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"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art."
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
I love the idea behind Van Sarki's Burl Esque Book; it's an honest and unpretentious look at how people express themselves through the masks they wear. You can find a full description on his Kickstarter page. Go support him.
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."
OSCAR WILDE
"I think a person's true being is captured physically when they are natural and have no hair or make-up, no mask to hide under. And then a persons true emotional and intellectual being is captured through interaction when they are wearing a mask."
VAN SARKI
Van Sarki has created a beautiful series of photographs that he is putting into a book. This is a project that we should really get behind.
You can find a full description of Van Sarki's Burl Esque Book on Kickstarter.
Lena Modigh is a fantastic photographer based in Stockholm. Her work is quietly creative; a little off the clear path.
Lena Modigh is a contributor to:
Animae Magazine #1 is a collaboration between photographer Lena Modigh, artist & illustrator Lucie Russell, writer Kristina Sigunsdotter & Mono.
This limited edition newspaper catalogues youth, sex, love, loss & travel via a three-way conversation of photographic image, pencil illustration & text.
Animae is a 32 page newsprint publication, priced at £5 & available to pre-order by emailing your name & address to: enquiries[at]mono-zine[dot]com or you can follow details of the release on Lena Modigh's tumblr.
Hugo Keizer at Exit Art Amsterdam
Hugo Keizer opens his show at Exit Art Amsterdam today; his work has been promoted here before - if you live in the Netherlands go support him.
I am a big fan.
Stephen Burridge is an accomplished photographer based in London. There is a very interesting edge to his work.
Danny Lane is a young photographer working to get his name out there. He's a bit of a dark horse; it's going to be interesting to see where he goes.
This is just a little reminder to go and follow my friend Matthew Hindley. He is a great painter with a very original voice. He is represented by BRUNDYN + GONSALVES.
There is something unsettling in the paintings of Matthew Hindley. His closed spaces draw you in; they invite intimacy and yet are filled with dreamlike strangeness and impenetrable darkness.
Matt is an extraordinary painter; his work is authentic and relevant. Go follow him on his tumblr.
If you are interested in buying his work; he is represented by BRUNDYN + GONSALVES.
The Rich & The Beautiful Will Be Eaten
“These are hard times my friend. The Rich and the Beautiful will be Eaten, first.”
Magazines don't think Robert Gaudette's work is a good fit; apparently their customers aren't too comfortable with his themes. I should point out that the customers for these magazines isn't their audience; it's advertisers and sponsors. Mindless consumers are the product being sold.
Robert is creating something for artists, like himself, who find themselves outside the machine.
At the moment The Rich & The Beautiful Will Be Eaten is just going to show great work on their site but I'm really hoping that it will turn into something that we can support directly (an ebook?); put our money down and see work created for us, the audience, with a pure creative spirit that never has to answer to the stunted worldview of the industry.
Support this project by following them on tumblr & sharing it on the facebook & @WILLBEEATEN
If you are are an artist and find that the work that you really want to be doing is also outside the machine, consider a submission.
I also recommend that you check out Robert Gaudette's work; he is a fantastic photographer (main site & tumblr)
