Artist of the Day: Oliver Jeffers

Images found via google … check out his website here!

Artist of the Day: Richard Deacon

I came across his work when I was in high school and found his snakelike skeletal work quite interesting … I wish that I could see his work in person since it would feel so different … almost like standing next to a giant creature or something … ooo creepy!

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Artist of the Day: Jon Burgerman

So … I wanted to show something different today … ENJOY and go google him!

 

 

 

Designer of the Day: Adrien Rovero

If you play with fire … play with style.

 

Matches by Adrien Rovero … all images taken from his website

 

 

Artist of the day: Stella Im Hultberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I came across her work today and it really reminds me of Audrey Kawasaki’s work from one of my previous posts … I really like them both but there’s starting to be a lot of work like this nowadays. 

 Anyway, check out her website and her flickr!

Artist of the Day: Ladislav Sutnar

I was introduced to Ladislav Sutnar’s work yesterday … and wanted to share it wih everyone …
Ladislav Sutnar was a progenitor of the current practice of information graphics even before famous designers Edward Tufte.  He was the man responsible for putting the parentheses around American telephone area code numbers when they were first introduced.  I find him extremely inspiring.  His workis so simple … and the typography is manipulated to sync perfectly with the imagery …

 

These are really bad examples of what he’s really about … so check out the website about him here!

Artist of the Day: James Gulliver Hancock

‘Miking Up the Steinway’

‘All the Chairs I Sat On’

 

‘Fingertips and Mountaintops’

For more click here!

Artist of the Day: Audrey Kawasaki

Audrey Kawasaki has got to be one of my top favourites …

 

 

 

 

 

Artist of the Day: Kate Moross

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Blocks

 

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Triangles

 

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Blue Iso

 

I really like her recent work for TOPSHOP:

 

Artist of the Day: Stina Persson

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I love her work … but then who doesn’t?

Artist of the day: Rod Hunt

Came across Rod Hunt’s work as I was looking for inspiration for my next project … I don’t ususally like work like this but thought that my fabulous brother would like this so … here you go! 

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Angrybot

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Change the World 9 to 5

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Robots and Girls

You can also purchase these prints at Thumbtack Press

Artist of the Day: Marilyn Minter

Marilyn Minter 

Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to attended a lecture by Marilyn Minter.  She talked us through her career, starting with the very first photographs she took of her mother and how her work has developed over the years. 

The subject matter of her paintings are familiar to all but she expresses them in  ways that we normally try to avoid.  “It’s a real thing … peoples feet do get dirty even if they are in really expensive shoes and no one really makes an image of that” … through her art she is telling ‘her truth’ by showing what goes wrong rather than the highly touched up images that we see today. 

Here are images of some of her work … (can you tell which ones are paintings and which are photographs?)

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Guess who this is …

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I really love this painting … there’s something about it that touches my heart

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I realized that there aren’t many images of her work online … I really liked her 100 food porn series and the work that she does on hardcore pornography especially because she was the first female artist to ever use this subject matter.

“If you have something to say … it will be heard.  You might be dead but it will be heard” — Marilyn Minter

Artist of the Day: Bailey Saliwanchik

 Bailey Saliwanchik 

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Charmingwall is one of the many art galleries that I plan to go to … eventually.  Unlike other galleries, all the artwork at Charmingwall is affordable and hand selected from talented artists.  Of all the artists, Bailey Saliwanchik’s work caught my eye an I can’t believe they ‘discovered’ her in Union Square!  I love the way she reinterprets the female body and her work is undeniably eye-catching … so check out her website if you have time!

Artist of the Day: Candy Jernigan

Candy Jernigan 

Whenever I am asked,”Who is your favourite artist?” my mind always goes blank … I never had a single artist who I admired although there are many who have inspire me in the past.  I think that many people go through phases with different likes and dislikes … one day you might like Rauschenberg the next maybe you’d like Mucha.  I’ve come to realize that there is so much out there … so much worth looking at and that different artists and their work do different things for me. 

Which is why I wanted to write about one of the artists who not only inspired but also taught me to look at the world around me in a different way … to find beauty in what others discard and to understand that there is something worth looking at and appreciating in everything and everyone.  Nowadays we have so many things to worry about, so much ‘visual’ pollution to deal with that we often neglect the small things that makes our life function and it is these things that can be the most inspiring ….

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Candy Jernigan was a New York based artist who was an extremely dedicated collector of unusual evidence.  She collected ring pulls, pieces of half eaten bread and even a rat!  Her work is based on her desire to document her life and to use ’found’ objects as physical proof of her experiences.  I really admire the way Jernigan has the ability to transform the mundane objects of the world that most people fail to notice into witty and astoundingly resonant works of art …

Sorry I couldn’t find better images but her work is definately worth looking at!  So if you’re interested buy her book here … it’s got awesome imges of her work and it’s even written by Chuck Close!  

 I’m looking forward to my next “Artist of the Day”!  I’ve already got an amazing artist in mind … but I won’t expose it yet