Christine Elfman‘s website can be seen here.
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Paulo Arraiano
image caption (above): © Paulo Arraiano, Swiping Reality, 2016, Acrylic On Canvas, 180 x 150 cm. More of Paulo’s work can be seen here. Excerpt from Miguel Moore‘s FOLD/FAULT. More here. In the fast-paced frenzy that drives our contemporary societies, where thoughts and impulses are beamed by way of artificial satellites and express the paramount need to…
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≡ the DOG call ≡
Dogs have had a constant presence in my life. Their relevance in one’s life can have huge proportions as does their presence in art. They’re not only present in portraits, partnering their fellow humans, but also often portrayed by themselves. Sometimes they turn into brands, sometimes they turn into pop objects, often they serve decorative…
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≡ Thick as air ≡
© Lau Ching Ping, Secret Police at Queen’s pier, from Last Glimpse of Hong Kong series, 2012. © Lau Ching Ping, Schoolmate on Park Island, from Last Glimpse of Hong Kong series, 2012. “To 2013, If you are reading this exhibition epilogue, that means you had survived 2012 safe and sound. People of Hong Kong…
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≡ Silence (…) less than 30 miles away from Athens ≡
© Petros Koublis, Semitas, if breathing’s a meadow, from In Lanscapes series, May 2013. © Petros Koublis, Unicorno, And heavens if, from In Lanscapes series, January 2013. © Petros Koublis, Kyma, Because it is a solid land, from In Lanscapes series, February 2013. “A landscape is an illimitable state. It’s not restricted within the visible area…
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٠ Yaakov Israel’s quest for the man on the white donkey ٠
© Yaakov Israel, all photographs from the series The quest for the man on the white donkey, 2011 “As referred by the Jewish tradition the Messiah (the Prophet) will arrive riding on a white donkey. Few years ago, as I was taking photographs near the Dead Sea a Palestinian man rode past me on his…
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٠ Rodrigo H. and the case of curiosity’s drift ٠
This post introduces another invited scribe for this blog: Rodrigo H.. Though it’s not his first post as a newcomer, he has made a singular contribution to accompany his visual work, which is entitled to its own post. From here on Rodrigo will wonder adrift amidst his affair with curiosity and the places it leads…
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┐ Terike Haapoja – mind over matter over mind └
© Terike Haapoja, Anatomy of Landscape, Durational images, 2 parts, 2008 Glass, plywood, live plants, light, electronic, water, 150 cm x 90 cm x 20 cm When one stands before a landscape, two lines of thought appear. One treats the landscape as a framed fragment of our field of vision, distanced plane of forms and…
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┐ Miguel Godinho └
© Miguel Godinho, Untitled, from the series Esta é a minha família (This is my family), 2011 © Miguel Godinho, 38 years old (left) + 40 years old (right), from the series 16-06-1950, 2008 © Miguel Godinho, Untitled, from the series Family, 2005 © Miguel Godinho, Untitled (left + right), from the series Entre nós…
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┐ Jorge Miguel └
© Jorge Miguel, Untitled, from the series Mó, 2010 © Jorge Miguel, Untitled, from the series Mó, 2010 © Jorge Miguel, Untitled, from the series Mó, 2010 © Jorge Miguel, Untitled, from the series Mó, 2010 “Mó is a village in the central region of Portugal with only 13 inhabitants, in one of the most…
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┐ Ana Marta └
© Ana Marta, Untitled, from the series Palm Trees don’t belong here, Porto Santo, Portugal, 2012 © Ana Marta, Untitled, from the series Palm Trees don’t belong here, Porto Santo, Portugal, 2012 © Ana Marta, Untitled, from the series Palm Trees don’t belong here, Porto Santo, Portugal, 2012 © Ana Marta, Untitled, from the series…
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┐ Alison Stolwood └
© Alison Stolwood, Dark Green Fritillary on Wildlife Attracting Mix – installation shot 2011 © Alison Stolwood, Painted Lady (with sponge & with Fruit) – installation shot, 2011 © Alison Stolwood, Light Trap [Florescent] More of Alison’s work here
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┐ Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir └
© Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir, Untitled, from the project the light of day, 2010-2011© Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir, Untitled, from the project the light of day, 2010-2011 © Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir, Untitled, from the project the light of day, 2010-2011 More of her work here
Read More┐ Robbie Nolan └
© Robbie Nolan, Untitled, from Trees © Robbie Nolan, Untitled, from Trees “The poet Keats spoke of how the ‘cold philosophy’ of science would, by explaining the mechanics of the physical world “unweave a rainbow”. In a sense the aim of this series of photographs was to display the falsity of this claim when related…
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┐ Erwan Frotin └
© Erwan Frotin, Pain à Pieds Bleus, from the series Sketch, 2006 © Erwan Frotin, Perdreau Fantôme, from the series Sketch, 2006 “Patiently elaborated images emerge, shapes and colours, dissonant or incongruous at first glance, astonish and confuse the viewer.” Marco Costantini, @ Still life as a chimera More of Erwan’s work here
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┐ Wladd Muta └
© Wladd Muta, Hypercops 1 On Mountains, 2011 © Wladd Muta Les pétales des fleurs de grenouilles, “AnUra-Flora“, se développent dans un tout premier temps à partir des tissus pulmonaires du batracien (fig.1.). L’amorce de la mutation utilise les traces génétiques fantômes des branchies du stade larvaire (têtards). Le pétale se constitue ensuite exclusivement sur…
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┐ Jean-Noël Pazzi └
© Jean-Noël Pazzi, figure 5 – les cadavres exquis, from the project In(ter)vention © Jean-Noël Pazzi, forêt 6 – paysage, from the project In(ter)vention © Jean-Noël Pazzi, figure 3 – les cadavres exquis, from the project In(ter)vention “Ménager les site frappés de croyance comme indispensable territoire d’errement de l’esprit. Gilles Clément Manifeste du tiers paysage…
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┐ Tobias Kruse └
© Tobias Kruse, The Parting, school leaving examination year 2007 of Carl-von-Ossietzky-Gymnasium, Berlin Pankow, on the graduation trip at Lake Balaton, Siofok, May 2007, Hungary. “Alcoholism extends the impersonal and transcendental event of the ‘crack up’ across a life by way of a caesura of time. Alcoholism, Deleuze writes, ‘hardens’ the present (Deleuze 1990:…
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┐ Jessica Sumerling └
© Jessica Sumerling, Living room, from the series Grow Heathrow, 2010 © Jessica Sumerling, Keith’s winter shower, from the series Grow Heathrow, 2010 © Jessica Sumerling, Tilly and Aimee, from the series Grow Heathrow, 2010 As modern society has been burdened with social, political and environmental challenges, people have become disenchanted with our current way…
Read More║ Jo Whaley ║
© Jo Whaley, 101: Parnassius apollo, from the series The Theater of Insects, 2007 © Jo Whaley, Coleoptera, Without Time, from the series The Theater of Insects, 2005 This project here
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N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A, 