Atsushi Suwa born in 1967 in Hokkaido, Japan is a well-recognized Japanese painter. He studied oil painting at Musashino Art University, graduating in 1992. He stayed in Madrid for two years through the artist program organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and received international recognition as a painter. After returning to Japan, Suwa focused on exploring realism as a way to revisit the origin of painting. Stay up to date with his work by following him on Twitter.
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’s sixth iteration of their Roppongi Crossing series of exhibitions.The hyper-realistic artwork suspends stormy ocean swell within the confines of a small room. A window behind the work lets natural light flood in, and as the sun moves throughout the day, the ripples appear to slightly shift in form. Consequently, the piece plays on the viewer’s perception, glistening from different angles. A statement by the collective explains that the trio work with themes that “manipulate perceptions of the physical world”, whereby their installations aim to “provoke awareness of the inherent unreliability and uncertainty in the world around us”. ‘Contact’ demonstrates just this: the ocean’s oscillating balance of power and fragility. By capturing the tumultuous nature of ocean currents in such acute detail, Mé indeed brings our attention to the uncertain future of Earth’s oceanic waters.
As the statues of 9 emperor gods are paraded through the streets towards the sea, the Ma Song (the possessed spirit mediums) are unaffected by the millions of firecrackers being thrown at them. - Phuket, Thailand
Born in Vladikavkaz, the territory where Southern Russia meets Chechnya in 1983, Timur lived with his family until moving from the region during the conflict of 1991. After moving to St. Petersburg Timur began attending the St. Petersburg Iagonson Fine Art School at the age of twelve, where many of the professors studied at the Repin Academy of Fine Arts. After graduation in 2002, Timur immigrated to Chattanooga Tennessee. Timur attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga studying in the Fine Arts program. In 2005 to further his education he moved to Florence Italy to study at the Florence Academy of Art and Charles Cecil Studios of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture. Today, Timur splits his time between the US and Europe.
The artist responsible for this work is trained in illustration, graphic design and multimedia production. In their own words “My work as Pixel8or comes from enjoying being a passenger, it’s about preserving visual moments and presenting them as endless meditations.“ Their work, done in the genre of looping motion called cinemagraphs, is hypnotic and beautiful.
Мне казалось, что в этой комнате беспрестанно моросил дождь. И тусклый свет лишь робко заглядывал сквозь мутные стекла, но никогда не заполнял эту комнату. Сны были сумрачной рекой, водами которой я захлебывалась: неведомая сила влекла меня на самое дно, запечатывала моё горло илом и грязью, не позволяя мне кричать. Здесь я не видела ничего, но мои ощущения обострялись, я чувствовала холодные мокрые руки, что изучали мои черты лица, линии ладоней, пересчитывали мои позвонки и ребра. Я скользила в вязком пространстве, по зеркальной поверхности сна, пока страх поедал мои внутренности… И лишь когда я безжизненно затихала в этих объятиях, с широко раскрытыми глазами, комната выплёвывала меня, словно мертвую рыбу, отвергнутую глубиной.
It seemed to me that in this room it was constantly raining. And the dim light just looked timidly through the muddy glass, but never filled this room. Dreams were a gloomy river, in the waters of which I was sinking: an unknown force attracted me to the bottom, sealed my throat with mud, not allowing me to scream. I didn’t see anything here but my senses sharpened, I felt cold wet hands on my skin… those fingers recounted my vertebrae and ribs. I slid in the viscous space, on the mirror surface of sleep, while fear ate my insides… And only when I fell silent lifelessly in these arms, with wide eyes, the room spat me out like a dead fish, rejected by depth.
Robert Proch (b. 1986) is undoubtedly one of the most promising talents of the emerging Polish contemporary art scene. With a degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, a city where he lives and works, he has already exhibited with solo shows in key art galleries.
His style is inspired by state-of-the-art animation, Impressionism, and modern graffiti. His Instagram.
Born (1989) into an artistic family in Germany, Alma Haser is now based in London and the East Coast. Specializing in carefully constructed portraiture influenced by her creativity and background in fine art, Alma creates striking work that catches the eye and captivates the mind.
Expanding the dimensions of traditional portrait photography, Alma takes her photographs further, using inventive paper-folding techniques to create layers of intrigue around her subjects, manipulating their portraits into futuristic flattened-paper sculptures.
