[DOGFACED 360°] MACABRE AND NUANCED ANIMATIONS Stas Santimov: “Most of all my art style was influenced by animation directors Priit Pärn, Bill Plympton, Igor Kovalev… I almost do not make sketches/character designs and keep all needed visual stuff in my head; except when I work in a team with other people and I need to […]
CLASSICAL FIGURES IN MODERN LIFE Kyiv-based artist Alexey Kondakov uses surrealistic documentary photography to superimpose figures from classical artwork into everyday scenes of modern life. He is renowned for his Photoshopped collage series in which Kyiv, Ukraine served as the backdrop for characters from old world masterpieces. The artist merges the past and the present, […]
PAINTINGS IN VICTORIAN ORNAMENTS Artist Ruslan Onishchenko – a.k.a. Jean Ro – works mainly with oil on wood decorating self-made “Victorian” furniture with an illusive world full of divine characters. [Source: Designcollector] Discover more about Ruslan Onishchenko in Behance ALL IMAGES © RUSLAN ONISHCHENKO
OBSCURE AND INTRIGUING FACES Dasha Pliska creates obscure and intriguing pieces always focusing on female human faces surrounded by beautifully intricate frames and halos, partially hidden by flowers or intentionally left incomplete, obscured. She was born in Odessa, Ukraine, where she currently still lives and works. Her hometown has largely shaped her world with its […]
OIL AND GOLD LEAF Artem Rogowoi’s oil and gold leaf paintings offer quiet, yet rich moments. The artist’s rendering of elements such as hair or a bed of leaves carry unexpected textures. And each carries a fantastical quality, even when packed with everyday elements. [Source: Hi Fructose] Discover more about Artem Rogowoi in Instagram and […]
THE CLARITY OF APPEARANCE “For our so-called post-human society, where not only “God is dead”, but also, together with him, man is, Olha (or Olga) Akasi as an artist (and, mainly, as a portraitist) gives a rebirth to the human. This idea is reflected brilliantly in Akasi’s images which we may call “phainomena”, or those […]
