Anastassia Zamaraeva ceramics
Canada-raised Manchester-based artist Anastassia Zamaraeva has been into clay sculpture since her childhood and even changing the profession to architect does not make an effect as she got back to turntable
Billelis: In Memoriam
In Memoriam is a tribute to the memory of everyone who is no longer with us today.
To the ones who challenged us, created us, held us, helped, inspired, loved, respected, supported and pushed us.
“..in the end of this I want to be remembered for this as well.. I also want people to remember this collections for what I stood and for the art, not for crazy money or crazy mechanics. The essence of it and the raw base of it which is the Art - that’s what I want people to remember..”
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Street artist JR reveals "The Wound" in Florence
One of the world's most famous contemporary artists JR reveals his new piece of artwork on the façade of the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. Symbolically entitled "The Wound," it is a reflection on the current and profound difficulties faced by the arts sector in a time of government-mandated restrictions on cultural activities due to Covid-19.
GRIF ╳ Superrare
The "Equinox Collection" by GRIF
The collection explores themes of escapism, re-birth, nature, and energy. Seen here in ‘Going Green’, we’re transported to a remote desert location, desolate and dry. A luxury car reflects the barren landscape from its manufactured shell.
Brooklyn Brownstone
In conjunction with the 2021 Spring equinox, ‘The Equinox Collection’ by GRIF will be exclusively available on SuperRare.
The collection presents surrealist depictions of the everyday as it is overtaken by nature. An invisible catalyst moves through each piece - a transfer of natural energy that pollinates each environment, reimagining it as an expansive floral tapestry.
The pieces are a juxtaposition between our manmade environments and nature. “This concept was born out of wanting to craft something optimistic and beautiful, but to create works thats can only exist within the medium of 3D” says GRIF. “What I love most is that these expressions of nature could never exist in the natural world, it’s a reinterpretation born only from the digital space.”
And now available exclusively in the digital space. The Equinox Collection will be released in weekly increments over the late March to April period on SuperRare.
See @GRIF’s page for official release dates as well as additional artworks.
As nature begins to take its course, the juxtaposition of the uninhabited environment and the floral growth creates a striking contrast
Juxtaposition of nature
Moreover, the introduction of floral growth finds itself in evolving on the more unexpected, non-organic surfaces in the scene. Populating the graphic and geometric lines of the basketball court markings, seen here in “Angels Gate”
3D as a medium
Here, in the re-imagining of ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ (Johannes Vermeer 1665), the flat oil painting becomes “dimensionalized”, as our camera investigates the finer details of the cracking paint and textural details. The form of the girl becomes appended with a blooming floral arrangement, representing the passing of time with something that is timeless, nature
Expanding the dimensions of these pieces is something only achievable by the medium of 3D animation, movement is essential to the presentation concept of the works
The Transfer of Energy
The cinematography of ‘Great Basin Skate Heaven’ is a blend of fish-eye and long lens zooms, paying homage to that of classic skate videos style that’s remained prevalent in the culture since its inception.
We follow a skater as they perform tricks and stunts in a skaters paradise, located in the Utah Great Basin. The idyllic sunset scene bears witness to the transfer of energy between this floral figure and the contrasting concrete environment beneath, saturated in graffiti. The figure acting as a catalyst, pollinates the park causing nature to reclaim the concrete
Small Talk for Adult Swim
Friday’s small talk directed by Chris Rutledge (@tokymegz) & Tom Goulet (@tomgoulery) created for Adult Swim
Kirill Maksimchuk
Russian digital artist Kirill Maksimchuk known by collaboration with us on Digital Decade 5: Cyberia exhibition and DJ Carnage cover art shares his latest cyber works and jaw-dropping reel and step in to the NFT scene with his Cyberia citizen “Cybermancer”
Cybermancer
Cryptomancer
Neomancer
IKEA Allen key lamp
Japanese design studio Gelchop has created a lamp for IKEA that takes the shape of an oversized Allen key in a nod to the company's flat-pack furniture legacy.
The lamp forms part of a 10-piece homeware collection created by IKEA in collaboration with five different artist and designers including Sabine Marcelis and Snarkitecture co-founder Daniel Arsham.
Read more on Dezeen
Duality by Ash Keating
Melbourne-based visual artist Ash Keating creates larger-than-life site-specific murals with paint-filled fire extinguishers. He has been painting explosively overseas and across Australia since 2003 - having exhibiting extensively in galleries as well as creating numerous large-scale, site-responsive outdoor projects.
Titled Duality, Keating’s latest works are a series of textural paintings which need to be seen in person to be fully appreciated.
