One of my favorite artists, André Azevedo, is back with some new mixed media artworks. Based in Curitaba, Brazil, Azevedo is a self-taught artist who experiments with a lot of techniques to create his layered pieces. He created his latest works by using color pencils, crayons and acrylic paints on canvas.
Hit the jump to check out some select paintings from his 2013 portfolio.
Pisaller (NSFW) is the pseudonym of a talented 19 year old photographer/art student, who lives both in France as well as Tunisia. She creates surreal and haunting images, which impressed me with their sublime beauty.
Talking about her pen name, the photographer says that it is a combination of two French words —pis and aller — which when combined together means “the last resort.” Art, she confesses, is not only her final way to escape from reality, but also her last resort to express what words can’t.
Having been brought up in the cultures of two different countries, her works reflect on the vast gap between the two. The search for an identity is a common thread in her photographs, especially in her portraits. Pisaller uses a Sony DSLR-A290 to shoot her images, which she then digitally manipulates on a computer. She uses double exposure photography techniques to disfigure the faces of her beautiful models, and making then into “monsters” to illustrate the fact that human beings have many different and hidden facets to their personalities.
You can visit her Tumblr (NSFW) and her Facebook page to see more of her works.
Here are a few select images from her portfolio.
Awwwww! This must be one of the cutest bookmarks I’ve ever seen. The ‘Cat Bookmark’ is one of the many whimsical creations of Kara, an artist based in Georgia, USA.…
This is the first of a series of posts compiling some of the interesting images submitted to the JazJaz Flickr pool. If you too would like to contribute images to the group, please make sure that they are downloadable.
Image credit: nightmares by Olivia Harmon
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Image credit: C20H25N3O by Anopsy
More images after the jump.
Polish artist Natalia Rak is well known for her colorful and emotive paintings of women. The images you see here are of “Spellbound,” her psychedelically beautiful new piece, which she painted over a period of six days on the side of a 4 story building in the town of Turek, Poland.
Born in 1986, Rak has been quite passionate about painting for a decade. She holds a degree in fine arts, and also a diploma in spatial and poster design. Her works have been displayed in numerous group exhibitions in Europe and the US.
You can visit her website to see more of her art.
More images after the jump.
Japanese artist Risa Fukui’s series of large-scale paper cutouts (known as Kirie) is currently on display at the Pola Museum Annex in Tokyo. Fukui created these pieces by mounting her intricately cut paper figures on hanging translucent panels, which allow the double-sided works to be viewed both from the front as well as the back. The cutouts cast shadows on the floor, which give them an additional dimensionality.
The exhibit titled “LIFE-SIZED,” will be on display at the gallery until September 8, 2013.
You can visit the artist’s website and check out more works in the gallery.
[via Lustik and Spoon & Tamago]
Check out more images after the jump.
Cairo-based artist and sculptor, Gavin Worth’s (previously) anamorphic wire sculpture is all about hope, or rather, hope in the midst of chaos. Titled “And Light Fell On Her Face Through…
Cartoonist Dan Hipp (previously here, here and here) is one artist who has never ceased to amaze me with his terrific illustrations. Using his wonderful, child-like imagination, Hipp recreates, in…
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Sao Paul, Brazil-based artist and graphic design artist, Bruno Miranda’s latest series of illustrations are a testament to his talent and creativity. Full of surreal imagery and rich symbolism, I found his digital drawings to be utterly captivating.
Miranda is currently an art director at One Digital, but also works as a freelance illustrator.
You can check out his site and Tumblr to see more of his artworks.
Hit the jump to check out the rest of the illustrations.