Beata Wilczek is an artist and photographer living in Wrocław, Poland. Through her photography work and her collages, she mixes old and new whilst retaining a feminine edge. Check out more of her work below.
December 19th, 2011
Charlie Engman is a New York-based photographer who looks to capture everyday elements that have been stuck together in new and bizarre ways. The Oxford University graduate came to photography late, but his photographs show a true talent in bringing an air of surreality to the everyday. More of his work can be seen below.
December 19th, 2011
Thinking about my 80s upbringing, I’m not too sure if life has really changed all that much between then and 2011. Â True, kids today don’t call each other on the landline, and have also seen more cat videos than I ever did at their age, but hey, small potatoes. China’s post-80s generation, on the other hand, born on the cusp of their country’s breakneck economic development, have experienced some truly seismic stuff, with much about life today being nearly unrecognizable from the distant past. Â Wang2mu is an illustrator living in Guangzhou who explores post-80s themes and nostalgia through a warped “schoolhouse” aesthetic. Â Crowded by urgent slogans, his grotesque children straddle rockets, robots, and other generational emblems. Â Read more »
December 19th, 2011
Is this glitchy goodness by Pam et Jenny, created by scanning graphic and photographic images,  a new method of collage? Enjoy a selection of images from this Brussels based art and design practice. Read more »
December 19th, 2011
Artist Kate Tucker’s work has amazing colorblock layering in her pattern pieces, as well as her more representational works. She has intricate drawings and bold paintings that together are seriously impressive. Her series “Counterfeit Sanctity’ has tons of versions of the same drawing in different color, pattern, and media that are mesmerizing when seen together.
December 16th, 2011
Berkeley, California-based artist Justin Lovato explains that he likes to create works which are “dreamlike, ethereal landscapes that reflect his thoughts on nature and our relation to it, human belief systems, the psycho-political-control system, multidimensional concepts, and esoteric symbolism.” His paintings and illustrations are imaginative, seemingly drawn from some hidden symbolism within a secreted-away corner of the mind. Symbols and words intertwine with twisting bodies, often wounded by geometry. Read more »
December 16th, 2011
Born in 1985, Mike Brodie began photographing when he was given a Polaroid camera in 2004. Working under the moniker ‘The Polaroid Kidd,’ Brodie spent the next four years circumambulating the United States, amassing an archive of photographs that make up one of the few, true collections of American travel photography. Brodie made work in the tradition of photographers like Robert Frank, William Eggleston and Stephen Shore, but due to never having undergone any formal training he always remained untethered to the pressures and expectations of  the art market.
Brodie compulsively documented his exploration of the tumultuous world of transient subcultures without regard to how the photographs would exist beyond him. After feeling as though he documented all that he could of his subject, his insatiable wanderlust found a new passion, and as quickly as he began making photographs, he has left the medium to continue in his constant pursuit of new adventures.
December 16th, 2011
I wish I had more information about these bizarre airbrush paintings by Norman Catherine but I don’t. You might be thinking to yourself that they were made a couple of months ago but in fact they are from the 1960′s & 70′s which is a wild fact considering the contemporary color choices and subject matter. Â If anyone can track down more info on Norman please share!
