Bad dream or a wonderful nightmare? I love the work of Fred Tomaselli. See more at the James Cohan Gallery feature.
Archive for the 'Fine Art' Category
This month’s Pop magazine brings us the magical pairing of Allen Jones and Devon Aoki, shot by Sean and Seng. Sean and Seng have a great portfolio under their belt – make note! Doll-faced Devon is encased in Jones’ wearable art to both seedy and seductive effect.
The shoot comes as a handy booklet inside Pop, with an interview with Allen Jones himself. I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m really enjoying the paper stock too… sorry.
A life-size bronze sculpture of a man by Alberto Giacometti has been sold at auction for £65,001,250, in just eight minutes. The amazing world record breaking sale took place at Sotheby’s auction house in London, United Kingdom.
These are the incredible photorealistic landscape paintings by the Argentinian artist Helmut Ditsch. The painting titled ‘Ten Commandments II’ has a special significance for the author of this post. As I have stood in pretty much in that exact same spot. It was at sunrise, after a three hour trek guided by Bedouin in the moonlight of Mount Sinai.
Via Diego Gravinese
Amazing little video brought to my attention from The PBLKs, produced by Babylon Falling, featuring one of my favourite artists Emory Douglas. I’ve always loved Emory’s powerful, political imagery, so strong, and I just wish I had a chance to catch his retrospective exhibition at the Urbis in Manchester a few months back. Check the video for a little interview and studio visit with the man himself. Enjoy.
Boris Archour created Conatus: Night of the Dancer, a strangely mesmerising performance by a tap dancer wearing a luminous mask. He wanders alone and by night, throughout the works of the exhibition, La force de l’art 02, which took place at Grand Palais in Paris.
We’ve just been sent a little reminder about these great monkey illustrations by Scots born artist, Kirsty Whiten. If my memory serves me correctly, I’m pretty certain I first came across her work at this years Glasgow Art Fair. I particularly like her attention to detail and the contrast between the monkey and the surrounding objects.
Pure and absolute rage, is the only thing I can see here. This painting is about cheating, while in love and the passion of the Italian artist is barefaced here. Most of Ottaviani’s work is taken from personal experience. He injects this personna through the facial expressions and gestures his subject have.
Linnea Strid is from Sweden and has an incredible ability to paint splashes and pools of water with extraordinary realism and believability, all whilst making it seem effortless.
Sam Jinks creates unbelievably life-like and haunting silicon human sculptures.
Robert Longo achieved critical acclaim in the 1980s with Men in the Cities, a dynamic drawing series depicting modern businessmen in contorted positions, a commentary on our contemporary afflictions and anxieties. Since then he has gone on to create an incredible volume of consistently brilliant illustrative work.
American painter Josh Keyes does it again with his 2009 updates. As you would expect, humanity, wildlife and cross sections collide in full colourful and illustrative glory.
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