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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Issue 49

Dive into this Issue and discover Belgian painter Eddy Steven who captivates us with impeccable technique, along with masterful light and composition. Juxtaposing the ordinary with the absurd, the expected with the ‘what on earth is that?’, his works do indeed speak volumes without Eddy having to say anything at all.

In Jason Limon’s dreamland of cardboard, thread, and cellophane, skeletons go about various tasks with charming determination. The oxymoronic nature of skeletons as the charismatic inhabitants of Jason’s make-believe world can be easily overlooked thanks to his extraordinary talent for giving them individual personality through motion. There is nothing sinister in the machinations of Jason’s creations even though the themes they conjure for many people might naturally feel macabre. Rather, these skeletons are full of individuality and purpose, each as absorbed in its role as a young child engrossed in make-believe play.

Cover artist D*Face awakens our senses, making it impossible not to draw inspiration from his artistic expressions. Regardless of the legality of street art, the UK-based artist can certainly ensure that his audience will enjoy his colourful contributions to the public spaces. His iconic “APOPalyptic” style critiques consumerism while capturing the rebellious spirit of street art. The vibrant hues and strong linework reflect early comic book illustrations but with a dash of satire for modern society. His characters typically feature skeletal faces and zombie-like features, nearly perfect hair, and of course his signature wings. His murals have gone up on buildings across the globe, providing a stark but welcoming contrast to their environment.

Award-winning fine art photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten is one of the most highly recognised photographers today. Many of her projects meld highly detailed and visually stunning imagery with narratives exploring different social and historical commentaries. The unique lens through which Julia creates is one also tinted with a deep empathy, highlighting her ability to connect with characters beyond their perceived stereotypes and instead, to see them with a fresh perspective.

Time to get inspired as we learn what Laura Juul Christophersen, owner of o gallery, shares what she would like to add to her personal collection this Issue’s Curator’s Wishlist.

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. But how much poetry can you fit on a painted piece of driftwood? Discarded canvases turn to pale-coloured sonnets and priceless words of wisdom in Chishi Morimura’s hands. Here, in nature’s embrace, flawed humans silently face their mortality and confront their imperfections.

Stuart Pearson Wright is an English artist working in sculpture, film, and printmaking, but is mainly known as a portrait painter of unconventional portraits with skewed perspectives, ranging from more formal to the enigmatically unsettling. He explains, “Instead of presenting something as a reality, you present it as something self-consciously artificial. It comes back to the idea of transitioning. Painting is a construction anyway, so why pretend it’s a reality?”

The expressionist artist Paul Klee stated, “a drawing is simply a line going for a walk”. But Klee never met the French artist DOL, whose lines are running. While still utilising traditional linework that one does for drawings, the illustrations he creates sprint off the page and into the third dimension. Contorting these lines into movement and shape, they become grand creatures leaping, flying, and swimming in real space. His fondness for animals is exemplified in his creations as they reflect their wild energy. The exquisite colours pull the viewer in with their luminous hues, but the mastery of these pieces is in the elaborate criss-cross patterns of wires. These networks reflect texture and noise becoming limbs and faces, fins, and wings.

While fond childhood memories are painted like murals in Dilka Bear’s mind. At the beating heart of her paintings are her characters, which consist of her main protagonist and her many non-human companions. Her protagonist is a fair skinned girl adorned with a sweet button nose, luscious cherry red lips, and a pair of curious eyes that are filled with equal parts child-like wonder and the wisdom of age. When viewing her protagonist, viewers will realise that Dilka’s soul resides within, as she reveals that she views the character as her own alter ego. This alter ego, which she also describes as her inner child, is a being free from the constraints of the real world. She is an ageless, ever evolving being that changes alongside her creator.

