June 28th, 2009
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Seth Adelsberger

Seth Adelsberger cites video games, cartoons, and sci-fi imagery as sources of inspiration. Half-Mayan warrior and half-demented It’s A Small World, Adelsberger’s compositions “reflect the biproducts of material accumulation and the inescapable reality of visual saturation” with a generous, harmonious use of vibrating colors.

This is another runner-up for our “Submit your Artist” contest, and we would like to thank Jason for letting us know about Seth’s paintings!

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June 27th, 2009
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The Bad Lab was brought to our attention by Eric Zelinski, who submitted them as a consideration to our “Submit your Artist” contest. Although we already chose a winner two weeks ago, we at Beautiful/Decay would like acknowledge Bad Lab’s fantastically fresh t-shirt line, prints, canvases, and posters.

I’m especially fond of the canvas work (see Set Speed and Sexagon) and how their hypnotic, rhythmic qualities entrance the viewer, pulling us into the loop.

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June 25th, 2009
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Alex Bec

We at Beautiful/Decay would like to consider Alex Bec a runner-up for our “Submit your Artist” contest from two weeks back. His work was way too awesome not to post (thanks for letting us know, Gringo)! Alex’s creations consist mainly of typographic illustrations, colors and shapes that pop–all entirely from cut paper and sometimes even masking tape. Major props for patience and intense precision.

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June 10th, 2009
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I recently learned about Matthew Dayler’s work when Rick submitted him as a consideration to our “Submit your Artist” contest. His work was too great to not post as a runner up. The work references gay culture, self-portraiture and gender stereotypes in a vibrantly iconic, pop fashion. The masked works are on the verge of disguise, sexual play and masquerade- an interesting mixing and recontextualizing of metaphors. 

 

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