“If it’s small enough I’ll stick it down”
Artist Joe Black uses thousands of tiny plastic toy soldiers or colourful badges to piece his amazing mosaic art together. And if having the patience to do that wasn’t impressive enough, nearly every badge is made by himself and relates to the art work in some way.
Nicole Dextras is an environmental artist working in a multitude of media including sculpture, interactive public installation and photography. She graduated from the Emily Carr University of Art in Vancouver, Canada, where she also has been working as a sessional teacher for the past 8 years. A part from teaching she has created art installations in as diverse places as Mongolia, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Dawson City YT and Bellevue WA. She has been awarded both Canada Council and BC Arts Council grants and her work has been published in numerous publications such as ELLE Canada and My Green City, published by Gestalten, Berlin. Yes, sir!
Lola Dupré is a artist and illustrator currently working near Avignon in the south of France. Using paper, scissors and glue she disassembles and assembles photographs into meticulously, contoured mosaic-like collages. Wow wow wow!
Where one might only see ugly potholes and cracks Juliana Santacruz Herrera uses the grey asphalt as her canvas to create wonderful street art. By using bright yarns and fabrics, she braids and weaves site-specific pieces, injecting some colour into the urban landscape of Paris where she lives. Mon Dieu!
Javier Piñon was born in Miami but grew up in sunny Texas. Nowadays he lives and works in Brooklyn,New York where he has made himself a name on the art scene with his amazing seamless collages filled with classical mythology and christian iconography. He is married to New York- based clothes designer Mara Hoffman, and togheter they sure make a booming couple.
What you see up here is the stunning work of Chilean artist Maria Aparicio who is currently based in Barcelona, Spain. All of these pieces are collaborations with various photographers who supply the images and Aparicio herself is the mastermind behind the embroidery.
Chinese artist Yu Chen graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1988 where she now works as a teacher. Throughout her artistic career she has been highly productive but what I like the most are her two series called ‘Red Babies’ where chubby babies are dressed in green army garb just like Chairman Mao Zedong back in the day. Yummy!
Olek, who is one of our favourite yarn bombers, was born Agata Oleksiak en Poland but later on moved to New York where she took up crochet. A good decision it seems since her yarn sculptures have been presented in galleries in Brooklyn, Venice, Brazil, Istanbul, her homeland Poland and of course out on the streets.
Keep that crochet hook moving!
Claudio Parentela is an Italian multi-artist who works as an illustrator, painter, photographer, cartoonist and collagist. He was lives and work in Catanzaro and has been active on the Italian as well as the international underground art scene for many years.
Rosanna Webster is an illustrator experimenting with film, photography, projection and collage and the outcome is absolutely gorgeous.
By the way, HAPPY NEW HIDDEN YEAR!
Through his work Jon Fox investigates the ever-changing mindscapes and dream worlds that slide and shift beneath the surface while wondering who’s in control?…who is really the master of this inner universe?
Merry Christmas!
Claudiu Cândea is the Romanian artist behind ‘Anastestia’, a series of wonderfully drawn and beautifully grotesque drawings of the female anatomy. We love it!
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