Kindra Nikole

December 15, 2016

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Syd Bee is a Seattle-based painter whose work seems plucked directly from the dream world. Bee uses rich, rosy tones in much of her art while exploring somber themes and emotions, and the marriage of these op...

Interview with Jim McKenzie: A Masterpiece in the Making

Kylie Dexter

December 7, 2016

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If you haven't already, it is probably time to jump onto the Jim McKenzie mobile and start following this new modern day visionary and his work….even if, just to say "I knew him when...". Jim is an American, New York based artist, proficient in many areas,...

Nola and the Clones: Interview with Filmmaker Graham Jones

Anmarie Soucie

December 1, 2016

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Irish filmmaker Graham Jones’ latest work – Nola and the Clones – follows the story of a young homeless girl on the streets of Dublin, where she encounters a series of men eerily similar to one another. “It...

The Darkly Sweet World of Nobu Happy Spooky

Kylie Dexter

November 19, 2016

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It would take a steady and incredibly talented hand to embellish these small sculptures into portraits of their original subjects. Italian artist Domenico Scalisi of Nobu Happy Spooky has not only managed to do...