A SURREAL NEOCLASSICISM Alessia Iannetti inherited his skilful technique of graphite on wood panel, and the “stigmata” of the most fascinating contemporary illustration which can be seen both in her perspectives and in her cinematography framing, made of blacks and whites, and of endless shades of greys, restoring the perfection of depth to monochrome and […]
A TRANSGRESSIVE NARRATIVE STYLE Oscar Varona is a writer and a collagist from Madrid, Spain. Influenced by transgressive narrative styles and little conventional, he published his first book of stories, Tremolo in 2003. He has written several novels and some of his stories have been included in various international journals: The New Yinzer (USA, 2009), Mondo […]
ETHEREAL AND VAGUE FIGURES Photography has its magic to obscure one reality and fabricate another. It can give the artist full control to manipulate the senses, and such is the work of Antonio Palmerini, an exceptionally talented Italian photographer and painter. His work mainly features dark haired female figures, applying slow shutter speed, double exposure, […]
MEDICINAL FLORA AND FAUNA Working exclusively with colored pencils, Marco Mazzoni makes highly intricate drawings of flora and fauna that pertain to the ancient art of healing. Inspired by the matriarchal culture of Sardinia, Mazzoni depicts female herbalists and midwives from the 16th to 18th centuries, often framing their faces with the medicinal plants. The […]
A DIFFERENT WORLD FROM EVERYDAY REALITY Marta Orlowska is a Polish artist that has had a keen interest in art for many years using different mediums such as pencil, charcoal, acrylics, oil, mosaics and more to express her unique artistic vision. Using the camera and Photoshop as the next tools, she exploits them to evoke […]
DISTORTED PHOTOGRAPHS Combining photography and painting, Polish-based artist Michał Mozolewski creates intriguing portraits of mysterious-looking subjects. The effect that the artist’s technique has on the mood of the work is dramatic. Diffused and distorted photographs combined with Mozolewski’s erratic marks make for a haunting and grotesque portraits that are dreamlike at the same time. There’s […]
