Thoughts
Upcoming work, news, inspiration, randomness — all that we do and all that is us.
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MISSHAPED
March 25, 2015With a penchant for stark shapes and a Wes Anderson-hued colour palette, visual designer and photographer Giorgio Stefanoni turns his lens on commonplace buildings in Milan. His series, Unknown Geometries, is a playful, charming look at the places that we come across but don’t really take notice of, and encourages everyone to take a second […]
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UNREALITY
February 5, 2015Corey Bartle Sanderson muses over the mundanities of everyday life. His work, entitled Supermarket Simulacrum II, challenges his viewers to question the reality of objects upon observation, and perhaps even more pressingly so, questions the nature of the food and products that we so willingly consume on a day-to-day basis. View more of his […]
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A DIFFERENT TYPE
January 26, 2015Israeli typographer Oded Ezer creates typefaces out of singular features of famous artworks, and the effect is strange, humorous, and at times disturbing. Nonetheless, this play with type serves as an update to sometimes overexposed pieces of work, and helps us to see them in a new light. For more of Ezer’s work, visit here.
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ONE MAN’S TRASH
January 22, 2015Artist Kim Alsbrooks questions the idea of class distinction and status quo by painting historical figures on discarded, flattened drink cans. These portraits, originally painted on ivory from the 17th-18th Century, are recreated on aluminium cans. And Alsbrooks is picky about the cans she uses: “One cannot flatten the trash. It just doesn’t work. It […]
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OTHERWORLDLY
December 30, 2014Blending the virtual and the real into alien-looking worlds, Korean born artist Jung-Yeon Min creates modern-day surrealism, inspired by the constant exchange between the tangible and the technological. Tiny figures often appear in the paintings, and Min says that she often puts herself in her dream worlds. “My paintings tell about my life.” See more […]
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STRIPPED AWAY
November 3, 2014When you think of a painting, the first thing that comes to mind is the image created, the layers of paint upon the surface, the brushstrokes that form the story—but what about the actual canvas itself? Artist Ethan Cook creates ‘paintings’ that are actually a celebration of raw canvas; by painstakingly creating his own swatches […]