Here’s a number of new pieces from last year or so by artist Pablo S. Herrero (previously), almost all of which are collaborations with either David de la Mano or E1000. The artist was most recently in Gaeta, Italy where he completed the piece at top with E1000 for the Memorie Urbane Street Art Festival. (via Street Art News)
“Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.”
Photographer Chantal Anderson is splitting her time between Los Angeles, California, and the Pacific Northwest, creating beautiful, summery images full of colors and sunshine.
Often abstract, she concentrates on evocative shots that include people enjoying freedom, the freshness of flowers as well as time spent with friends over delicious desserts or at road trips to the ocean.
for a major new work, damien hirst returns to his ‘natural history’ series with the reveal of ‘gone but not forgotten’, the gilded skeleton of a three-meter tall woolly mammoth, encased in a colossal steel and glass vitrine. ‘the mammoth comes from a time and place that we cannot ever fully understand. despite its scientific reality, it has attained an almost mythical status and I wanted to play with these ideas of legend, history and science by gilding the skeleton and placing it within a monolithic gold tank.’ hirst explains of the piece ‘it’s such an absolute expression of mortality, but i’ve decorated it to the point where it’s become something else, i’ve pitched everything I can against death to create something more hopeful, it is gone but not forgotten.’ the work has been donated to aid amfAR‘s work in the fight against AIDS.
Patrick Joust! love this guy’s photography. check out the whole set here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickjoust/
I know i’ve posted this chick’s work before but she’s such a boss, i can’t stand it. These are hand drawn illustrations of the Maldives. Unreal.
Artist Zaria Forman, who we first got to know for her spectacular series on Greenland, continues to bring awareness to important environmental issues through her pastel drawings. Forman spent September 2013 in the beautiful Maldives, the lowest and flattest country in the world. She found inspiration there to create a new body of work that would shed light on a nation that could be entirely underwater within this century.
Each of her drawings, created with soft pastels on paper, are breathtaking in that they have a photorealistic quality to them. Forman has the ability to not only capture the different blue and green shades of the water but also the rising white crests of the ocean’s waves.
“I hope my drawings will raise awareness and invite viewers to share the urgency of the Maldivians’ predicament in a productive and hopeful way,” she states on her website. “I believe art can facilitate a deeper understanding of crises, helping us find meaning and optimism amidst shifting landscapes.”
Of the photo above she states, “Fabulous photographer Francois Lebeau took this the other day before it was finished - I just like that it gives you a sense of scale.” Love how she shares her “in progress” shots.
More of her work is here: http://www.zariaforman.com/
Found this guy. He fucking rocks. Here’s some writing about him. The end.
South Africa-based photographer and filmmaker Nico Krijno explores the connection and correspondence between the human body and its surroundings in an otherworldly way and always with a hidden sexual allusion, but these in equal measures with a particular focus on the humour that, as a matter, of fact stems from them. Through his passion for dirty and wild realism, he often shoots images of disparate mundane objects and everyday scenes, such as sausages and carrots on blindingly bright tropical shirts or a schoolgirl holding a snake. Nevertheless, the main subject of his photography art is his muse and girlfriend Mignonne. From a raw viewpoint, Krinjo aims to shoot all types of intimate surreality. With no digital cameras and an initial introduction to photography at his early childhood, his approach is intuitive, meticulous, honest, modern and purely hedonistic.
Krinjo has already worked with the likes of Nike and Levi’s and has seen his work featured in L’Officiel, Apartamento, Vice, Neon and Dazed & Confused. His first solo show, ‘On How To Fill Those Gaps’ took place in late 2011 – and the accompanying self published book – was widely lauded and selected works of him has since been exhibited in various group shows in Los Angeles and Glasgow.
A Kassen - Permanent Reflection (2013)
ma mannnn
gorgeoussssss workkk
Jason Martin - Xinca, (2011)
Pure pigment on aluminium (cadmium red) 65 x 56 cm
really diggin these sculptures: love this dude.
3D Paintings and Sculptures
Gerry Judah (born 30 July 1951) is a British artist and designer who has created settings for theatre, film, television, museums and public spaces. He has recently returned to his fine art roots with highly acclaimed contemporary paintings exploring the effects of war and environmental catastrophes on the urban landscape which have entered a number of international private and public collections.
Gerry Judah’s paintings are a direct response to conflict across the globe, and the impact of that violence, whether it is the consequence of war or natural disaster. At the same time, he is fascinated by changing urban landscape, and his paintings explore the dynamic of construction and destruction. It is hard to look at his work without reflecting on conflict in the Middle East whether that be Afghanistan, Iraq or recent months in Gaza. There are also echoes of the devastation ensuing from climate change wrought by hurricanes, tsunamis, flooding and bushfires that remind us of New Orleans underwater, or the aftermath of the tsunami in the Asian Basin. Although on first inspection, Judah’s epic landscapes articulate global concerns for peace, he acknowledges the dangers of man’s impact on a finely balanced global ecology, and the decimation that unravels as we exploit the planet with an ever growing appetite.
Crusader Exhibition Sat 6 November 2010 – Tue 31 March 2015
Imperial War Museum London
Early last year motion graphics artist and Alexandra Khitrova decided to utilize some of the digital tools she had acquired in her profession to explore concept illustration. While she did study art in school, this was an entirely new creative realm, a pet project to explore realms of science fiction and fantasy where flying dragons mingled with terrifying storms and otherworldly beings were brought to life on the screen.
The reaction online and off was swift, and Khitrova soon found herself working on increasingly complex drawings as she suddenly began to get commissions. Now, only a year later, she is already working with a team of writers and artists on a feature film. You can see more of her work over on DeviantArt.
making everything a mystery - http://www.maximeleyvastre.com/
Tangled up in you, Devin Castro
