3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
"A series of 3D illustrations inspired by traditional tattoo patterns. Tattoo culture has always been a fascinating environment to be part of. The skills and talents of the great traditional artists have always been a huge inspiration in my work." - Billelis
Dmitri Aske, a multidisciplinary Russian artist, has had a large solo show in Moscow RuArts Gallery. The exhibition entitled Through The Mist, which lasted from November, 2 till December, 2, included 24 plywood relieves created in the artist’s unique technique and 4 middle-sized plywood sculptures. Dmitri had worked on the series for nine months.
According to the artist, the title of the show describes the life of modern people who try to find their own way wandering through the informational mist. The characters of all the artworks exist in the state of uncertainty, doubts, second thoughts, anxiety concerning past and future, which lies behind the white noise of our digital age.
Dmitri Aske is a versatile Moscow artist and one of the main figures behind the Russian urban contemporary art movement. He started his career in 2000 from writing graffiti, later moving to graphic design and illustration. In mid-2000s, Dmitri had collaborated with Nike, Reebok, PlayStation, and the like making different art objects and graphics. He also used to be an Edior-in-Chief of one of the first Russian graffiti magazines and a co-founder of a street wear brand. Since 2015, Aske has dedicated himself full-time to art, creating plywood tile relieves, sculptures, and painting murals. In 2016, according to the InArt research, he was named 4th by the sum of auction sales among the young Russian artists. Apart from working in the studio, Dmitri runs an online magazine vltramarine.ru, as well as gives lectures on graffiti and street art.
Natalia has created more than 150 paintings throughout the course of her artistic career and is known for her powerful utilization of vibrant colors, unique visual schemes and patterns in creating original masterpieces that are hailed by art enthusiasts of every generation. Notably, Natalia holds a patent for her unique style of painting, which she has aptly named “TwiddleART.”
In the modern world, women’s beauty is associated with slim figures. If a woman falls far behind the standard and accepts the rules of this game, she starts torturing herself with sports, diets, and other restrictions. If the body of a woman is much bigger than the standard, it is considered abnormal. Such a pressure makes full-bodied women feel unhappy and inferior.
Belly, 2017
A full body can be beautiful, but people might have difficulties in seeing it. This is where art can assist. My works in TwiddleArt style (a technique of painting with swirls and twiddles) expand the feminine beauty ideal. The artwork catches the eye and makes one want to explore it. Through the paintings, people can see the beauty of curvy women and overcome the associated stereotypes.
Woman in a Chair, 2017
Back, 2017
Woman on a Sofa
Photographer ZAKI Abdelmounim shares his neon view on the capital of the Risin Sun - Tokyo. During his 8-months journey, he was experimenting with various colour grading techniques that shifted from cyberpunk to vaporwave. We let author speak for himself below
"Tokyo's overwhelming visual presence is an all-out assault on your senses offering a strong immersive cyberpunk experience. A lot to process and too much to take in from the flashing neon lights, the sounds of the busy streets and train stations, and the commercial signs of every building It's downright surreal and truly catches the spirit of what a cyberpunk city would look like. Easily getting lost offers an unmatched thrill and sense of discovery, but a certain follower emerges at night will keep your company during your stroll in the rain."
"It's the "Talking Lights" in the labyrinth of alleys. The dimly-lit neon signs of hiragana and katakana trying to communicate with the fast-paced walkers bring a nostalgic air, and it's a beautiful sight to behold."
"In his recent series ‘The Circle and the Line’, Stockholm-based photographer Erik Östensson presents his viewer with subtle complexities in the setting of every day life. His poetic, performative images capture emotive interactions between people, objects and the landscape. In each image, all elements are somewhat intertwined and exist in harmony with one another, forming new relationships in materiality and form."
“When looking at our surroundings, we fill it with our own notions. Without these simplifications, we would not be able to operate within the world’s complexity. I want to create images where the viewer can see it all again. I do this by depicting objects from a new angle and by putting them in a new context. Past notions are replaced and the meanings of familiar objects expand”
Painted bronze, marble
"Matelli's work is known for the juxtaposition of antique looking marble or concrete garden-like statuary, against abrupt hyperrealism embellishments. By contrasting these aged forms against unexpected decorations, such as cast bronze vegetables, fruit, meats and bread, the artist questions the value and purpose of classical figure. Turning them into a setting or a merely a pedestal for presenting common everyday objects, he shows his remarkable technical facility and a cautious romanticism. Both the aged feel of the statues and the freshness of the ornaments are created using elaborate fabrication process and peculiar materials. From meticulously cast and painted bronze that flawlessly depicts the bread texture or gradients of an apple peel, to use of cast glass to evoke the translucence of citrus flesh, Matelli continues to play with viewer's perception while presenting his iconoclastic temperament" —Sasha Bogojev
Denis Bychkovskiy / @denbych
Leading calligraphy artist Pokras Lampas spent 30 hours to customise Shortcut Racing car in collaboration with DK Racing Team Russia. By applying his personal "Calligrafuturism" style Arseny (Pokras Lampas) brings dynamics of streets to typography patterns applied across the buggy car body.
