3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
Jiang Pengyi‘s latest series, Everything Illuminates, sees the artist mixing fluorescent powders with liquid wax, and applying it to various, commonly-found objects.
According to the Hunan-Province-born artist’s statement, these images “suggest the artist’s changing focus back to original form and shape, at the same time reflect his current state of mind.”
Toronto-based hyper realistic artist Charles Bierk works with classic oil on canvas to create "graphite on paper" illusion in paintings. Please check his portfolio on www.charlesbierk.com
Peter's sculptures are sensual and beautiful objects that demand to be stroked and handled. With his latest series he creates cognitive dissonance where the material changes its nature by the will of the artist. More on www.peterbrooke-ball.com
Currently based in Lisbon, the studio AH-HA run by Carolina Cantante and Catarina Carreiras already has a distinct style with simple graphic patterns and a restrained colour palette running through much of their work. Check it out on studioahha.com
Firstly a young daydreamer and than the photographer - Taylor McCormick imagines in all her creative way.
Saint-Petersburg raised street artist and graphic designer Victor Puzin is one of the pioneers of Russian graffiti movement. As a founder of Paint Point studio he has also debuted in commercial wall painting. Watch him speaking of roots
Directed by Nikita Martianov
In this fun series of painted objects titled “It’s not what it seems” by artist Hikaru Cho, common foods are transformed with deftly applied acrylic paints to look like other foods.
"Facades is an ongoing series of work by French photographer Zacharie Gaudrillot-Roy that imagines a world where facades have been completely isolated from buildings. He shares of the project" writes Collosal
The façade is the first thing we see, it’s the surface of a building. It can be impressive, superficial or safe. Just like during a wandering through a foreign city, I walk through the streets with these questions: what will happen if we stick to that first vision? If the daily life of “The Other” was only a scenery? This series thus offers a vision of an unknown world that would only be a picture, without intimate space, with looks as the only refuge.
Talented illustrator Jehan Choo captured my eye with the “Alas I Cannot Swim" print circulated on Tumblr. I was happy to find more gems on his personal, commercial and sketchy portfolios he spread all over the net.
Thomas Lerooy (gallery link) was born in Roeselare, Belgium in 1981 and now lives and works in Brussels. Each work evokes metaphysical questions as the artist offers his richly ironic explorations of such themes as creation, desire and death.
Inspired by the aesthetics of the Mannerism and Pre-Raphaelites, New York based Yigal Ozeri is hunting for his Priscilla. His long haired and barefoot muses are real models taken on photographs that used as a base material for a large scale canvases. It is hard to believe but all artworks done in oil.
What a Roman Holiday without noisy Italian scooter and shiny gloss helmets? Now add the next ingredient - shake but don't stir. That is Vespa Cam, a concept made by students Rotimi Solola and Cait Miklasz. According to the design duo, the camera will have a Vespa rectangular thin streamlined body, a large touch-finder, a curved shape and a fresh mint colour.
Artist Randy Ortiz has a talent for capturing a narrative in his illustrations. Surreal stories seem to play out in each singular piece he creates. His newest work pictured in these first five images are part of a current group exhibit at Brooklyn’s Bottleneck Gallery.
Beccy Ridsdel shows exactly what I thought ceramic plates are hiding from our eyes - the beautiful inner organ layer. Using surgery metaphor Beccy explores the perception of ceramics as craft of art.
Leta Sobierajski is a multidisciplinary designer & art director living in New York City. She combines mediums in design, photography, art, and styling to develop tangible compositions for both print and motion.
From San Francisco to New York City, Amsterdam to Sydney, and India to Portugal, Janet Echelman has been captivating thousands with her public art installations that awe and inspire. Echelman's urban sculptures span the volume of high rises, but float with the lightness of clouds. Echelman is currently embarking on her largest piece ever, a 700-foot-long sculpture that will be suspended over Vancouver next month in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the TED Conference. In collaboration with the Burrard Arts Foundation, she’s currently seeking funding via Kickstarter to make it happen.
Talented graphic designer and illustrator Jen Mussari has all that custom lettering and typography experiments we like. Check her portfolio here
Constantin Mashinskiy is a Russian photographer who currently lives in Paris. 365 parisiens is his latest project for the year 2014. He wants to take one black and white picture of one random parisian per day during a whole year. You can check the new photo everyday at 365parisiens.tumblr.com
"A new fashion photography book by London-based image maker Sylwana Zybura (a.k.a. Madame Peripetie) is just about to be released by German publisher Seltmann+Söhne. Titled ‘Dream Sequence’, the book contains a series of portraits of imaginary characters, whose features are replaced by flowers or other objects while their bodies are covered with bizarre garments and colours. The book which evolved out of a long-term photography project, has won several awards (including the Double Gold at PX3 2011 in Paris, and an honourable mention at the International Photography Awards 2013 in New York), and has been compiled for costume designers, fashion stylists and everyone who is interested in character design and image building in general." via Yatzer
