A MYSTICAL ESSENCE Marcela Bolívar‘s photo illustrations have a light touch — the figures and surrounding flowers, plants and fabrics appear to billow in the wind, as if they might be blown away at any moment. Sticking to a mostly pale color palette, Bolivar gives her characters an elegant essence. We see them morphing and […]
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HYBRID BEINGS Chinese sculptor Liu Xue combines a human with an animal, creating a hybrid being. Each being has a human head with animal appendage (or appendages). A man is merged with a pig, a woman with a chicken, a man with a dog, and more.The result is something we haven’t seen before, one that […]
IRONY AND SOCIAL CRITICISM OF A MYSTERIOUS SR. X Sr. X is a spanish street artist, now based in London. After following several useless Arts degrees, he started to bring his ideas to the street, trying to get city people to stop, think or just smile for a moment when they saw his work, briefly […]
THE GROTESQUE AS NUDITY OF THE SOUL The grotesque does not necessarily imply ugliness, sometimes just nakedness of the soul, a category of approaching beauty from a certain provocation that does not leave the viewer passive, not even the artistic object itself. A slight nod to the grotesque to make reality more apparent. Overflowing beauty […]
A TASTY LIFE Based in Montréal, Canada, Adam Nigro is a commercial advertising photographer specializing in food, beverage and product imagery. Adam’s visual style is characterized by a bold, colourful signature combined with thoughtful staging, meticulous lighting, and oftentimes a hint of sarcasm to create images that leave a lasting impact on the viewer. Drawing […]
THIS WORLD OF ILLUSION Gianluca Gambino a.k.a. Tenia: “My works are ruthless radiographs of the soul, compositions dense with symbols and layers, prepared to leave the viewer disturbed, restless and intrigued by the mystery. I try to evoke and to transmit to the viewer that feeling of loss that we live today in this world […]
