Desire Obtain Cherish : Drugs, Fame, and Art

//Desire Obtain Cherish : Drugs, Fame, and Art// The Bonfire of the Vanities. LA-based artist Desire Obtain Cherish (DOC), aka Jonathan Paul was born in 1975 in Salinas, California. Between engagement and provocation, subversion and (auto) derision, satire and sarcasm, Desire Obtain Cherish castigates through our society through a multifaceted and rebellious work that showcases our darkest our … Continue reading Desire Obtain Cherish : Drugs, Fame, and Art

The Surreal and Pop World of Eugenia Loli

All images © Eugenia Loli  Surreal Pop World of Eugenia Loli You can follow more of Loli’s work on Instagram or Facebook, and she sells prints and other things in her shop. Collage artist Eugenia Loli uses photography scanned from vintage magazines and science publications to create bizarre visual narratives that borrow from aspects of … Continue reading The Surreal and Pop World of Eugenia Loli

“Donut Rush” Jae Yong Kim’s Ceramic Donut Installation

 “Donut Rush” Jae Yong Kim's Ceramic Donut Installation South Korean artist Jae Yong Kim creates incredibly realistic donuts using clay, glitter, paint and swarovski crystals. “The faux desserts present a glossy perfection in their paint application, yet contain an irregularity in shape to trick the eye into believing they might be an edible treat. Kim chooses … Continue reading “Donut Rush” Jae Yong Kim’s Ceramic Donut Installation

Color Explosion with pop artist Tristan Eaton

Color Explosion with pop artist Tristan Eaton     Born in L.A. in 1978, Tristan Eaton started pursuing street art as a teenager, painting everything from billboards to dumpsters in the urban landscapes of the cities where he lived, be it London, Detroit, or New York. He designed his first toy for Fisher-Price at 18 … Continue reading Color Explosion with pop artist Tristan Eaton

The Bold Minimalist Style of French Artist Malika Favre

The bold minimalist style of french artist Malika Favre on twitter and instagram. Malika Favre is a French Illustrator based in London with a penchant for the “Less Is More” maxim.  Looking at her body of work this becomes visibly apparent as illustration after illustration displays vivid colors & patterns across swathes of negative space.  The combination … Continue reading The Bold Minimalist Style of French Artist Malika Favre

Strange and Beautiful Portraits Of Kim Byungkwan

   Strange and Beautiful Portraits Of Iconic Starlets By Kim Byungkwan via Behance  Time to look at some weird portraits where you can’t really see the faces – as if someone had deliberately messed them up so they couldn’t be recognized. But they didn’t. Kim Byungkwan from Korea intentionally paints portraits with a kind of distorted … Continue reading Strange and Beautiful Portraits Of Kim Byungkwan

Classical Paintings Into Contemporary Urban Settings by Alexey Kondakov

Classical Paintings Into Contemporary Urban Settings by Alexey Kondakov Instagram Alexey Kondakov is an Ukrainian art director who plays to integrate characters and scenes of classical paintings into contemporary photographs of the city of Kiev. Through these digital collages, we can observe the simple daily life that nymphs, gods and goddesses would live if they … Continue reading Classical Paintings Into Contemporary Urban Settings by Alexey Kondakov

Delicious Morbid Portraits by Igor Skaletsky

Delicious Morbid Portraits by Igor Skaletsky on Behance Igor Skaletsky does have what it takes to be a collage master. Born in 1978 in Russia, this freelance illustrator has travelled in the hot spots of contemporary art, including Israel and Germany, to find his own visual identity. The result of this initiatory trip is a … Continue reading Delicious Morbid Portraits by Igor Skaletsky

Pop Culture and Consumerism by Tony Futura

"Every child is an artist. The problem is staying an artist when you grow up." P. Picasso - Pop Culture and Consumerism by Tony Futura Berlin-based digital artist Tony Futura creates surreal artworks that mock and poke fun at modern western culture, basing his artworks on pop culture and materialist objects. Despite taking on some … Continue reading Pop Culture and Consumerism by Tony Futura