In Invisibilia, the people in the photos have been digitally removed and replaced with drawings to depict ‘the idea that we all want to remove ourselves from life, and replace ourselves with fictional, self-created versions of ourself. We want to fictionalize our own existence, and impose order and narrative where there is none. Or maybe it’s just tracing.’ Such a simple idea, but a very good one.
” The drawings are part of an on-going evolutionary process of exploration and development, and thus serve only to mark and represent a particular stage in my abilities and understanding. Current on-going experimental ‘drawing’ includes very large scale drawing, based around the human figure, which are very different in character from the pencil portrait and ‘flesh’ figure drawings which are featured here. Some of the new work is abstract in nature.” – Cath Riley
” Using myself and friends as the subjects, I explore intimate themes with my art. My canvases are large – often six feet tall, and the figures are nude. I depict subjects who are in various states of emergence from patterns that have had a negative impact on their lives – often a past inability to experience support through family or peers. The most recent pieces explore the complexities that ensue as women engage in relationships that speak both to their original and their new (or substitute) families. By exploring a range of dynamics – sexual tension, jealousy, sadness, anger, tenderness – my art suggests that even in a transformed world, life is messy. ” – Joyce Polance
Allan McCollum‘s The Dog From Pompei, 1991. Cast glass-fiber- reinforced Hydrocal. Replicas made from a mold taken from the famous original “chained dog” plaster cast of a dog smothered in ash from the explosion of Mount Vesuvius, in ancient Pompeii, in 79 A.D. Produced in collaboration with the Museo Vesuviano and the Pompei Tourist Board, Pompei, Italy, and Studio Trisorio, Naples, Italy.
I have long been a rabid fan of Alfred Hitchcock’s films and work. He is arguably one of the greatest film directors of all time. I can truthfully re-watch his movies and tv series over and over again, and never get tired of it. As a homage, I rolled and carefully placed 2,197 cells of post-it notes (being held together by scotch tape) to form a silhouette shadow of Hitchcock. Just like in most of his films, this structure is an attempt to convey that not everything you see is always what it seems. Link here.
‘Yoshifumi Hayashi (1948, Fukuoka, Japan) is an artist specializing in scenes of female erotica. In the 21st century, he has been associated with the Mondo Bizarro art gallery in Italy.’
André Feliciano considers himself an art gardener. His utopian view of the world can be better understood by his concept of “Floraissance Art,” which mixes the words “flora” and “renaissance” and calls for a postmodern return to arcadia. Feliciano uses words like sprouting, cultivating, and gardening in his artistic practice. His colorful, artificial garden made out of resin-based flowers and dirt is majestically beautiful and leads us to an inner state of calm and contentment. Why not extend these feelings to our present condition so that we can start building a better future? Feliciano, born in 1984, in São Paulo (Brazil), has exhibited at Photoville (New York, 2012), Bonni Benrubi Gallery (New York, 2011), and the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (2010), among other venues. His work has been featured in the New York Times online, Time magazine’s photography blog, and the blog of the International Center of Photography. (via Location One)
Julie Rrap has been a major figure in Australian contemporary art for over three decades. Since the mid-1970s, she has worked with photography, painting, sculpture, performance and video in an ongoing project concerned with representations of the body. Julie Rrap’s work is held in every major public collection as well as many corporate and private collections. Rrap was selected for the prestigious Clemenger Contemporary Art Award at the National Gallery of Victoria in September 2009. (via Arc One)
Oliver Kosta-Théfaine (born in 1972) is a French artist who lives and works in Paris. He was the chief redactor of Wordlsigns Magazine and Nusign magazine, Paris, 2007. Graduated in Art History, he is a Self-taught artist. Since 1996, the artist works with galleries and institutions worldwide. In each of his pieces, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine plays with the codes of popular culture. His work is structured around the use of language specific to the city and its suburbs, thus changing or twisting given meanings to confront the widest possible audience. His work has been shown at institutions and galleries such as Fondation Cartier, A.L.I.C.E. Gallery and Cripta747.
These playful and creative photos are the work of Guim Tió Zarraluki, artist based in Barcelona. Have a look.
