Electric Catnip
Where did the idea to celebrate the feline face through the psychedelia? I’ve always tried to capture the psychedelic perspective through abstract art. I love my cats, so I started … Continue Reading Electric Catnip
Single Point
The art by Bernard Pras is linked to a single amazing event. One day, a chemist explained to him that the cadmium’s red of paint tubes used by artists was … Continue Reading Single Point
Tim and Sue
Tim Noble and Sue Webster take ordinary things, including rubbish, to make assemblages and then point light to create projected shadows which show a great likeness to something identifiable including … Continue Reading Tim and Sue
Futura
In fact, it seems there’s always a ruse to get away from a recurring intolerance to the images all around. You just have to go out from the circle. As always. … Continue Reading Futura
Frida Anatomicum
The new book by Benjamin Lacombe and Sébastien Perez is a succession of cut-out pages and a poetic text leading us into the depths of the soul of Frida Kahlo. Like … Continue Reading Frida Anatomicum
Out of The Scream
Did you know that now you can finally put your Power Rangers figures away? Of course, because if you’re an art lover, now you can play around with your new hero: … Continue Reading Out of The Scream
Hipstory
The history of the last century is heavily defined by its prominent figures — the main leaders who shaped the course of history. Amit Shimoni often finds himself imagining a world … Continue Reading Hipstory
The Dancing Plague
In July 1518, around 400 people took to dance for days without rest, and, over the period of about one month, some of those affected died of heart attack, stroke, or … Continue Reading The Dancing Plague
Aberrant Art
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up Pablo Picasso The recent tendency to overcome artworks and their masters, even if … Continue Reading Aberrant Art
Sicioldr
“Adunque, voi che con animo gentile sete amadori di questa virtù, principalmente all’arte venite, adornatevi prima di questo vestimento: cioè amore, timore, ubbidienza e perseveranza”… cit. Cennino Cennini: quanti virtuosi … Continue Reading Sicioldr
Sicioldr
Now then, you of noble mind, who love this profession, come at once to art and accept these precepts: enthusiasm — love —, reverence, obedience, and perseverance… quote Cennino Cennini: … Continue Reading Sicioldr
