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Chiara Bautista: Drawing with Stardust

June 24, 2017

ART, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

We featured an interview with Chiara Bautista in 2014, but who could help wanting to write about such a talented artist again and perhaps share some of her new works or some you may not have seen to date. I cou...

Capable Hands: The Sculptures of Jessica Dalva

Jennifer Susan Jones

June 23, 2017

ART, LATEST POSTS, SCULPTURE

“Will someone please call a surgeon Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart That you're deserting for better company?” – lyric from “Nothing Better” by The Postal Service Jessica Dalva, AKA J...

Alex Garant + Annie Stegg Gerard + Ornamented Group Show @ Haven Gallery

Miu Vermillion

June 22, 2017

EXHIBITIONS, LATEST POSTS

This summer, Haven Gallery presents three simultaneous not-to-be-missed exhibitions: Alex Garant's "Proprioception", Annie Stegg Gerard's "Halcyon Garden", and "Ornamented" group show. Expect to see an array of...

The Haunting Photography of Haris Nukem

Jennifer Gori

June 21, 2017

FEATURED, LATEST POSTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

There are many terms used to describe the work of Haris Nukem. Surprisingly, most of the time, they are connected to glamour, as if the photography of the British artist were just some casual eye candy. But let...

Flowers Die and Fairies Live: Interview with Bella Kotak

Ry Sangalang

June 20, 2017

FEATURED, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light." - Dylan Thomas As Bella Kotak shoots, time is against her. The Golden rays are her only help, yet they flee the night sky like fairies in a rush to get to their s...

Fin DAC TAKES OVER Beautiful Bizarre Magazine

Kylie Dexter

June 19, 2017

ART, FEATURED, LATEST POSTS, TAKE OVER

Every month, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine chooses one of our favourite artists to TAKE OVER our social media for the day. Just in case you missed it, below we present the full TAKE OVER from our June artist, ...

Connecting Across the Seas: the Opening of IX Gallery

Natalia Fedoruk

June 17, 2017

EXHIBITIONS, FEATURED, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS

Have you ever sat at your computer and opened your eyes to visions of art so breathtaking, they make your heart skip? Even upon your pixelated screen, you see the colours clearly, fingers twitching to run over ...

Modern Eden Gallery Interview | Michael Ryan: Other Worlds

Bella Harris

June 16, 2017

EXHIBITIONS, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS

In every moment we create, let these worlds unite us with all that's yet to come... In admiration and loving memory, Modern Eden Gallery proudly presents a retrospective exhibition of Michael Ryan (1982–2016...

The Cinematic Narrative Portraiture of Jonathan Viner

Lee Tudor

June 15, 2017

ART, FEATURED, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Jonathan Viner is an American painter based in Brooklyn, NY. Viner's work drew me in from his contribution to 'Lush Life': Reverie at Roq La Rue and later in the 10th Anniversary Exhibition at Corey Helford Gal...

Out of the Ruins: Monumental Nobodies by Matthew Quick

Freddy Grant

June 14, 2017

ART, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

For Matthew Quick, watching the most symbolic and memorable moment of the Iraq War was a moment of clarity. As US soldiers seized Baghdad and triumphantly pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein, he ponder...

New Album ‘Altars’: Interview with Sadistik and Michael Hussar

Jennifer Gori

June 13, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, MUSIC

In a world where, unfortunately, art has become fast food for soul, we cannot but rejoice when we stumble upon artistic projects that lead to deeper conversations. It is the case with the unexpected collaborati...

Kyle Thompson: An Exploration of Self

Kim Crowie

June 12, 2017

Palette Painting 2017 @ Abend Gallery

Natalia Fedoruk

June 10, 2017

EXHIBITIONS, LATEST POSTS

For centuries, artists have developed their knowledge and skills in painting – experimentation with untried ingredients, new tools, modern - or long-lost – painting styles. Throughout it all, one tool has s...

Joshua Mays: Clarion + Bloom @ Arch Enemy Arts

Bella Harris

June 9, 2017

EXHIBITIONS, LATEST POSTS

Last week Arch Enemy Arts celebrated the opening of CLARION, the new solo exhibition of Joshua Mays. This is the second series created within the artist's Chrysalis storyline and the pensive, detailed c...

“Metamorph” The Art of Stephanie Law @ Krab Jab Studio

Natalia Fedoruk

June 8, 2017

EXHIBITIONS, LATEST POSTS

After a successful year with the publication of her latest book, Descants & Cadences, mixed media artist Stephanie Law continues to raise the bar on enigmatic storytelling. Like a modern day Dreamweaver, sh...

Let Me Make You a Martyr: Reveries of Darkness and Murder

Kristy Senko-Hall

June 7, 2017

FILM, LATEST POSTS

Tired of livin’ in the darkness, man. It’s all I’ve ever known. It’s all that’s ever know me, besides her. You ever think about suicide? I mean really thought about it? Like there might be no other way out?...

Adipocere: The Dark Side of Hand Embroidery

Danai Molocha

June 6, 2017

ART, LATEST POSTS

Sheep, skulls, and spider webs... mountain laurels, moths and dog-strangling vine: Earth's beautiful, curious things find their way into Adipocere's hand embroidery, putting a deviant 21st-century spin on a wel...

Interview with Daan Noppen: Where Substance and Ethers Converge

Kristy Senko-Hall

June 5, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

The innovations of Daan Noppen bring a curious new charge to the art of pencil drawing. His still life and portrait drawings are not only astonishingly detailed, but are scaled to an enormous size. Breathing li...

Luscious Pin-Up Art: Into the Boudoir of ONEQ

Jennifer Gori

June 3, 2017

ART, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Undoubtedly, Japanese artist ONEQ is a prodigy of the pin-up world. Self-made, the 36 year old illustrator has patiently built a reputation with her distinctive drawings of women. She is especially praised for ...

Alessandro Boezio’s Anatomic Poetry

Evan Senn

June 2, 2017

ART, LATEST POSTS, SCULPTURE

In our subconscious, the human form can be altered to fulfill a variety of desires, horrors and creative psychoses. Fingers roll out like a carpet into digit-shaped centipedes; feet emerge from the palm of ...

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