February 12, 2014 by Erin Fletcher
I love art that can exist as just a beautiful object, no need to crowd the frame with tons of conceptual nonsense. The attractiveness of Justyn Hegreberg’s artwork grabs me through the varied textures, bold colors and asymmetric formats. He both thinks and works outside the frame (even though sometime the piece doesn’t quite stretch to all four sides).
January 10, 2014 by Erin Fletcher
In her series Death of an Image, photographer Andrea Galvani attempts to cross a boundary. Through each image there is a desperate need to cancel something out in order to rebuild it. Objects are cleverly placed within the shot to create a precise perspective, thus cloaking and transforming the subjects. In the image below, the stark black balloons are carefully placed with accurately calculated string lengths to create a visible center point that the dots radiate from. Beyond the conceptual explanation, these images are just stunning. The final image is separate from the collection, but how could I resist an image of cats.
January 9, 2014 by Erin Fletcher
Tim Wirth has really streamlined his artistic process. Each painting is created on a square birch canvas that is cut down from a larger plank, leaving no waste. The paintings are framed and the backside includes the date and place where the painting was completed, as well as the title and signature. Many of the painting’s backsides include a painting of their own.
I like Tim’s work because it’s humorous, non-sensical at times and colorful. It’s that plain and simple.
December 26, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
This is what happens when you drop concentrated liquid drugs onto exposed film. In the series, All you can feel, German artist Sarah Schönfeld experimented with the effects of certain legal and illegal substances. The images reveal the reaction of each chemical as it breaks down the film substrate. Imagine what it might be doing to your body. The image above is Estrogen.
Make sure you click on the images to enlarge and check out the amazing details. The results teeter between ethereal imagery to mineral samplings. Above on the left is Caffeine with MDMA on the right. Below are two examples of Ketamine.
Pictured above on the left is Heroin with Crystal Meth on the right. Below are LSD on the left with a mixture of Speed and Magic on the right.
December 13, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
I’m just gushing over this embroidered Knot series from artist Anouk Desloges. Normally, the holes created by the needle are lost in an embroidered textile, but Anouk cleverly uses plexiglass as her canvas which amplify these gaps between the stitches.
detail of My Sunday’s Mask
The following two pieces are titled Paper Bag; are sewn through plexiglass and include bronze leaf. They both have a very lovely resemblance to the anatomy of the female reproductive system.
September 30, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
1. Origami is a series by artist Kumi Yamashita, where a single sheet of paper is slightly crinkled and hung on the wall. The magic of the piece happens when a perfectly placed light sources casts the shadow of a human profile. Quite brilliant!
2. This is just an awesomely hilarious image with an unknown source. Check it out here.
3. Monica Ramos is a wonderful illustrator and is the hand behind Shelter, a display of books propped on their foredge giving the appearance of a tent-like structures or rooftops in a village.
4. Artist, Matthew Cox, has transformed the way you view an x-ray by layering on beautifully coordinated threads. The ghost-like images of the x-rays are partially covered with images of the human body, replacing bone with skin and lovely natural elements such as flowers and blue skies.
5. A new app called The Human Body is available as an aid to teach kids about the human anatomy. The greatest part, the visuals are created by animating paper. Check out the trailer or purchase the app here!
6. An interactive online catalog of French Art Deco bindings. The entire book is written in French, but the images are spectacular.
7. The Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art recently put up an exhibition called Haunted House to engage a younger audience into the world of classic art. Through a secret passageway, kids can manipulate artwork into new abstract forms.
8. A series of maps created by Dustin Cable from the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service are the most comprehensive survey of racial distribution in America. The image above represents an area of Omaha, Nebraska (my home town). These maps can be quite surprising with overwhelming populations of a single race as well as very visible divisions between racial groups.
9. Diana Beltrán Herrera has transformed paper in a most brilliant manner. These paper sculptures of birds are so highly detailed, one may not believe they are made from such a simple material.
10. In his series Boys and Their Fathers, photographer Craig Gibson took portraits of both father and son. Each portrait is then overlapped creating visible evidence to any identical physical traits.
August 20, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
The altered bookwork of Andrew Hayes is striking and quite extraordinary. Andrew crafts steel vessels to house and highlight discarded book pages in a manner that is more unique than most altered books. At first glance, these sculptures are not recognizable as books. The pages are tightly sandwiched between steel barriers and fanned out, exposing the interior text and imagery. Andrew embraces the attributes of the pages (i.e., page tabs and painted edges), offering more intrigue and depth to the piece.
June 20, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Another round of visual candy to satisfy your creative appetite; the work of illustrator Andrew Holder.
June 19, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Offering a bit of visual stimulation today with the design work of Matthew Korbel-Bowers whose four favorite things are California, Design, The Ocean and Eggs Benedict.
June 13, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
These miniature paintings from Lisa Nilsson are packed with incredible detail and life. Each painting acts as a memory from various trips to the beach at Lake Wentworth or ice fishing at Lake Griffy, a cosmetology school, the fish market and the Cleveland Zoo.
