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Otto Gutfreund

Posted by Fabio 30 July 2010

Otto Gutfreund is one of the few Czech artists, whose work has attained international reputation beyond the borders of his own country. During a decisive phase in the development of European sculpture, Gutfreund looked into contemporary problems in a very individual way and consequently exerted a decisive influence on European Avant-garde. Gutfreund grew up in a Czech and Jewish environment in a small town in northern Bohemia. read more

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Xavier Veilhan

Posted by Thorbjorn 29 July 2010

Xavier Veilhan (1963, Lyon) is a French artist who lives and works in Paris. His interdisciplinary oeuvre consists of photography, sculpture, film, painting and installation art. read more

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Diana Cooper

Posted by Thorbjorn 23 July 2010

Diana Cooper is an American artist who lives and works in New York City.
“I grew up in an artistic household and frankly can’t remember a time when I didn’t have some sort of drawing tool in my hand. But until my late teens, dance and choreography were my preferred forms of expression. As dance and choreography faded in my life (due to injuries) the visual arts began to take center stage. read more

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Jaroslav Fragner

Posted by Fabio 22 July 2010

Czech architect and teacher Jaroslav Fragner (25 Dec 1898 - 3 Jan 1967) graduated in architecture in 1922 from the Technical University, Prague. With his fellow students Vit Obrtel (1901-88), Evzen Linhart and Karel Honzik he formed the Four Purists, who sought to simplify architectural form as much as possible to geometric volumes. read more

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José Garcia Montebravo

Posted by Fabio 20 July 2010

After a long illness, Cuban artist José Garcia Montebravo died last friday the 16th of July at home in the town of Cienfuegos. Many of his paintings depict birds, animals and the lush Cuban plant life but with a strength which suggests an allegorical or religious symbolism as well. He has exhibited individually and collectively, in Europe and the United States as well as in Cuba. read more

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David Smeulders

Posted by Thorbjorn 16 July 2010

Dutch designer and photographer David Smeulders has created a series of wonderful handmade cameras. First up is the RGB Scan-Camera, this camera ’scans’ images in color, by capturing the image 3 times simultaneously in Red Green and Blue. read more

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Fickmaschinen

Posted by Thorbjorn 15 July 2010

NYC/London based film director Matt Lambert has recently finished this 2 minute film entitled Fickmaschinen (Fuck Machines). read more

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Life In A Day

Posted by Fabio 13 July 2010

Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald discusses his latest project, Life In A Day: a historic global experiment to create a user-generated documentary film shot in a single day. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a glimpse of your life on camera. read more