On the view at Linden New Art Gallery with the title show “Duality” through 16 May 2021
The World's First Digital NFT Home by Krista Kim
Contemporary artist Krista Kim, who was a part of our latest Digital Decade 2020 edition and had collaborations with brands such as Lamborghini and Lanvin, has ventured into the crypto-creative field, announcing her design of the first digital home available for purchase as an NFT file. Krista is not the only designer to do shift to digital work; just a few weeks ago, another friend of us, the Argentinian designer Andrés Reisinger sold 10 virtual pieces of furniture in an online auction.
2021 Citroen Ami
Long time no cars? Sustainable cars indeed. Here is a new drop from Citroen - the Ami is a tiny electric quadricycle with a chic of a Frenchman. We love it as it has a feeling of gendarme Ludovic Cruchot in it chasing crypto artists on the run.
Katsuyo Aoki Ceramic Sculpture
Katsuyo Aoki is best known for her ceramic sculptures that apply delicate, swirling forms to dark subject matter. Aoki trained first as a painter before taking up ceramic as her primary medium, though she sometimes creates abstracted images on her ceramic surfaces using glazes in monochromatic palettes.
Aoki is best known for her works in relief or in the round, and an ornate style that draws from a range of decorative styles. Her works often look radically different from varying perspectives. Frequently used motifs and forms include the skull, the crown, and dismembered parts of animals—allusions to historic narratives and mythologies.
Charlie Gray Photography
Charlie Gray is a British international fashion and portrait photographer based in London. His playful vision and dedication to the art of narrative grew out his love of theatre and early documentary photographic projects.
Charlie has captured some of the most iconic faces of our time, Robert de Niro, Mike Tyson, Harvey Keitel, Tilda Swinton, Keira Knightley, Bill Murray and sir Anthony Hopkins amongst others. equally, Gray frequently shoots poetic fashion stories with film and theatre’s faces of tomorrow.
Recently Charlie entered NFT art market from a position of a photographer, what make the whole buzz around cryptoart shaping more sense by delivering quality works ahead of CG experiments. Follow or bid on his works by the link below:
Entropy dir. Matan Portnoy
Entropy - the degree of disorder of particles during a chemical reaction.
Passionate and painful relationship in the chaotic retrospect of a faded memory.
This is the entropy of a relationship.
When everything is over, are we left alone with the memories of our loved ones or is it that those same memories are what keep us from being alone?
Written & Directed by Matan Portnoy
Director Of Photography - Tom Riechart
Producer - Noa Cymerman
Behind the scenes
Borja Alegre
Motion and Digital Artist based in Barcelona Borja Alegre shows off his skills
Lisa Odette
Lisa Odette, digital artist, illustrator and animator currently based in Madrid, Spain. Passionate about colours and composition, she tries to bring unique visual voice to all the imagery sit in her portfolio and available for bidding online
Arch McLeish Photography
New York-based photographer and art director Arch McLeish likes the solace of empty places. His photography embraces traces of people, freeing up the space they leave behind for a myriad of interpretations.
Louis Vuitton Travel Book Saint Petersburg by Kelly Beeman
Living in this masterpiece city always a pleasure to see how travelling artists accept it and admire its beauty. NYC-based Kelly Beeman was commissioned by Louis Vuitton’s Travel Book Series to create a body of work that play off the many unique traits of the city.
Soft Sculpture by Sergio Roger
Sergio Roger’s work is born from his constant search for inspiration in the ancient artistic representations of beauty. The artist reinterprets iconic elements of art history and decorative arts to break away with preconceived ideas by creating unique and elaborated textile sculptures.
Each of Sergio Roger’s works is Unique and is created from antique fabric remnants. The artist himself carefully selects these materials from antique collector stores. He chooses fabrics such as old linens and velvets, which carry the passing of time and bring soul to the work. For example, in his series of linen busts, he brings a new vision on this subject by replacing stone or marble with delicate pieces of antique linen. With this gesture, the artist wants to reflect on the idea of permanence and majesty that we associate with this traditional art form.
NASA MARS 2020 Mission Identity by Tobias van Schneider
For the 2020 launch of the Mars Rover, NASA asked House of van Schneider to design a symbol capturing the energy and legacy of space travel, while celebrating the engineers who worked tirelessly on this mission.
At once an abstract representation of the iconic rover and blocks reaching up to the sky, the logomark works as beautifully on the rover as it does on a 191-foot tall rocket ship.
Do you know any other designer around whose work travelled to Mars? We know only Tobias! Proud to meet him during OFFF Festivals in Barcelona.
Mari Mad Maraca
Voxel artist (3D pixel) Mari Mad Maraca shares her magic worlds available for collecting as Prints or Digital Tokens
