Drawings by Cath Riley

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”The drawings are part of an on-going evolutionary process of exploration and development, and thus serve only to mark and represent a particular stage in my abilities and understanding. Current on-going experimental ‘drawing’ includes very large scale drawing, based around the human figure, which are very different in character from the pencil portrait and ‘flesh’ figure drawings which are featured here. Some of the new work is abstract in nature.” – Cath Riley

DCMAG 2 Cover - Sara Blake vs Oleg Dou

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Designcollector is happy to present a new cover for its upcoming print magazine DCMAG 2.Arseny Vesnin, editor of Designcollector Magazine was lucky to ask Sara Blake to come up with a cover version on Oleg Dou's artwork. We were psyched to use their collaboration for the DCMAG 2 Cover as its open a new series of "Artist Vs Artist" battles revealed inside this 80 pages colourful portfolio magazine featuring 25 cherry-picked artists.

Estimated release of DCMAG 2 - 22/25 January Price: 18$ + worldwide delivery Size: A4 Pages: 80 Artists: 25

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Read more on Sara Blake thoughts over the collaboration with "behind the scene" images on http://www.behance.net/gallery/DCMAG-2-Cover-Sara-Blake-vs-Oleg-Dou/6685815

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Thomas Barbey illusion art

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"In every location Thomas Barbey has traveled to, he has taken photographs. He uses the pictures to create artistic montages of a imaginary concepts, which are technically made with a combination of negatives, pre-planned double exposures, and/or other methods. His work is heavily inspired by his travels, everyday life, and art by Rene Magritte, M.C. Escher, and Roger Dean." via Illusion Scene360

Photographer Joanne Leah

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"Photographer Joanne Leah works in “seduction, ritual, and tension”. Her pieces capture relationships, between two people or art and its viewer, as it alternately relaxes and strains. In the series featured in this post the angle of the light is severe recalling the chiaroscuro of baroque painting. The light, though, is cold, almost lonely, emphasizing the solitary figure in each photograph. Whether, the subject holds teeth in her palm or wields a knife a drama is clearly unfolding."

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Detroit: Now and Then

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Detroiturbex.com explores and photographs abandoned buildings & places in and around the city of Detroit. One of its recent projects focuses on the Lewis Cass Technical High School, which had its building devastated by a major fire in 2007 (the building was subsequently demolished).

“By combining old photographs of the Detroit High School with new views of the abandoned buildings, it offers us a unique look into two different times simultaneously; one of a vibrant campus, and the other that shows the empty ruins of what remains…”

Derek Wood photography

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"Derek Wood scandalously maneuvers the camera like two illicit lovers rendezvousing under an island’s darken sky. Provocatively, ravenously, and succinctly his snapshots blithely illustrate tales. Wood doesn’t just snap vignettes you gaze upon, he seductively engages the observer to sense what is before them. He has a propensity for making the viewer climactically merge with the scene. Wood caresses each edgy image with authenticity, piquancy, and whimsicality…leaving the onlooker replete, yet begging for more." via Whitezine

The Porcelain Sculptures of Kate McDowell

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"In her delicate crafted porcelain sculptures conceptual artist Kate McDowell expresses her interpretation of the clash between the natural world and the modern-day environmental impact of industrialized society. The resulting works can be equal parts amusing and disturbing as the anatomical forms of humans and animals become inexplicably intertwined in her delicate porcelain forms." via Colossal