“Fragments Of The Past”: The Superb Contemporary Industrial Paintings By Pavel Otdelnov
Pavel Otdelnov was born in 1979 in Dzerzhinsk (Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia). Member of Moscow Union of artists since 2006. Continue reading »
Molten Glass Is Hand Blown Into These Wood Pieces To Make Contemporary Sculptures
Scott Slagerman has always been captivated by glass – how it is transformed from a fragile, yet unyielding solid state to molten fluidity and back again; and how this mutable substance, though a process that is both delicate and dangerous, can create objects both essential and esoteric. He is fascinated by the role that glass plays in architecture, as well as in the everyday objects that we find around us. Continue reading »
The Man Who Made It Rain: Contemporary Oil Painter Jeff Rowland
Jeff Rowland is an established contemporary artist – mainly in oil and pencil – who lives in the UK on the North East coast near Newcastle. After studying art at North Tyneside College, Jeff became a self employed professional artist. He used this time to experiment with all medium. including glass engraving, printing and painting, but he always feels drawn back to oil paint. Continue reading »
All Power To The Imagination: Amazing Artworks Of The Contemporary Painter Alexander Savko
Alexander Savko’s works contain a collision between the aesthetic of Western television shows and the concept of the “everyday heroism of Soviet man”, an idea used widely in ideological constructions during the Soviet era. According to this concept, every Soviet citizen accomplishes a daily feat of labor by fulfilling his quota or even just by going to work. While mass culture introduced Superman, a man with special abilities, Soviet paintings offer a counterpoint in the heroic, yet run-of-the-mill Everyman. Continue reading »
“See The Extraordinary And Make It Still More Extraordinary”: Contemporary Art Paintings By Stanislav Plutenko
The artist Stanislav Plutenko plays on colour contrasts, his painting is very vigorous, illustrative and imbued through by sarcasm on the reality. Continue reading »
Three Swedish Friends Have Designed A Contemporary Moustache Protector
For all of those bearded men out there that have the problem of getting food in your ‘stache, the guys behind Odd Company have designed a contemporary version of an old invention, The Stache Sheild. Continue reading »
Muntean / Rosenblum Paint Dramatic Scenes of Contemporary Life
Artist duo Muntean / Rosenblum use traditional Christian iconography and Baroque modes of seeing to create mystique around contemporary life. Typically set in landscapes distinct to the 21st century, such as nuclear plants and graffiti-ed railroad tracks, the paintings appear as documentary film stills or snapshots of our current reality. However, by contorting perspectives in a dramatic Caravaggio-esque manner and devising moments where pain or discomfort appear as main subjects, Muntean / Rosenblum cultivate the same aura of the unknown that is so captivating in paintings centuries old.
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Cat Cocoons Designed to Suit a Contemporary Interior
Aude Sanchez, a Parisian woman with a background in marketing and communication, has partnered with Guillaume Gadenne, an industrial designer, to create a collection of cat beds under the name Meyou. You can see their Kickstarter campaign here. Continue reading »
