Ghosts by Philipp Bünger
Photographer Philipp Bünger captures abstract ghost likely visiting him from avant-garde period of the previous century
Digital Art of Elena Romenkova
Ultra talented digital artist Elena Romenkova shares a glimpse of the near future through her creations
Takashi Kuribayashi
The work by Japanese artist Takashi Kuribayashi (1968) explores the boundaries that separate human civilization from the natural world. Kuribayashi was struck by the division of Germany into Eastern and Western states, which led him into an on-going consideration in various media of the theme boundaries.
His work is the outcome of being confronted with ‘restricted zones’ or ‘no-go areas’ in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear accident. Being faced with the impossible long-lasting and yet invisible borders, he set himself to investigate this and making these borders visible in his work by weaving a new flow of time with his installations.
“The truth resides in places that are invisible. Once you are aware of that there is a different world out of sight, you will be living in a different way.”
Guillaume Lavallée
Working on intersection of graphic design and applied arts and being a part of “Demande spéciale” team (@demandespeciale), Guillaume Lavallée creates visual dialogue with a viewer (in personal projects) and brand’s audience in commercial projects
Illustrations by Womi
Talented illustrator from Seoul Jordan Hongdae working under Womi moniker shares the best of their skills
Yoshito Hasaka Photography
Japanes photographer Yoshito Hasaka polishes his skills as hard as katana’s steel by revealing midnight shots of Tokyo he made on daily basis
Beauty Hangover by Michael Chichi
Michael Chichi is an artist and designer based in Hawaii. His work explores various themes and interests — patterns in nature, sensuality & eros, beauty, environs, phenomenology, humanism, transcendence & perception. Here is his new series “Beauty Hangover” featuring our favourite artist-photographer Elena Kulikova (@elenakulikovastudio)
Vienna is like...
“Vienna is like.. “ a new mind-bending video from Fernando Livschitz whom we remember from his debut work Buenos Aires Inception Park in 2012
Florian Stumpe
Florian Stumpe is a multidisciplinary Creative Director and Graphic Artist based in Berlin. He creates visual concepts and transforms them into various languages such as films, animations, physical spaces and objects.
The authenticity of his work lies in his creative process in which he blends his analogue and hands-on exploration approach with new digital tools. He narrates his stories through a fine aesthethic and the beauty in random coincidences - the result is a unique style that breaks through by reminding us of the human touch in a digital age.
“Creating visual concepts for various languages such as films, animations, physical spaces & objects.”
Art of Leonard Combier
A work by French artist Leonard Combier is like a riddle that can never quite be solved. Something always slips your notice or escapes your eye, resisting your attempt to unravel every clue. What attracted us to his work is an ongoing project featuring “tattooed” passports of travellers that Leonard has been doing for the last five years. Now he wants to bring an attention for this cause in terms of global situation
“Léonard Combier’s work deals with causality and liberty. In a world where everything interrelates and can only be understood as a vast chain reaction, how is freedom conceivable? This applies as much to the artist who is caught in a system of his own creation, as to the viewer whose gaze finds no exit. The answer, I believe, lies in the Combier’s sense of humour. Humour provides the only solution, a multi-directional vector leading to different levels of interpretation, the choice of which is left up to the viewer. It pervades Combier’s entire work, from the bizarre figures to the comical texts, as the artist’s mischievous playfulness sets the scenes of his different worlds like those in a vaudeville play – save the final twist in the plot, which is never revealed. Yet there is always the mystery contact, whose phone number is etched into each work.”
Portraits by Ece Endez
Digital artist Ece Endez shares their electrifying portraits mixing digitalism with a bit of Marvel’s super realism
Dream Spaces by Juliette Wanty
Auckland-based art director and multidisciplinary designer Juliette Wanty creates imaginary spaces with a clear sense of modernism twisted with a movie scene from any of Wes Anderson’s. “Featuring scale cardboard models and continuously repainted wooden boards, Wanty’s spaces are realistic reinterpretations of interiors we’d probably inhabit in our dreams.” via @trendland
Martine Johanna
Martine Johanna’s practice revolves around the activity of painting, drawing and writing. She was born and raised in Gelderland, Netherlands and has studied at the Academy of fine Arts in Arnhem, obtaining a bachelors degree and a Masters degree. She has exhibited in multiple Solo shows in the Netherlands, Europe and the United States. Her work is part of several private collections and has been published in diverse books and magazines. Her paintings were also featured in two episodes of the HBO hit series True Detective.
Studio Size
Small studio from Zagreb, Croatia does big things for clients by developing graphic design systems and identities
Abstract Paintings by Alex Kuznetsov
Alex Kuznetsov’s painting practice is concerned with states of flux and impermanence, furthered by research into spatial and temporal concerns in a comparison of social and urban timeframes. His process-led, abstract painting practice employs a tempered gestural language where fluidity is a defining material concern and the process of erasure has equal importance to the intuitive application of paint. This examines states of presence and remembrance by exploring a tension between control and chance.
Sasha Katz for Burberry
Digital artist Sasha Katz (known to you by our exhibition @digital.decade Cyberia 2017) had a quick call from Opera Illustration to create few works for @Burberry in a topic of “Togetherness”. The results went beyond reality
Billelis Memento Mori
Prominent CG artist specialising in dark visuals and decorative art and fighting saint trolls online, Billelis just ran his first open competition where he invited artists and followers to complete one of his famous skull.
The winners
The Runner Ups
Digital Abstractions by Giga Kobidze
Graphic artist Giga Kobidze, that you may know by our @Digital.decade collaborations, shares his intriguing abstract works he created during last few years
Inner State by Maria Mavropoulou
“Inner State” is a series of photography Maria shot during Greek stagnation 2014 - 2016, and as she says “Revisiting these photographs nowadays, during the Covid-19 health crisis, I sense those same feelings of uncertainty and unpredictable change of fundamental aspects of everyday life as we used to know it. This current global situation may be an important moment to realize that no matter what causes a crisis, or where it takes place, solidarity, collaboration and compassion is our only way out. “
