I try to match subjects that are unexpected, to see objects from another point of view. My aim is to somehow try to shock and amuse the followers.
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The focus of my work is totally experimental. I like to try different visual languages, designs and mixtures. I feel inspired by something that really gets my attention. I try new ways to develop my creations until I dominate it in a particular mood introducing my identity and my beliefs.
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Everyone sees the world in his own different way. I see mine as an abstract-surrealistic style, which is filled with numerous parts of human body. Often lips, hands and legs are the most prevalent in my collages.
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It focuses mainly on surrealism and beauty. I like things that seem out of place, things that don't belong together. I've always been obsessed with images since I was a little kid, always had this weird scenery and colors that I think I'm finally putting out there.
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Originally I thought Instagram was just for food and palm tree pictures but my friends told me I should put my work on there. Reluctantly I did and it has surprisingly been one of my main sources of client commissions. Forget LinkedIn and Résumés, Instagram and Tumblr are the new job boards for the creative industry!
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Gordon creates three-dimensional collages out ofimages he mainly finds on the internet and thenphotographs. In a way, he sculpts his images, whereby he does not hide the fact that his works are “glued” together. Gordon is not looking for a seamless and spotless image. The rawness onlyemphasizes notions of artifice and authenticity.
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In the past few months, the social media platform has been buzzing with images of political leaders dressed-up as flamboyant drag queens. The visual artist behind the controversy remains anonymous, conducting worldwide interviews under the pseudonym Saint Hoax. Plastik interviewed the artist to get a deeper understanding of their POP-Political message and discuss her/his latest projects.
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TALL, TANNED, YOUNG AND NOT-SO-LOVELY...CAMERON DIAZ’S FEMME FATALE CHARACTER IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S THE COUNSELOR DEMANDS A MATCHING “KILLA” WARDROBE. CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT THOMAS WYLDE, PAULA THOMAS, JUMPED TO THE MISSION, WITH SCISSORS IN HANDS AND A LOT OF HOLLYWOOD FLAIRE, CREATING SOME OF THE MOST ICONC LOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF MODERN CINEMA.
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Fans of Mark Ryden’s fantasy world featuring fuzzy animals, big-eyed girls, meat and big daddy Abraham Lincoln will be delighted to learn that Taschen has now published a popular, and more affordable, edition of his “Carnival of Curiosities.” First issued in 2011, the big-format and limited edition of Pinxit was gorgeous, yet came with a hefty price of close to $1,000. With an eye on the new book, Plastik asked the celebrated American artist about Abraham, Alice, raw meat, and other major sources of inspiration.
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TO STAND OUT AMIDST THE OVERSATURATION OF SAMENESS, ONE MUST CONFRONT THE SYSTEM–OF MONOTONY, THAT IS. WE ALL KNOW THAT, BUT WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW IS THE PROCESS BEHIND IT. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH PLASTIK, THE UP-AND-COMING PARISIAN DESIGNER JEAN-MARC GADYTELLS US HOW HE TRANSFERS ALL THE INSPIRATION RUNNING IN HIS STREAM-OF-THOUGHT TO REALITY.
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AN EROTIC FAIRYTALE SIGNED OLGA RODIONOVA AND ELLEN VON UNWERTH
FOLLOWING THE OVERWHELMING SUCCESS OF THE BOOK OF OLGA, RUSSIA’S ANSWER TO GREECE’S VERY OWN APHRODITE, OLGA RODIONOVA, HAS TEAMED UP WITH GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHER ELLEN VON UNWERTH FOR YET ANOTHER JOURNEY INTO THE REALM OF BEAUTY AND DESIRE.
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POLISH-BORN KASIA DOMANSKA’S HYPERREALIST IMAGES DEPICT A COLORFUL WORLD OF BRIGHT BLUE SKIES, FLOWERS AND BIKINIS. PLASTIK TALKED TO THE NEW YORK- BASED ARTIST ABOUT FACT AND FICTION, BEAUTY AND THE THINGS THAT MOVE HER ...
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British photographer Martin Parr does not tend to make life more beautiful than it is. He documents reality around him, yet does so with an eye for all things off and odd. Not the designer dress takes center stage, but the champagne stain above the belly. ‘‘With photography, I like to create fiction out of reality,’’ Parr once said. ‘‘I try and do this by taking society’s natural prejudice and giving this a twist.’’
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InspIred by comIc books and the all amerIcan art of pin-up, Mel Ramos’ work Is at once a celebratIon of the female form and a playful crItIque on the Increased use and sexualizatIon of women In ads and publIcIty sInce the 1960S.
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What is art? That is arguably a question asked ever since the first Stone Age bison was drawn on a rock. Is a drawing art? Is a drawing of a drawing art? A painting of a painting? A photo of a photo? Most people will argue that a reproduction is not art, as it does not require a creative, inventive spark. But what if the photo of the photo would be retouched? Given another title? Would it then be art?
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When asked to describe himself in three words, British photographer Miles Aldridge replied:”Colorful, sunny and dark.” It is these very words that arguably best describe his work as well. Realistic, yet characterized by the use of bright, neon colors, Aldridge’s photos possess a surreal quality that hints at some of life’s darker and often erotic dimensions. While his work until 2004 mainly featured in the world’s leading glossies, it has since increasingly been exposed in art galleries and books.
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One of the founding fathers and leading figures of the Pop Art movement, Roy Lichtenstein is mainly known for his paintings of enlarged comic book scenes. Yet he did many other things as well, including sculptures such as “The Head,” which was unveiled at the 1992 Olympic Games and still adorns the city of Barcelona. while he regards Picasso as his main inspiration, he never dared comparing his work to that of the Spanish master.
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Once upon a beautiful day in 1976, Pierre Commoy met Gilles Blanchard. And the rest, as they say, is history. Pierre was an aspiring photographer, Gilles an upcoming painter. Together they became known as “Pierre et Gilles.” Inseparable both as lovers and artists, they have since created a modern day iconography of Saints, Stars, Sailors and Sinners. A fusion of painting and photography, their work is inspired by everything from French pop, Bollywood and Lourdes to Communism, Gay eroticism and Buddhist monks.
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Jeff koons was asked to exhibit at the Versailles Palace last year. he could not have been offered a better venue for his first european retrospective: the ultimate baroque french palace for america’s king of kitsch. Visitors were able to admire fifteen of koons’ trademark works, including sculptures of a giant red lobster and Michael Jackson hugging his pet chimp bubbles, amidst the usual curly-curvy furniture and portraits of Louis XiV and Marie antoinette.
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Guy Bourdin was a complex and disturbed man. While he created timeless beauty, the leading French photographer was in fact obsessed with death, and always had a difficult relationship with women. Abandoned as a child by his mother, he often maltreated his models, while at least two of his former lovers committed suicide.
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