Mixed-media artist and photographer Cristina Burns juxtaposes dolls, toys, candies, skulls and insects in meticulously arranged patterns. Like modern day cabinets of curiosity, her brightly colored works are a playful reminder of the vanities of life. Seeing her surreal streak, it is no surprise Hieronymus Bosch ranks among her favorite artists. Cristina talks about Bosch, Alice IN WONDERLAND, her beloved Naples and much more.
Read MoreI like to inspire myself with good movies. When I go to the cinema, I sit down and I literally let that movie feed me with its music, images and all those moments that create in me a feeling. I start from those feelings to create something new.
Read MoreAustralian photographer Dean West meticulously constructs his images. In his older work, history and mythology were a major influence. These days he creates his own myths that are based on his own or friends’ memories that somehow got distorted over time. The essence is still there, but details changed. Just like stories change every time they are told by someone else. In the end, you ask yourself: “What’s real?”
Read MoreSaint-Hoax took the digital art scene by storm with her/his very first series, the eye-catching and controversial “War Drags You Out” featuring world leaders dressed in drag. Since then, S/he has taken Instagram by storm, garnering almost half a million followers and getting reposted by Hollywood A-listers including Madonna and Diplo. Although s/he quickly became a poster child for “Insta-Fame”, her/his work has also been featured in solo exhibitions around the world, cementing her/his legitimacy as an artist and an activist.
Read MoreMy illusions distort the reality and perception that are generally shared by most people. As my artwork starts from ordinary and simple objects, it helps people more easily to be astounded.
Read MoreSurreal, because I love to explore my dreams. Psychedelic, because it’s full of magical colors. Freedom because every time I compose or create art I do it from the most liberated part of me, without any pretenses or prejudice.
Read MoreSelf-taught Slovakian photographer Andrea Koporova only started making images in 2011, Yet she quickly caught the eye of curators and editors. At first dreamy and rather romantic, her work has gradually become increasingly urban and surreal, mainly through the use of bright colors and modern settings. Her main themes have remained the same: isolation, alienation.
Read MoreAs paper, glue and scissors made way for cut and paste digital tools, collage art has made a striking comeback in recent years. California-based Eugenia Loli is one of the genre’s most successful representatives, PLASTIK* interviewed THE QUEEN OF COLLAGES to ask her about her work, the revival of collage art and much more.
Read MoreWho would not want to spend a day with Australian artists Prue Stent and Honey Long? They are like the main protagonists in a fairytale of their own making. Their artistic journey seems like a wild never ending dress-up party. In this duo-interview, Prue and Honey talk about how they once upon a time first met, about playfulness and success, and about past, present and what’s next …
Read MoreGerman photographer Monica Menez’S work is at once elegant, sexy and tongue in cheek. A fan of Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton, she likes to explore the familiar set in the unknown. In recent years, she has become a leading voice in fashion film. Her Precious shows how erotic something mundane as making a pizza can be, while Odditory offers a very naughty music class indeed. And all, of course, in gorgeous clothes!
Read MoreIt was not easy being a woman in 1950s America. The ideal was to be a devoted mother, cozy homemaker and obedient wife on heels mopping floors with a radiant smile. And of course dinner would be ready when daddy came home from work. A post-WWII variation on the classic three M’s a woman ‘needs’ to embody: the Virgin Mary, Mother Mary and Maria Magdalena. The seemingly perfect world of “female caricatures” in small town suburbia is the main inspiration for New York-based fine art and fashion photographer Bamby who mixes the theatrical with a hint of irony, Lynch with a touch of Hitchcock.
Read MoreI compose my work with a limited number of simplified shapes and vibrant colors. Using these elements, I am looking for an abstract way to achieve the representation of beauty dictated by the research of a balance between each objects and colors. I chose GIF format because I am interested in working on the movement. A short loop is a midpoint between a still image, and a moving image. My characters are restful, still, but living, breathing, looking. I am trying to convey an impression of restful but mesmerizing movement.
Read MoreLebanon needs Ron English. Drive anywhere in the country and have your view blocked by a billboard jungle ordering you what to wear, buy, drink and eat. And the jungle continues to grow every day. Bring on Ron English who, with his oil paintings and billboard hijackings, has fought for decades against the pollution of the human mind and public space by corporate messaging.
Read MoreBy placing a mundane everyday item in a very classical context, award-winning Australian painter Matthew Quick in his latest series “Monumental Nobodies” forces us to look with a pair of fresh eyes at the notions of past and present, creation and destruction. “The motivations between the creators and destroyers of artifacts are actually the same. Each is trying, in very opposite ways, to say: ‘I exist.’"
Read MoreMy art is my internalization of the things in my life that I need to work through. In a sense, it is my visual journal. Posting these images publicly is my way of letting go of them.
Read MoreBorn in South Africa, Dean Bradshaw grew up in Australia where he spent much of HIS childhood catching lizards and other reptiles. Having obtained a degree in zoology, he worked as a field biologist before moving to California to become a full-time photographer known for his skills in lighting and Photoshop. While Dean does a lot of commercial work, all images shown here belong to his growing personal body of work.
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