It was only a matter of time before we featured Timothy Lantz. Among my absolute favorit artists, his tragic romanicism and penchant for representing the essence of mythological symbolism inspires a lasting appreciation in anyone with like taste. Underpinning Lantz’s powerful aesthetic is long experience. His exacting technical abilities, which go far beyond the traditional skill set, combine with core strengths in color and composition to...
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Over the years, James Vance has worked as a window dresser, set designer, prop stylist, muralist, graphic artist, event designer, art director, interior designer, gallery director, and just about every job that has now become a reality show on Bravo. Lately, he spends his time creating works for Bergdorf Goodman such as this gigantic crow holding court in the Dior window at the 2005 trunk...
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Kerri Fuhr is a Canadian glass bead artist specializing in miniature portraits of whimsical animals. She uses a variety of materials such as antique ivory and Italian glass. This bead was handcrafted with Italian glass and wound on a 3/32″ mandrel. The raven is made from thin glass “stringer” and is melted directly into the bead. To view her collection or get on of your very own one of a kind pieces, click...
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I gather, collate, re-use, layer, peel, burn, reveal, locate,question, duplicate, play and photograph In an attempt to avoid the puerility of the present, some artists such as Kate McGwire have turned to myth and ritual to find meaning in the now via a gothic surrealism. Much of Kate’s work references Freud’s ‘Unheimliche’ (the uncanny, or, literally, the ‘unhomely’); the idea, to quote Freud, of...
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In 1889 Carl Akeley, working for the Milwaukee Public Museum, created the first total habitat diorama by arranging stuffed muskrats into a facsimile of their natural environment. While the originators of the diorama strove to heighten its sense of reality, many contemporary artists have used the medium’s format to comment on its artificiality or hyper reality. Polly Morgan is one such fairly new British artist focused on Avian still life....
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Ben is a photographer and filmmaker who lives and works between NYC and Europe. His life and work have been profiled in The British Journal of Photography and Playboy. A regular contributor to Vogue magazines worldwide, including French, German and Japanese, he is best known for his striking and sometimes disturbing images of beauty. Each photograph mimics the sharp intellect, form, and macabre sense of the corvid eye, making Hassett one to...
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Birds consistently appear as silhouetted guides for the doomed and enraptured characters in Christophe Dessaigne’s beautifully worked photographic art. Check out his most interesting gallery, Midnight Digital here.
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Stephanie Metz is an accomplished and award winning sculptor and instructor who uses a unique felting process to create her animal-inspired art. A Study in...
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