I like to think of my paintings as elements of a developing "theory." When I start making a picture my mind does what it does naturally… I like to think of my paintings as elements of a developing "theory." When I start making a picture my mind does what it does naturally and puzzles out […]

In my paintings I explore teenage hood as a particularly excluding period in one’s life. While my work is at first inviting, viewers are being caught peeping into a world they are not necessarily invited into. We are caught staring, and are being stared back at. The painting becomes the snapshot of an interrupted scene. […]

Maria Baranova, painter, photographer and designer, born in 1979 in Moscow. At the age of 14 move to Finland whit family, were I did finish Art School Maa. At 2000 move back to Moscow for work. In my works I want first of all I show feelings and emotions, through colors, forms and words. Build […]

Enter into a new Renaissance. Here recognizable contemporary figures are portrayed as Icons. Enter into my contemporary world of “Sinner/Saint.” Enter into a new Renaissance. Here recognizable contemporary figures are portrayed as Icons. Enter into my contemporary world of “Sinner/Saint”.  My friends have posed and become the Saints whose stories I  have wondered about in […]

Ken Kagami lives and works in Tokyo. Kagami’s background is in fashion – he studied at Bunka Fashion college. Ken Kagami lives and works in Tokyo. Kagami’s background is in fashion – he studied at Bunka Fashion college. Design, as and an interest in the American abject; i.e. the work of Paul McCarthy, serves as […]

The best source of inspiration for me is recognition and approval from people who are viewing my artworks. The best source of inspiration for me is recognition and approval from people who are viewing my artworks. Their emotional reaction and the depth of impression my art gives them. I am a worldly person, not a […]

Relationships between the characters in my pictures depict the power games we play with each other, games which end with tears as often as with laughter. Relationships between the characters in my pictures depict the power games we play with each other, games which end with tears as often as with laughter. They show people’s […]

My collages evolve from a combined attempt at referencing nostalgia, and, from more recent instances, observations and experiences. My collages evolve from a combined attempt at referencing nostalgia, and, from more recent instances, observations and experiences.  I take my love for those significant to me and fine-tune my senses toward those introspective images that won’t […]

In a dense phosphorescent fog, I have been searching for things which can never be found: the journals of Adam and Eve; In a dense phosphorescent fog, I have been searching for things which can never be found: the journals of Adam and Eve; a photographic record of the cities of the interior; a map […]

Peter Dench lives in London travelling world-wide to complete projects. Dench is a keen and astute observer of human nature Peter Dench lives in London travelling world-wide to complete projects. Dench is a keen and astute observer of human nature and in particular some of the more quirky aspects of life. His project ‘Drinking of […]