Zhou Fan’s Kaleidoscopic Paintings Blend Dreams with Reality
The open road below rolls to the horizon, an endless strip of potential, a passport to adventure. Somewhere along the journey, the sky has fractured into horizontal bands of colour...
Getty Images Unveils the Power of Stock Photography
‘Millions of Images. Endless Possibilities’ is one of the most inventive advertising campaigns I’ve seen this year. It was created by Brazilian agency AlmapBBDO for their longtime partner Getty Images...
Miniature Elephants March Proudly Atop a Carpenter’s Pencil
If you’re anything like me, when you were a child you were amazed at world records for writing the alphabet on a grain of rice and other inconceivable feats of...
National Geographic’s ‘Found’ is a Veritable Treasure Trove of History
National Geographic has long been renowned for its spectacular and awe-inspiring photography. To coincide with their 125th anniversary back in 2013, they launched Found, a blog showcasing a wide array...
Contemporary Films Reimagined as 80s VHS Classics Make the Present Day Nostalgic
Given that it’s a platform for simulating vintage photography processes from digital photos, Instagram is perhaps the most fitting place for Matthew Dix to showcase his VHS reworkings of contemporary...
All the Trees are Pink, and the Sky is Cyan
These photographs by New York-based photographer and graphic designer Paolo Pettigiani present Central Park in a novel way. At first they appear to show the trees full of blossom, but...
Happy Birthday Martin Puryear, Why Didn’t You Just Get Your Sculptures Out of a Skip?
American sculptor Martin Puryear was born on this day in 1941. In his youth he built musical instruments, boats and tools using traditional methods before coming to fine art. Throughout...
Martin Parr For One is Celebrating the Selfie Stick. Or is He?
The selfie stick has become a ubiquitous symbol of tourism, and to some is equally indicative of the endemic narcissism at the heart of it, that endeavours to place ourselves...
Drawing a Bicycle from Memory is Not Nearly as Simple as it Sounds
In Pink Floyd’s idiosyncratic song ‘Bike’ Syd Barrett sings, “I’ve got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It’s got a basket, a bell that rings and things...
Alexander Aksinin’s Prints were Marked by Precision, Idiosyncrasy, and an Air of the Esoteric
In 1949 a Russian-like man was born in a European-like city of Lvov. Christian Orthodox. 1972 – a diploma of Ukrainian Institute of Printing, with specialization on Graphics. 1966 –...
Sara Landeta’s Beautiful Birds Evoke Feelings of Freedom in Captivity
The bird has long been a symbol of freedom. Its wings can raise it off the ground and into the sky, bridging the gap between Heaven and Earth. But it...
After ‘Burn The Witch’, 5 of the Best Animated Indie Music Videos
While Radiohead’s video for new single Burn The Witch appears at first to be a cheery, childlike animation, and at odds with the band’s doleful sound, even a passing knowledge...
Maja Wronska’s Watercolours are an Exercise in Expressive Precision
Maja Wronska’s stunning watercolours present the character and personality of the built environment through work that is at once precise and expressive. She captures the unique charm and grandeur of...
Another Earth: Tiny Space Probes to Seek Out Life Among the Stars
The vast reaches of space have hardly been explored. We have images from telescopes such as the Hubble, and a smattering of images taken by astronauts, but the limitations of...
A Lesson in Love to Melt the Coldest of Hearts
It’s World Penguin Day, a time to celebrate one of the most charming and idiosyncratic birds on the planet. One penguin in particular has been thrust into the limelight recently,...
Soviet Propaganda Posters Spread the Communist Message in a Very Direct Way
Bold colours, graphic lines, and swift, straightforward messages characterise these propaganda posters that relayed the prevailing ideology in a time long before governments had more sophisticated methods of spin to...
Rueben Wu’s Landscapes are Lit by an Otherworldly Light
Rueben Wu is a talented chap. When I stumbled across his excellent photographs I found he was also a founding member of electronic pop band Ladytron – hailed by Brian...
Now You Can Fulfil That Romantic Gesture and Give Someone the Moon
Generations of lovers have promised to procure the Moon for their beloved in order to show the lengths they would go to for their love. While this is a delightfully...
Political Artist Biancoshock Wants You to Know About the 600 People Living in Bucharest Sewers
Art has many functions, but can be broadly divided into personal and social intentions. These are not always clear cut and art is not usually made with a specific considered...
Welcome to the Stardust Motel: Sunny Memories of Holidays Gone By
Anna Carey must have an excellent memory. She hasn’t seen the Australian motels her models are based upon since childhood, but builds them retrospectively in extraordinary detail, happily allowing her...