modern art
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Chrissy Poitras + Kyle Topping
Kyle Topping: Chemistry, Etching, 18 x 18 inches, 2012 Chrissy Poitras: Bits and Pieces No. III, Watercolour, 2012 Kyle Topping is a printmaker working primarily in etching. In his most recent works, he begins by creating digital collages. He then transfers these collages onto copper etchings using a hard ground technique. For those unfamiliar with printmaking techniques, the path to achieving thehttps://kyletopping.com/Curriculum-Vitae desired result requires precision and skill throughout the process. With Kyle’s work one sees that he has developed his images with meticulous attention to detail at every step. Chrissy Poitras is a mixed media artist working with a variety of materials. Her most recent works are watercolour monoprints…
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Sea Speak Sphere: Message In A Bottle by Asher Jay
Message In a Bottle By Asher Jay – Entire Display from Asher Jay on Vimeo. Message in a Bottle, is a conceptual, collaborative campaign that offers individuals who hail from a variety of disciplines the opportunity to express their concerns for Planet Ocean through creative media. This endows marine conservation with a unique united front from which distressed denizens can address the long-term welfare of the primordial soup that gave rise to all life on Earth. This installation’s opening night was hosted by Green Spaces, Tribeca, on World Oceans Day, Friday, June 8th 2012. Message in a Bottle by Asher Jay as exhibited at Green Spaces, Tribeca, New York, NY.…
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SAUL ZANOLARI reinvents CHANEL by Mark M. Whelan
REINVENTING MANHOOD – CHANEL BY SAUL ZANOLARI Gabrielle Chanel’s legend lives again through four portraits signed Saul Zanolari. She looks at the contemporary world (not just the fashion world) on a Chanel Nr. 5 box through the eyes of four columns of the fashion system: Karl Lagerfeld John Galliano Marc Jacobs Valentino She is considered the woman who reinvented the women fashion’s rules in the XX century. In Saul Zanolari’s portraits she is doing the same thing with the manhood rules. Four of the most important contemporary fashion designers they look through Chanel’s eyes. In the meanwhile she’s living again through their work. More infos on www.saulzanolari.com The latest news in contemporary…
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Gregory Euclide with Mark M. Whelan
as if muting the land was part of knowing acrylic, eurocast, foam, Goldenrod, Hosta, moss, paper, pencil, plastic, Sedum, wood, zip tie 2012 | 26 x 19 x 9 (Framed) Gregory Euclide’s work is fascinating on many levels: the feelings each piece evokes, his use of a range of materials from the timeless (paint, pencil) to the unmistakably modern (foam, plastic), the intricacy of each visual detail… I became an avid admirer at first sight and each time I revisit his website or flickr page, or find his work featured in magazines or online, I am enthralled again as if I had just happened upon the magical lands he creates…
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Mr Brainwash, Tolstoy and Salvador Dali Mashup
The artist of the future will understand that to compose a fairy-tale, a little song which will touch, a lullaby or a riddle which will entertain, a jest which will amuse, or to draw a sketch which will delight dozens of generations or millions of children and adults, is incomparably more important and more fruitful than to compose a novel or a symphony, or paint a picture which will divert some members of the wealthy classes for a short time, and then be for ever forgotten. The region of this art of the simple feelings accessible to all is enormous, and it is as yet almost untouched. Tolstoy “What is…
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Milk
Forgetting the milk was a mistake. Do the shopping bags feel lighter? Are they noticeably sans milk? Don’t be ridiculous, they’re shopping bags. They feel as heavy as all shopping. It will be fine. How can it not be? The sun has that brilliant winter-weekend-morning touch about it; cold, blinding and strong enough to make you smile at the frost particles in the tarmac. The gloves don’t really work. The weave is too loose and they let the chill of the season through, and at the same time they restrict finger movements; making it all but impossible to pick the right key out of all the others on the chain…
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Hisami Tanaka at waitingroom with Mark M. Whelan
Hisami Tanaka’s recent solo exhibition at waitingroom in Tokyo presented his latest works, reflecting his graphic design background and an approach to abstract painting unique to the artist. The style in which the pieces were installed in the gallery space itself further emphasized the artist’s dynamic inner relationship between painter and designer. from waitingroom: Hisami Tanaka was born in Ibaraki in 1976 and graduated from Tama Art University, majoring in Design. Recent exhibitions include “windows and the stories” (2011, waitingroom, Tokyo) and “Tokyo Wonder Wall” (2010, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo). In previous years, Tanaka was focusing on the “existence and non-existence of the quality and power” for different…
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SAUL ZANOLARI AT JOYCE IN BEIJING by Mark M. Whelan
Saul Zanolari is on show at Joyce Gallery – Beijing. The concept store – Joyce, opened it’s art gallery in the heart of Public’s Republic of China, Beijing, 8 months ago. Since then many contemporary artist, designers and fashion stylist showed their work on it. From April 20th until May 20th it’s Saul Zanolari’s turn with his Fashion Icons series. Diane Pernet, Anna Wintour, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, and other portraits of people who changed the way of percepting body, mind and lifestyle. Further informations on www.saulzanolari.com www.joyce.com SAUL ZANOLARI , Fashion Icons – on show at Joyce, Beijing April 20th/May 20th JOYCE 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie…
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Interview with Stephen Tompkins by Samuel Dodson
Every time I look at Stephen’s work, I find something different. All objects merge and have the ability to take on new shapes, new meanings. Almost like trying to pin down a definitive image from a dream, the images envelop you, and bring you into their fold as you search further and further into them. They stretch boundaries, inspire new thought and make you question existing notions. It is a pleasure to bring you the following interview with the man behind such “addictively absorbing” (Robin Clark) artwork; Stephen Tompkins. Is art your first love or do you have another passion? My own work is my first passion. I studied years…
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Interview with Slaven Gabric by Mark M. Whelan
“So long as men die, liberty will never perish” – Charlie Chaplin Every single thing is an homage to everything in the world; even things that haven’t happened yet. In all the intricacy’s of our humanity, there is one thing which binds us together; our mortality. Now, this is not to get all gloomy on the subject. At the same time, it’s not to say that death is actually really groovy and fun-filled. Rather, this is to celebrate the unexpected, the poetic and the absurd creations found in the graveyards where we pay our own homage to friends and loved ones past. The meaning of life and death can appear…