Focus sur Laura Bifano, une artiste canadienne qui a eu l’idée d’illustrer des animaux sous la forme d’un ensemble de pixels. Dans un style maîtrisé, elle reprend divers animaux pour leur donner des traits originaux. Un rendu à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
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Focus sur l’illustrateur Alexis Marcou qui maîtrise avec talent les divers outils pour créer des illustrations splendides. Entre crayonnés et retouches photographiques, ce dernier parvient à nous immerger au sein de ses oeuvres. Plus d’images dans la suite de l’article.
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Découverte du travail et du talent de Shan Jiang, un illustrateur qui travaille pour l’agence Ilovedust Ltd. depuis 2005. Une sélection de visuels variés avec un style intéressant. Ses créations colorés, détaillées et fraîches sont à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
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Découverte de nouveau travail du français Maxime Bruneel qui a réalisé le clip de 2 artistes connus cherchant à garder leur anonymat sous le nom de “Secret Skwirl”. Ce clip intitulé “Jeez Louise” visuellement très réussi est à découvrir en vidéo dans la suite de l’article.
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Fresh French art helps launch Agnès B.’s latest NYC space
When Agnès B. opened her first NYC boutique on Prince Street nearly 30 years ago, well before Soho transformed into the retail destination it is today, the area was an emerging hotbed for young artists. The French fashion designer meshed seamlessly with the city’s downtown scene, establishing herself as one of the most trusted brand benefactors of the arts through sponsorships—from the Sarajevo Film Festival and a Godard exhibit to work by Harmony Korine and Dash Snow. Her commitment to the project and keen eye for new talent remains sharp continues when her third NYC outpost, Galerie Boutique, opens with the show “Certain Young French Photography and Drawings” tonight, 14 July 2010.
The new gallery kicked off with a show of well-known friends’ work and brings stateside the strong photography of Agnes B.’s Galerie du Jour in Paris (shows since opening in 1984 have spanned Martin Parr to Ryan McGinley), now moving on to what she does best—a display of exciting up-and-comers. The exhibit includes the work of ten photographers and artists selected with a focus on portraiture’s ability to present “people and issues of contemporary society in a critical or ironical way.”
Nicolas Dhervillers’ questions the line between fact and fiction by positioning subjects in cinematic scenes depicting everyday life (pictured below), where the high-contrast images by Matthias Olmeta (at top) “ascribe little importance to reality.” Claudia Imbert (above) similarly presents contemplative work with strong geometry in her compositions to “provoke moments of solitude and intimacy.” Drawings by Lionel Avignon (at bottom) adds levity to the mix with his narrative pictures that “resonate of a personal and universal currency.”
This contrast between lighthearted illustrations and contemplative photography highlights how the two major mediums compare, hinting at the legacy of “the most eminent figure of French photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson.” Never ceasing to stop drawing but nearly giving up photography all together, Cartier-Bresson explained that his interest in the latter was because “a small camera like the Leica is an instant drawing.”
“Certain Young French Photography and Drawings” runs through 30 August 2011 at Galerie Boutique.
Brooklyn artist Justin Amrhein depicts mad scientist machines in his first solo show in San Francisco
So intricately drawn they are seemingly plucked straight from the imagination of a mad scientist, artist Justin Amrhein‘s works will give you a pretty good idea of what that might look like. Currently on view in a solo show dubbed “Schema“, Amrhein’s illustrations precisely map the interiors of complicated imaginary machines, contrasting strong parallel lines and sharply angled corners with organically-shaped valves and snaking cables. With the occasional splash of color, the overall muted color palette balances out the elaborate show of lines.
Whether the subject is as organic as a praying mantis, as threatening as a nuclear weapon, or as exotic as a futuristic device conjured up by the artist’s imagination, each drawing brings to light those hidden workings underneath the surface that tend to escape our notice.
“Schema” is on display at San Francisco’s Michael Rosenthal Gallery through 30 July 2011.
Roland Flexner est un artiste français vivant à New York. Doté de multiples talents, il s’exprime avec toute une série de dessins faits à l’encre, notamment autour de bulles d’encre, pour un rendu splendide. Une belle sélection de ses oeuvres abstraites est à découvrir dans la suite.
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Journey across the universe in a one-night-only show of whimsical work by an LA-based painter
Working out of her garage on a quiet street in the heart of Silverlake, Los Angeles-based artist Vanessa Prager gleefully creates her curious paintings and ink pen drawings. We caught up with the bubbly creative just a few days before her new solo show at ADBD Gallery, dubbed “Across The Universe.” Like many of her shows, it is a one-night-only affair with a special guest host and immersive installation piece, which Prager says helps create a relaxed atmosphere and draws the viewer into her illusory world.
With her works at the framers, on our visit Prager was busy putting the finishing touches on her installation, which will greet patrons as they enter the gallery space at ADBD and subtly continue throughout. Crafting little flies out of wax-like paper with her mom on a pile of real sod grass on the floor of the garage (which she will use to outline the room at her show), she told us about her more recent interest in painting animals—which is primarily “because they’re awesome!” Typically depicting people in heightened situations, Prager transfers that sense of drama to scenes in nature, where she captures the creepy feeling of encountering a group of large animals like deer or elephants.
The sun streaming in on the corner of the make-shift studio, Prager’s space is filled with warmth and a dizzying array of paints, old frames, tools, craft supplies, music sheets and inspirational works—like a lithograph portrait of her grandfather. You get the sense that there is nothing she won’t attempt to create herself, including the sink in the corner where she tediously cleans her brushes. “I knew I needed a sink out here, so I found an old one at a vintage store, hooked it up to the hose from outside and made it exactly my height.”
While her highly saturated works give way to a false sense of reality, her study of the universe feels accurate. Her portrayal of human behavior scratches at life’s emotional ups and downs, and the contrast between the bursts of color in the foreground and stark backgrounds reflects this natural turmoil.
Catch “Across The Universe” tonight, 2 June 2011, at ADBD in Los Angeles, hosted by Danny Masterson from 7-10pm, and mark your calendar for her solo show at Shepard Fairey’s Subliminal Gallery in April 2012. See more of her studio and works in the gallery below.
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