Dario Mekler is a graphic designer and illustrator from Argentina. Using colors to attract the viewer in an aesthetically pleasant way, his works ironizes modern living, with a subtle note of pessimism. With tribal elements, his images have a somehow futuristic aspect, a colorful world where the viewer is invited to reflect for a moment…
The wind blew down on a harsh ground on a summer’s day as a form appeared in a figurative landscape, constantly scouring for inspiration. This intrepid explorer could make Bear Grylls look like an agoraphobic curtain-straightener and make a tumble-drier salesman’s head spin even more. He trundled over a fractured environment where light and colour…
A man moves dreamily through a primarily black and white coloured room that matches the eerie, static darkness of the winter’s evening outside. The pleasing lack of luminosity reflects the bleakness of a heart and aching soul that both Edgar Allan Poe and his morality-laden creations would be proud of. This somnambulist inhabits a fragmented…
Cavea Ephemeral is a cool installation created by a team of designers for the Sensorium Gran Gala of Surrealism on the main beach of Cadaques, in the north of Cataluña. Home to artists like Dalí and Federico García Lorca, this town hosts every year an event which brings together art, music and literature. A team of…
Canvas art is a very versatile option to add famous artworks to your home. Canvas artworks are now available in many styles and designs. The methodologies used in decorating your home canvas have evolved over time. What started as a simple procedure of hanging up photos have become an art in itself. An art that…
In this day and age, any visitor to the Old Truman Brewery in East London will be enticed by the sensual and cultural odyssey found in Brick Lane. People can appreciate a whirlwind of food products from starchy English fare to Japanese okonomiyaki as well as graffiti by artists such as Banksy. The elusive character…
Kelly Boyle‘s art is driven by spontaneity and emotion, being a mixture of mosaic shapes and vitral -like illustrations, all combined harmoniously in a colorful complex explosion of colors. Her artwork stands as a representation of her own self, her view on the world and how she fits into the law of nature, being also…
Strangers is a new series by French self-taught photographer Julie de Waroquier. We’ve already been acquainted with her surreal photography in a previous interview, but this time the artist focuses on the relationship between two beings that don’t know each other, using humans and animals as symbols for her ideas. Here’s how Julie explains her…
The 1980s saw the emergence of new radical young artists in America, with key underground figures such as Jean- Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf based around Lower Manhattan and the East Village scene. This prolific and talented group of artists with a counterculture stance, that included Vincent Gallo, was mainly centred around creating…
Luzinterruptus, an anonymous art group which draws attention to public spaces with their art installations, made a nostalgic statement through their newest piece “Colón washes whiter“, in the Prado Recoletos Corridor in Madrid. The statue of Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón), which was given by the Italians to the city of Buenos Aires, was standing in…
Rik Reimert draws some pretty amazing portraits of male celebrities, using only pen and paper and Rotring Rapidographs. Rik finds the analog aspect of his work very exciting, as every line is definitive and cannot be erased. Starting with a simple sketch, the artist then completes the details of the portrait using a Rapidograph, a…
Jesse Olwen is an interdisciplinary visual artist based in South Korea, whose talents span across painting, drawing, sculpture, and more recently tattoo art. Recently awarded 5th place in this year’s International emerging Artist Award Golden 10 Section, the artist has quite an amazing background, having worked for nearly a decade as a glass artist and…