Denis Bychkovskiy / @denbych
Photography: Denis Bychkovskiy / @denbych
"Above Below Beyond" is an ongoing solo exhibition at The Fergusson Gallery of Scottish photographer Janeanne Gilchrist (Staunch Industries). Her work explores the world under the waves and man's relationship with the sea. With strong themes of folklore, fantasy created from man-made waste, dive with Janeanne into my subconscious mind to find a deeper meaning of life. Freediving in various locations in the Scottish seas for the last 10 years, she has discovered a beautiful new world where gravity doesn’t apply and everything is in constant flux.
Song Kang is an artist based in Portland, Oregon. She combines her interests in organic forms and textural details to create dreamlike images. Her latest project "Vernacular" features sculptures of imaginary architecture growing from animal bodies.
The term ‘vernacular’ tends to correlate with all things commonplace; however, in the architectural sense, the ‘vernacular’ exemplifies man’s abilities to adapt to his surroundings and build with his environment. This series explores the symbiotic relationship between the vernacular home and the environmental context in which it exists.
Nicolas Garner is a visual artist and designer based in Paris. He graduated with a master’s degree in Art Direction at ECAL. His transdisciplinary practice is characterized by a significant interest in the decompartmentalization of the creative mediums and rigorous approach to research and experimentation. He works in the fields of art, image-making and creative direction as part of self-initiated projects or collaborations.
In his series Hyperreality and Genesis 1:27, which have been exhibited as installations, Nicolas treads the thin line between photography and CGI. In both bodies of work he is “challenging our trust of digitally constructed imagery in the context of our post-photographic era.” His glossy images of the human form blur the boundaries between realness and falseness by appearing at once too slick to be photos but also too realistic not to be. “What I find fascinating in the digital representation of the body, is that it is vain by essence. It’s very legitimate to wonder about the relevance of the use of these technologies in the quest for a faithful representation,” he explains.
"We don't know yet what is inside a black hole, we know it is a singularity, a point where every rule of physics collapse. One of the possibilities is called "The White Hole Theory", a sort of exit from the black hole, a point where everything is born, including space and time. Some compare it to the Big Bang."
INTRA tells the visual story of this theory, a journey from the black to the white hole, a cosmic tale of death and birth...
As a tribute to Nolan's Interstellar, this second short after NOVAE go deeper into our conception of cosmos, interpreting the unknown to propose a vision of the most extreme celestial object of our Universe...
Directed by Thomas Vanz
Uijung Kim, originally from South Korea now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Uijung studied Art and Design at Gunsan University, South Korea and illustration at the College for creative studies in Detroit, MI, USA. Inspired by her childhood experiences and the family and friends she grew up with her work is strongly rooted in Korean culture through colour, tone and narrative. Uijung likes making people happy and wants her work to speak to a kid of all ages.
Italian photographer Nicola Bertellotti is a real castle-hunter travelling around the Europe to find abandoned beauties of previous epochs. His photographs left us with gasps and unresolved questions "why? where?" spelling more miracle on the untold stories
Young Polish graphic artist Mateusz Lengling decomposes perfectly fashion photography then rebuild it to a new forms of visual arts
Danish-German artist duo Anna Borgman and Candy Lenk created a series of installations exploring “the relationship between sculpture and place”.
"Titled ‘Wurf’ (‘Throw’), the large-scale installation features a piece made of paper maché and wood that mimics a heavy stone. Displayed in a courtyard in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, ‘Wurf I’ is installed in a delicate green glasshouse. ‘Wurf II’ features the stone imitation hanging from the roof of a monastery church near Leipzig."
Artist Qixuan Lim born-and-raised in Singapore and now based in Eindhoven makes these and several other tiny sculptures as a sideline to her work as an information designer
Colour Theory is a bold and sensual photographic project released by photographer Connor Singh that explores the beauty of the body. The luminescent light follows the curves of the body to form an ensemble that is both electric and almost erotic.
"Burnt by the Sun" is ongoing series of photography started by Russian artists Sonya and Mark Whitesnow several years ago They manage to caught that "mellow brain" moment of models over-exposed on the sun during a photo session.
"In this ongoing body of sculptural works, Brazillian artist Vanderlei Lopes creates temporary interventions where his polished brass objects appear to pour and drain like gold from the walls or floors of galleries. Much of Lopes’ work plays with aspects of transformation, be it through the tension of liquid and solid forms seen here, by subtraction, or experimenting with orientation. You can see much more of his work on Artsy and Athena Contemporânea"