Journey deeper into Issue 49 and learn as Andrey Remnev carries the torch for the fine ancient tradition of egg tempera, loved by icon painters and Renaissance masters alike, where egg yolk is used as a binder before passing to oil paint. He faithfully uses gold pigment and decorates his artworks with red and pink hues, crafting jewel-like paintings and details reminiscent of opulent textiles with a distinctly modern aesthetic. Brushstrokes of deep blue create a sense of sacredness and mystery – each colour teeming with meaning and significance.

Discover the creative vision of Julio César Delgado where the intricacy of each piece evokes the sort of feelings one has around fragile or delicate things. There is something immediately intriguing about his work. These are drawings draw you in. They call for us to slow down, to be considered and to be thoughtful. Julio’s compositions feature layer upon layer of interconnected figures, iconography and decorative imagery. As the viewer you have the freedom to choose where to look first.

Caia Koopman mesmerizes us with full page reproductions of her evocative pop surreal paintings inside this Issue’s Lookbook Editorial.

In this issues’ Collector’s Profile, we speak to Professor Kurt M. Bretthauer about his personal art collection. We get to know a little of his most authentic self, the art lover that hasn’t been sanitised by academia. We soon discovered that this version of Kurt enjoys his time at home, surrounded by what a work colleague once described as ‘walls full of dead people’. These walls of the dead are actually a lovingly curated collection of dark surrealist paintings oozing with style and substance, and, most importantly, make Professor Bretthauer the person that he is.

In the Quick Q & A editorial, we ask Theo Polymorphos, Ryoko Rio, Haejin Yoo, Helena Artbook, Lisa Lennon, Alex Sugar and Juliet Nneka to answer the same four questions:

• What moment made you claim the title ‘artist’?
• What is something you wish people understood better when looking at your art?
• Some people view art as a luxury. What would your response to them be?
• What roles do galleries have in supporting the arts, or do you think that galleries will become obsolete in the future?

In this Issues’ Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory editorial we highlight the work of many exceptional artists and photographers including: Heidi Lustig, Karin Hauck E.E. Kono, Nicomi Nix Turner, Rute Ventura, Anna Wypych, Jennifer Allnutt, Joseph Bellofatto, Natalie Hirschman, Noah Norrid, Jill Feenstra, Gregory Malphurs, Liuyazi (Arya) Hou, Daria Elshiner, Ellie Nesbitt (FAYBEL), Bob Coonts, Vicki Todd, Christian Boehmer, Rossella Paolini, Patrizia Vignola, Rachel Ivanyi, Claudia Ferrarini, Ana Priscila Rodriguez, Carolin Leary Prinn, Yoann Penard, Renée Tay, Frost Newton, Sharon Covert, Reinhard Riedel, Haley Manchon, Kristen Eisenbraun, Kym Lee, and Larysa Bernhardt.

In this Issue’s poignant Letter from the Editor, Danijela Krha Purssey discusses D*Face‘s powerful cover art which resonates deeply, prompting us all to reflect and examine our emotions and principles regarding those affected by gender based violence. She addresses the persistent and relentless epidemic of violence against women and the need to shine a light into the darkness and hold a mirror up to our societies. So we are forced to look, and demand change!

Danijela also reflects on our first exhibition of 2025, Dreamland Awaits, that will have just come to a close at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles. If you didn’t get the chance to see it in person, you can still explore the full show online through the gallery’s website — it’s well worth a look. Additionally, Our second exhibition of the year will open in October at Haven Gallery in Northport, NY. This show will feature the winners of the 2025 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize — and that could include you! If you haven’t submitted your work yet, now’s the time.

In Issue 49, we also highlight more of the artisan fashion designers that have caught the eye of our Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief, in this Issue’s Some of our Favourite Things editorial.

And last but never least, enjoy a beautiful collection from Our Community, featuring some of the amazing hashtagged #beautifulbizarre and tagged @beautifulbizarremagazine artworks from our social media of over 2 million followers!

All this inside Issue 49 // June 2025, which showcases some of the best and most inspiring emerging and mid-career artists of our time.

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