When 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 […]

We often overlook the most mundane, everyday objects in our day to day lives, never thinking of the possibilities they might have. Tokujin Yoshioka pushes himself to create astounding works that are minimal in concept, yet extravagant in execution. Tornado is one such work, making use of two million translucent straws to create an installation […]

At first, it isn’t quite apparent whether these houses are objects of fact or fiction. Clothes lines, signal antennas, telephone wires, neon lights — everything that we’re accustomed to, except for one thing: all the houses seem to be suspended in mid air. Photographer Laurent Chehere creates intriguing little worlds in each house, and appeals […]

Photographer David Benjamin Sherry strips away the colours of nature and adds in his own, but instead of creating artificiality, Sherry’s photographs force the viewer to pay attention to the aspects of the landscape that are usually glossed over. The monochromatic landscapes seem otherworldly and unfamiliar, but after a bit of a pause, the mind’s […]

  Sometimes it’s not very easy to understand modern art. A plain white square mounted on the wall? An empty room? That’s when Toni Spyra’s witty street art comes to the rescue. Not to say that his art pieces aren’t conceptual—they require the viewer to think, or at least interpret it in his or her […]

Toshitaka Aoyagi plays with colour in an elegantly simple way—by letting the colour itself interact with the light and its surroundings to create an imaginative, minimal installation. While Aoyagi uses bright, florescent strips to create his work, what the viewer sees is a mere shadow of the colour, diluted down to its reflection on a […]