Sam Gainsborough's film "Facing It" cleverly combines live-action actors and mixed-media stop motion. With heads made from plasticine, the artist told Directors Notes that he "shot the film in live action and pixelation and then separately shot the character’s faces in the studio against a green-screen, almost rotoscoping the footage we had already shot." This required Gainsborough to match the faces to the actors frame by frame.
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Christian Vincent’s paintings carry whimsy and melancholy, the artist playing with light and perspective in scenes from the everyday. Surrealism is typical in Vincent’s work, yet at varying degrees. The overall essence plays into the function of memory and how we fill in details with the perspectives of both then and now.
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Hirofumi Fujiwara’s isolated sculptures are called Utopians, each person actually an amalgamation of features and cultures. Many of these characters, said to be from a parallel world, are presented inside of barriers as they “bear witness.”
via RSSUnify feed http://hifructose.com/2019/12/21/hirofumi-fujiwaras-utopian-sculptures/ Our friend Chad Hasegawa just sent us some images from his latest mural that was just completed in the city of San Francisco in California. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Chad Hasegawa was enthralled with graffiti and the art of the Mission School. He moved to San Francisco in 2000 and received a BFA in advertising from the Academy of Art University. He worked for top agencies, including Venables Bell & Partners and Goodby Silverstein & Partners. After leaving advertising, he concentrated on creating murals on the streets, and painting canvases for both commercial and non-profit gallery exhibitions. He quickly gained recognition for his bold and colorful latex paint brush strokes that pushed the boundaries of public art. He is strongly influenced by Vincent Van Gogh and Keith Haring, as well as Franz Kline and the New York School. These artists’ work helped him discover the subject matter that fits his unique style: the aggressively large, abstract body shape and beautifully brown colored bear. In addition to their reputation of being fiercely protective of their young, bears are highly respected in many cultures and are considered to be ancestral spirits. Each of his bear paintings is created with the intent of being a protector; personally for himself and for everyone that may come across his work. If you are in the area, you’ll be able to find it at The Midway in the China Basin District. The post Chad Hasegawa latest mural in San Francisco appeared first on StreetArtNews. via RSSUnify feed https://streetartnews.net/2019/12/chad-hasegawa-latest-mural-in-san-francisco.html
The remixed and altered porcelain sculptures of ceramicist Penny Byrne often have a political edge. Byrne's methods recall the methods of Barnaby Barford and the late Click Mort. She uses enamel paints, epoxy resin, putty, and other materials to evolve these found statues.
via RSSUnify feed http://hifructose.com/2019/12/20/the-remixed-porcelain-sculptures-of-penny-byrne/ In the occasion of World AIDS Day (December 1, 2019) the CICERO association, Mairie12 in collaboration with the Center for Urban Art Fluctuart invited OZMO to create a new work in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. This artistic intervention is part of the Le Mur12 project, as a special initiative to create a dialogue about the subject and raise awareness of the cause. At the center of the pictorial scene he paints reinterpreting the Saint Sebastian by Rubens. The body of the Holy rescuer of the sufferers and protector against all viruses, once invoked for the plague and ultimately AIDS, is depicted lying down, within reach of passers-by. He is pierced by arrows, his attributes and allegories of contagions and epidemics, wrapped and crossed by a red thread like the blood that continues destructuring the entire composition. The pixel effect applied to his face on the one hand subtracts his subjective identity, and on the other hand reminds us of the peculiarity of human suffering, as it is not excluding anyone. Two pop elements taken from a famous late 1980s French cartoon ‘Il était une fois… la Vie’ are closing the composition. They are viruses that flee chased by elements that in the comic strip represented white blood cells, the protectors of the human body. ; The post OZMO Mural for the World AIDS Day in Paris, France appeared first on StreetArtNews. via RSSUnify feed https://streetartnews.net/2019/12/ozmo-mural-for-the-world-aids-day-in-paris-france.html Maximum Fou is a new brand that recently launched a line of pure silk scarves designed by well-renowned artists such as Herakut, Pure Evil, Askew One, Rafael Sliks, Waone Interesni Kazki, Rodrigo Branco, Rustam QBic, or Brothers of Light. The goal of the company is to take the essence of what they found most compelling about street art and infuse that creative force from this art movement into another form of urban expression, street style, and fashion. Having worked directly with hundreds of internationally renowned artists over several projects for many years, the people behind that brand are primarily art curators. For Maximum Fou, they selected the artists that were taking chances in their work and already had a signature style that would translate visually on their high-quality products. With an aim to tear the traditional notion of what scarves are and who is wearing them, they created something elegant but also punk rock at its core. This wearable art project is offering fashion garments that express what was being said via murals and graffiti on the streets, reflecting the culture many grew up with and are still part of. The quality of the silk and of the print on the scarf is the same for haute couture fashion labels. The scarves are made in Italy by artisans of the silk printing craft, in a process that takes three weeks from start to finish. Currently offering designs by Herakut, Pure Evil, Askew One, Rafael Sliks, Waone Interesni Kazki, Rodrigo Branco, Rustam QBic, or Brothers of Light, Maximum Fou plans on releasing new scarf design by different artists each month. The post Maximum Fou – Pure Silk Scarves Designed by Artists appeared first on StreetArtNews. via RSSUnify feed https://streetartnews.net/2019/12/maximum-fou-pure-silk-scarves-designed-by-artists.html
Uli Knörzer’s gorgeous colored pencil portraits are rich with detail and humanity. The artist moves between familiar and lesser known subjects in his work. Each is given his or her own space, Knörzer using negative space and abstracting garments to extract the figure’s personality.
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Seiran Tsuno's ghostly dresses rest above the bearer and recontextualize the human body. The Japanese artist’s fluorescent creations are designed using a 3D pen, and in creating this work, Tsuno cites her 75-year-old grandmother has her muse.
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Joao Ruas brings his striking, ghostly paintings to Thinkspace Projects with the new show “Knots.” The show, running through Jan. 4 at the space, collects both new mixed-media and acylic paintings, as well as drawings from the artist. The artist was featured on our site here and was last seen in print with Hi-Fructose Vol. 23.
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