Jon Key – Man in the Violet Suit
Posted by Fabio 8 October 2019
As abstractions of the Queer Black Man, a category whose members already walk society as caricatures, Jon Key’s “Man in the Violet Suit” series plays on the assumption of self-portraiture. The subject of the paintings is simultaneously flamboyant and flattened, provocative and subdued. read more
Made in Milan – Martin Scorsese’s Rare 1990 Giorgio Armani Documentary
Posted by Fabio 8 October 2019
Made in Milan is a 1990 short documentary film about fashion designer Giorgio Armani; it shows him preparing for a show and discusses his ideas about fashion, his family history and the city of Milan. read more
Matt Asato-Adams
Posted by Fabio 7 October 2019
Matt Asato-Adams is a graphic designer and researcher interested in the relationship between the body, the self, and technology. He recently graduated from ArtCenter College of Design with a BFA in Graphic Design. read more
Johanna Burai
Posted by Fabio 7 October 2019
Johanna Burai is an art director and multidisciplinary designer based between Stockholm and London. She mainly works in the cultural field of art, music and fashion, creating ideas and concepts for commercial and self-initiated projects. read more
Brotherhood – A film by Meryam Joobeur
Posted by Fabio 2 October 2019
Brotherhood (Ikhwène) is a short film, directed by Meryam Joobeur. The film explores the tensions within a Tunisian family when a man who has been away for several years returns home with a mysterious new wife. read more
Julia Zastava
Posted by Fabio 1 October 2019
Julia Zastava is a multimedia artist working with drawings, videos, installations and performances. She explores the topic of transformation – when shapes turn into objects and objects appear to be notions. read more
Eva Stenram
Posted by Fabio 1 October 2019
Eva Stenram’s photographic practice brings together analogical archival material and digital manipulation, sifting through past and present artifacts, interacting with and re-interpreting the imagery she encounters. Her work is ultimately about being a viewer, a consumer of images. read more
Thoughts Become Words, Words Become Images
Posted by Fabio 12 September 2019
A group show curated by Anaïs Ngbanzo at HVW8 gallery, Los Angeles. Literature in itself is an art form; carefully chosen words paint visuals upon a page for the theatre of the mind. This has often inspired other, more visually oriented artists to create works based upon these mental images. read more