Part photograph, part moving image, these cinemagraphs created by Julien Douvier are endlessly hypnotic. If it were possible to make a quiet image even more quiet and even more compelling, Douvier does it—tiny little movements, like the twitching of a finger, or the gentle rippling of water, breathe life into these photographs. As still images, […]

American artist William Utermohlen was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1995, at the age of 61. In response to the illness, and in an effort to try to better understand what was happening to his mind, Utermohlen embarked on painting a series of self-portraits throughout the rest of the years of his life. Utermohlen died […]

“The idea of creating these miniature works came from dream states and how we are able to play with our own identity, to play with different roles we take on in our dream state,” artist Kendal Murray says of her tiny sculptures. “The miniature works serve as a metaphor for intuitive thoughts.” The worlds created […]

   Artist Sophia Narrett literally spins a yarn by creating rich narratives made purely out of thread. Each piece is ornately detailed and resemble paintings at first glance, and in contrast to the picture perfect, homely embroideries we’re accustomed to, Narrett’s images hide strange, dark tales that perplex even as they enthrall. See more of […]

  Rarely does a piece of art interact or respond to its immediate environment; Chris Wood’s works are exceptions. His geometric arrangements of colourful pieces of glass form different mesmerising patterns at different times of the day, depending on how the light hits the glass. We’ve always been fascinated with light, and have tried different […]

  New York-based artist James Clar finds parallels between light and technology, and creates colourful installations that are mesmerizing, but somehow cold and sterile—a commentary on the omnipresence of technology and its impact on our lives. Clar skilfully manipulates light and structure to create vaguely familiar forms, and leaves the rest up to the imagination. […]