Posts Tagged ‘illustration’
Tapes’n’Tales: Emiliano Ponzi
“It’s possible, in a poem or short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language to endow those things – a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman’s earring – with immense, even startling power […]”(Raymond Carver, A Storyteller’s Shoptalk, 1981). An artistic oeuvre that can be interpreted as the expression of a stylistic research that aims to explore the complex and stratified field of everyday life through the use of an ordinary language that is essentially plain and devoid of any visual-narrative frills. Qualities like linearity, humour and a refined unpredictability mark the work of the already well-known Italian artist and illustrator Emiliano Ponzi. Read the rest of this entry »
Exhibit Openings: Interview w/Elzo Durt + 108
Haunting geometrical compositions, vibrant colours and a sparkling labyrinth of art pieces ranging from a bizarre and provocative surrealism to a gloomy and abstract minimalism were some of the hallmarks of the double solo show recently opened at Doppelgaenger, in Bari, and featuring works by Italian artist and musician 108, aka Guido Bisagni, and Elzo Durt, Belgian illustrator whose swirling psychedelic graphic style is often associated with posters and album covers designed for the likes of Thee Oh Sees and Jack of Heart. Read the rest of this entry »
Tapes’n’Tales: SHARMILA BANERJEE
The fresh cartoon-style of Berlin-based illustrator Sharmila Banerjee plays with an unconventional and psychedelically-structured observation of our own individual personalities in the natural environment. As demonstrated in the evocatively titled “Human Nature” – the artist’s new solo exhibition currently showing at Inuit Bookshop as part of the Seventh edition of the BilBOlbul International Comics Festival in Bologna – Sharmila Banerjee’s work encourages both reflection and examination of humans’ complex and powerful behavioural dynamics. Read the rest of this entry »
Exhibit Openings: John Forrest at Metro Gallery
LDWT recently headed off to Australia to show you how Melbourne is indeed a vibrant and lively hub for the visual arts in today’s contemporary scene. Over the past two weeks, we attended a solo showing by Australian artist Paul White at Metro Gallery, an incredibly interesting contemporary art gallery based in Melbourne committed to exhibiting collectable Indigenous art, contemporary Australian art and work from promising emerging artists. We just loved Paul White’s detailed pencil on paper drawings and technique and this show was seriously impressive. One week later, we headed back to Metro Gallery for renowned artist John Forrest‘s solo exhibition “Hollywood Flesh” to get some shots of the opening night exhibition. This show runs until September 29th, 2012 and features a massive and iconic selection of paintings, illustrations and cartoons on the current state of show business ironically and cleverly blurring the lines between “reality” and “artifice”. John Forrest, artist and senior lecturer in Visual Arts at Deakin University, has been an exhibiting painter and is currently an author/illustrator of picture story books. He has also been a contributor of illustrations to Time Magazine Australia. More pictures after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Coyotes in My Backyard: TRAVIS MILLARD
Founder of the Fudge Factory Comics publishing company in 1997, Los Angeles-based artist Travis Millard marvellously combines social and political irony with absurdity in his theatrical yet overtly bizarre and hilarious pen and ink drawings on paper. Primarily influenced by skateboarding graphics, horror movies, punk rock and comics, Travis Millard has always been exploring and experimenting with new ideas, mediums and techniques as a means to convey humour and to provide for a low-key satire built around a series of open-ended sketches on common things. Read the rest of this entry »
Cross Paths: AIDAN BAKER and MATT SMITH
As one of the most intriguing contemporary composers, Toronto-born and Berlin-based Aidan Baker’s path could be summed up as perpetually challenging; whether releasing under his own name, or under the moniker Nadja (which started as a solo project and later evolved into a duo with bassist Leah Buckareff), each record can be treasured not just for its own value but as part of a bigger quest for sound sculpting and, ultimately, for approaching the very idea of music. Read the rest of this entry »
Tapes’n’Tales: JOHN CASEY
Human instinct cannot be destroyed but can only be transformed into other states, altered reflections, distorted perceptions of ourselves. The idea of transformation which forms the basis of Oakland-based artist John Casey’s work is subtly internalized and provides for a meaningful symbolic representation of the state of duality we constantly experience in the world and within our own selves. Read the rest of this entry »
Cross Paths: HANNE HUKKELBERG and FOREST
For the return of our Cross Paths series, we could not be happier. Since debuting seven years ago with the astonishingly peculiar “Little Things”, Hanne Hukkelberg has been on a quest to never repeat herself and still find a personal true sound. A task which is taken to spectacular results on her newly released “Featherbrain”. Read the rest of this entry »
Ca.Co. FEST 2012
Ca.Co. Fest (Cartoons & Comics) is a comprehensive two-day multi-disciplinary arts project entirely dedicated to comics and animated short films. For its inaugural year, Ca.Co. Fest will celebrate the wonderful world of illustration and animation through a wide range of activities including exhibitions, special screenings, workshops, meetings, editorial presentations, artistic and live music performances. Taking place at Socrate Occupato in Bari, Italy, Ca.Co. Fest is a self-produced project and will run on April 21st and 22nd. Read the rest of this entry »
I CAN SEE FOR MILES: The Art of Jacob Escobedo
Through an in-depth artistic observation and introspective research, Atlanta-based artist Jacob Escobedo demonstrates an improved ability to create extraordinary works of art out of ordinary thinking. Jacob Escobedo is widely known as the Vice President of Creative Design for both Cartoon Network and Adult Swim‘s Creative Group. Over the years, this highly prolific artist has created the arresting design of a wide variety of album covers that truly stand out, including Broken Bells, Gnarls Barkley, Dark Night of the Soul, Rome – the musical collaboration of Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Jack White and Norah Jones – T-Pain, Active Child and Vampire Weekend. Additionally, Escobedo has also overseen the creative direction of the original one-hour animated feature, Freaknik: The Musical, produced by T-Pain and directed by Chris Prynoski . Escobedo’s work has continued to be relevant throughout the years and his latest effort for the Portland-based band, The Shins, is no exception. Upon the forthcoming release of the band’s fourth album, Port of Morrow – for whom he designed the startling new album and single cover – we sit down with Jacob to learn more about his incredible journey in the music industry. Read the rest of this entry »
The Future Is Bright: THE FRESH & ONLYS 
Better Than Something: Interview with Ian Markiewicz and Alex Hammond 
Filming The Music: AG ROJAS 
The Alchemy of Love and Fire: NEIL KRUG 
Drenched in The Rain of Dreams: Dimitri Drjuchin 