Here are the top 10 images I find very captivating. This will include pieces from designers, illustrators, sculptors and other images I think look very cool. So sit back, relax and enjoy.
Jesse Draxler
This triptych is called Outside, (far right), Inside, (middle) and Further Inside, (far left). It depicts a face slowly becoming distorted, soon turning into a swirl of oblivion as if it's like an inverted black hole. The artist did not explain much about this series but I think it has something to do with being lost inside or the feeling of having everything sucked in from the outside. I also really love the use of negative space with little detail and how dark and rich in colour these pieces are.
To find out more about Jesse Draxler's work head over to his offical website at: http://jessedraxler.com
Rob Unett
Unett's work involves exploring the face, body and the world around his visonary characters. I really enjoy looking at his atmospheric images and how beautifully drawn yet so mysterious they are. He often works at a fast pace using a range of multi-media such as collage, painting, and drawing. His use of techniques and mark making are also very similar to how I like to work. Using dark to light brushtrokes with little detail created by the implement.
To find out more about Rob Unett's work, head over to his Instagram at:
https://www.instagram.com/robunett/?hl=en
Anne Harild
This piece shown on the right is called 'Drift' inspired by an exploration of 4 London Underground Tube Stations. Harild gathered her discoveries and experiments to create these stunningly urban environments with many grids and textures. Her mark making represents the contemporary cities that structure and shape our lives within them. She creates her own textured samples and collages them into her piece which I often like to do too with my own work.
To find out more about Anne Harild's work head over to her official website at:
http://www.anneharild.com/
Anni Albers
Anni Albers uses woven fabric as a form of expressing her interests in art, architecture and design. I personally love her extremely detailed and intricate patterns. The fact that she pushed herself to learn how to master the technical and difficult challenges of weaving, then combining her interests with it really inspires me to push my own ideas futher too.
To find out more about Anne Harild's work head over to her offical website at:
http://www.albersfoundation.org/
Joan Cornellà
Cornellà is best known for his boldly coloured comic strips that incorporate dark and surreal adult humor. I don't think there are many illustrators who portray social issues in such a horrid yet funny way so I really admire his work.
To find out more about Joan Cornellà's work head over to his offical website at: https://joancornella.net/
Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/sirjoancornella/?hl=en
Lisa Brice
I have recently discovered this artist when I visited Tate Britain a few weeks ago. Her pieces were very eye-catching and absolutely striking that it almost blinded me. My first initial thought was that it reminded me of a heat zone image, with blue being the coldest.
Her series of blue female nudes were created through observational paintings based on real life experiences portraying women caught off guard naked. Her idea was to showcase women inhabiting a space of their own and not for the male gaze to look at in such a provocative way.
To find out more about Lisa Brice's work head over to her page at: https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/art-now-lisa-brice-5
Alice Lex-Nerlinger
I went to an exhibition at the Tate called the Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One and stumbled across this artist. This is a photogram created with paper templates placed ontop of a light sensitve silver gelatin paper. It depicts a repetition of images with slight variations, as each template has a small dissimilarity in density and different degrees of light ‘bleed’. This documentary photography articulated topics of the political left and the women’s movement during World War One.
To find out more about Alice Lex-Nerlinger's work head over to her page at:
https://onthisdateinphotography.com/2017/10/29/october-29-amalgam/
Tina Berning
Illustrator Tina Berning works with a variety of methods and materials to create harsh and subtle tones, such as diluting ink or paint to distort the figure's form and reveal their imperfections. Berning's became particularly fascinated exploring the beauty and expression of women which are often shown in the media and fashion industry. She wanted to avoid manipulating her work digitally and stick to traditional methods of illustration. I really love how she's not afraid to adapt and develop her techniques into something new and unique.
To find out more about Tina Berning's work head over to her official website at:
http://www.tinaberning.de/
David Moreno
Spanish artist David Moreno constructs cumbersome sculptures that look like 2D sketches. He does this by using hundreds of steel rods and pieces of piano wire to build his extraordinary creations.
His work usually focuses around infrastructure such as a row of house-like buildings, with each artwork designed to look like a haphazard collection of sticks, perhaps something that could easily be demolished by a big bad wolf. It also looks very enchanched, with wisps of uneven wire dangling down from the staircase.
To find out more about David Moreno's work head over to his page at:
https://www.behance.net/DeMoreno
Johnson Tsang
Johnson Tsang is a sculptor who
continues to develop and expand on his realistic molds of faces that are often stretched and opened in surreal ways.
In his latest series, 'Open Mind', Tsang included metaphorical and symbolic materials such as growing leaves and the use of hand gestures to convey a sense of open-mindedness in his sculptures.
He uses his imagination to play around with ideas and possibly manipulate the use of gravity too. He wanted us to feel emotion through his pieces and challenge us to see the wold in a different way.
I rarely find things that make me feel anxious but this has certainly done the job for me which is why I like it.
To find out more about Johnson Tsang's work head over to his page at:
https://beinart.org/interview-johnson-tsang/
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