Archive for October, 2009
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“It Exploded” and “Ten Gauge” / William S. Burroughs
The more I meet artists, the more I know that truly creative people can’t be contained. You won’t find creative genius nestled into a niche’ very often. The creative personality knows no boundaries of exploration, expression, or expulsion. I am convinced that every artist feels compelled to get their hands ...
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Shark Boss | TOM KEATING
This is not a romanticized version of simpler times; this is a dark depiction of the complications too easily forgotten.
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cover of December | BARBARA DE WILDE
the chewing-hair image is striking due to its nearly universal connotations: that of the young tease
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Premonition in Mississippi/Joel Smith
the use of negative space and heavy blue tone may offer an effervescent dreamlike quality to the ‘premonition.’ but i love that there’s plenty of room to be able to walk into the painting and look around for myself. and it’s there i can realize the solitude of nature in ...
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hangboy | MIKE MOREY
Even though the imagery itself may connote something horrible or vicious (homoerotic asphyxiation), the tone of the piece is surprisingly fun.
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untitled stencil
the heavy contrast, visceral image, utilitarian san-serif font, and heavy dripping cut right to the artist’s point.
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Magdaline | DESSA KIRK
a very harsh, rigid feel that works with the metal to contrast against both the implied movement and the feminine figure
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inward-scream-outward-lust | JEFF FILIPSKI
men become monsters when voluptuous women flaunt their wares