” The stories and inspiration behind my paintings stem from life’s emotions and experiences, resulting in narrative, allegorical imagery that illustrates the parallels between human experience and the mysteries of the natural world. The lonely, desolate American landscape encompassing the paintings’ subjects serves as an exploration of nature’s sacredness and a reflection of the human soul, symbolizing all things powerful, fragile, and eternal. These real yet dreamlike scenarios serve as metaphors for the human condition, all retaining a sense of vagueness because I wish to involve the viewer in uncovering the various layers of mood and meaning to form their own conclusions, despite the fact that my main idea will always be present. As a people, we share a common thread, and as active participants in an ever-changing modern world, the purpose of my work is to remind viewers of these places that we feel no longer exist, and to recognize and honor them as a part of our history that is worth preserving. In juxtaposing the human form with animals and a bygone uninhibited American landscape, I provide glimpses into “rooms,” those oftentimes chaotic places we possess internally. The rural, Midwestern landscape of my home state serves as backdrop for the stage of human emotions and the animals present are vehicles for expressing the feelings and underlying tensions suppressed behind the human mask. Symbolic explorations of the soul and events concerning our environment are expressed through the combination of these elements to transform personal ideas into universal metaphors.” – Andrea Kowch

Stills from Egor Kraft‘s Beyond the Surface video. It is ‘a visual metaphor of existential freedom, predominance of essence over existence, and conditionality of boundaries it also has a sculptural dimension related to the evolution of form. The space as a black absolute presented as an allegory of authentic freedom as well as the narrative links to the discourse of how the consciousness and existence are related to each other.’

Igor Morski <-- (b. 1960) Polish graphic designer, illustrator and set designer. Presently, he focuses on mixed media graphic art, based mainly on photo manipulation, drawing, recently also 3D. Igor Morski is co-owner of a graphic design studio Morski Studio Graficzne in his hometown. His advertising art has been commissioned by Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore, Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney and Abelson Taylor among others.

This object may seem as a creation of nature in away it visualizes the transitions or surrounding nature, such as changes in weather and sun rays or colors of sky and surroundings. Yet it very artificial as it comprises complex geometrical balance achieved by one piece of huge aluminum sheet. The conflicts within the architecture create its complex expressions. For instance, aluminum is hard but is smooth in its impression. The exhibit is organically formed and yet consists of innumerable geometrical shapes. The exhibit will be placed on the sunken garden in the second basement floor. Visitors can enjoy in many ways,by walking on the exhibit or seeing its whole picture from the ground level, 8 meters above. Location : Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Link here.

John Wesley (American, born November 25, 1928) is an American painter whose work bridges the aesthetics of Pop Art and Minimalism in both subject matter and style. A self-taught artist, Wesley began painting in 1953, while working as an illustrator for Northrop Aircraft in Los Angeles. His early career in the aircraft industry influenced his art, and lead to the presence of the airplane as a recurring motif in his work. In 1959, he married the American painter Jo Baer (b.1929), and one year later the couple moved to New York City, where Wesley would become part of the Pop Art movement and maintain close friendships with American Minimalist sculptors Donald Judd (1928–1994) and Dan Flavin (1933–1996). Although Wesley’s work often expressed more playful qualities than the work Judd created, Judd was an immediate and important sponsor of Wesley’s paintings, positively reviewing his shows and helping him to establish his reputation as an artist. Although Wesley adopted the flattened and brightly colored forms of Pop Art, his work did not criticize consumerism and seemed removed from Pop Art’s goals as he turned more to narrative, combining cartoon elements into his particular brand of high art.

” I make ceramic sculpture that some have said is shocking or disgusting. I believe I am only showing what we are all truly thinking or desire in some way. I do not set out to shock, because I don’t believe anything I have created is shocking, I believe it is truth and honesty. If my work does shock or offend then I have struck a nerve in the viewer and I say, ‘well done SIr!”. It’s the hypocrites I want, to present them with something so shocking, yet sculpturally beautiful that they can’t take their eyes off of it!” – Chris Riccardo

So much gorgeous ocean paintings from Stephen Finkin. Click the link for more.

Check out these incredible art sand sculptures by Iranian artist Soheyl Bastami. Hopefully this will inspire you to create one of your own next time you go to the beach.

” I am fascinated by the notion of time and the game of body and time. Transparency and mutual merging of the two create continuous interaction, transformation and transgression. By merging between the spheres of physicality and image I want to look closer at the processes and their metaphysics.” – Lukasz Wodynski

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