Sculptor, Thom Puckey has been in the art game for a long time and his experience shows in his masterfully crafted and provocative sculptures. Sex, violence and an air of classical greek sculpture combine to create a lasting image etching it’s way into the viewers psyche. Powerful and inspiring work.
Artist/illustrator, Si Scott will be getting all swirly at the Electrik Sheep Gallery on Newcastle’s busy Pink Lane tomorrow night (September 3rd). The show starts at 6pm and should offer a rare opportunity to see some of Scott’s work in person. His work will be available for purchase both at the show and at Electrik Sheep’s website through the month of September.
Arkitip has a new issue hitting the pricey ($40) newsstands featuring the work of Steven Harrington. The issue comes with a cover matching bookmark and a scarf. For an extra five bucks, you can also get your issue signed by Harrington, which is kind of a nice little extra deal.
Sculptor, Heather Jansch has achieved some stunning works made from driftwood. Her biggest hero is Leonardo da Vinci and one of her true passions is her love of horses.
Eva Eun-Sil Han currently resides in Belgium and uses a multitude of mediums to accomplish her unusual compositions.
Spanish painter Salustiano has a new series of ‘red’ paintings available for viewing at his site. They are beautifully composed and strikingly simple.
Art Director/digital collage artist, Alejandro Chavetta has updated his website with more of his unique collage/illustration work.
Artist, Christopher Davison has a large body of work archived at his website. He is also exhibiting his first solo show at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in New York. The show will be up through the end of this month.
Artist Howie Tsui sent word of the completion of a recent and epic art project. As opposed to butchering a description in my own words, I will just share what he sent.
“Ottawa-based artist Howie Tsui explores themes of subversion and cultural assimilation through a blend of traditional Asian imagery and Western underground aesthetics. Horror Fables presents his new large paintings, made on paper in the form of Ming Dynasty scrolls, which conjure a phantasmagoria of beasts, ghosts, demons, and gods (and the occasional everyday human) who populate fantastical landscapes. Tsui’s work is informed by a variety of dark subjects, including Asian ghost stories, Buddhist hell scrolls, Hong Kong vampire films, neo-conservative propaganda, and twentieth-century genocides such as the Nanking massacre. He describes the exhibition’s overarching theme as a struggle against “powerful, merciless structures,” citing as examples corporations, political regimes, and social constructs. It also satirizes, in the broadest sense, the atmosphere of fear perpetrated in the West since 9/11 and captured in now-banal catchphrases such as “axis of evil” or “war on terror”. Dim lighting and a spectral soundtrack culled from 1960s Japanese horror movies attend your passage through the artist’s haunted world. There, you’ll find a space both abnormal and paranormal, where dread and glee, the grotesque and the sublime, fluidly co-exist.”
Mark Jenkins is responsible for some of the most highly unusual street art installations I have seen in a really long time.
Via My Modern Met.
Australian artist Daniel O’Toole has a background in graffiti but has been making his way into the fine art world since 2006.
Swiss artist Emma Kunz lived from 1892 to 1963. She was recognized as a healer and described herself as a researcher. However, she is now internationally recognized through her artwork. And you thought geometric-inspired artwork was so 2009.
Lucid Optic Lab is a creative collaboration between Chelsea Rose and Danny Rodriguez. There is some wild art, illustration, screenprinting and photography spread throughout their expansive and experimental portfolio.
Louis Reith creates simple yet beautiful artwork that you can check out in his Flickr-folio.
Latvian born artist, Henrijs Preiss draws his influence from urban landscapes, Russian Icons and Italian Renaissance painting.
Southern California street artist, Chor Boogie is an accomplished master of his medium. His mural and commissioned work is beautiful.
A long scroll of roughly-rendered, brightly colored and geometry-inspired art crafted by the hand of Brent Wadden.
