Abstract minimalist works by the ‘painter of black’, Pierre Soulages.

 Kike Besada

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‘It’s more interesting to have just a picture of a small detail – then you can dream all the rest around it. Because when you see the whole thing, what is there to imagine?!’ Dries Van Noten

(artwork by Michael Cina)

Gordon Matta-Clark  “Splitting” (1974)

all things make a physiognomic impression on us, whether we are conscious of it or not!

weird sealife by fieldmuzick on Flickr.

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‘Novelty is seldom the essential. This has to do with one thing only; making a subject better from its intrinsic nature.’ Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

This is the essence of the second wonderful pictorial collaboration between the british designer Mary Katranzou and the young but intellectually refined american photographer Erik Madigan Heck (contributor at A Magazine & founder of the Nomenus Quarterly, a high-end cultural publication - the world’s most expensive magazine, by the way).

As it is said that art stays and fashion goes, this pictorial comes to stimulate our visual narratives and intellectual curiosity throughout aesthetic metaphors inspired by the vivid colors of the french ‘les nabis’ painters, with a touch of Frida Khalo’s surrealism and Klimt’s pictorial ornamentalism. 

 

Florals, Mary Katrantzou SS 2012

‘Instant Picasso’ fantasy light drawings 

Photographed by Gjon Mili; 1949 Vallauris, France

It is important to do what you want, and there will always be some people who agree.

Items & quote by Maison Martin Margiela

the work of an artist takes a life of its own and wonders the world, many times swallowing its own author (Hesse)

Joan by Slow Ben

“At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important” M.C. Escher

This is the feeling that I got when I first saw Dylan’s Culhane ‘Transcendental Wayfarer’ series on South Africa. My enthusiasm reached the climax when I understood that he used traditional photography and that this implosive and delightful series it’s not just another creation of the digitalized techniques that took over us.

‘The notion of alternate levels of reality, and a multi-dimensional view of existence is a common thread that runs through everything from quantum physics to Zen Buddhism to drug culture, and this really has motivated me to use photography in order to move closer to truth. I think the common assumption that photography offers us realism and truth by virtue of replicating what the eye sees is misguided, and my work is often a reaction to this’, explains Dylan. And for sure, his alternative view on analog photography brought an added value, as his visionary playground totally caught me in. 

Considering that this is just the beginning, this series representing only his first solo exhibition, I can’t wait to see more from him in the future!

Yves Saint-Laurent by Andy Warhol

Katsushika Hokusai 

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger

Margot Tenenbaum

The simplicity of the shapes juxtaposes the complexity of each philosophy beautifully.

Keep up the awesome work, Genis Carreras!