Tag: Art
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Rick Baker Takes On Death and Monsters In First Solo Art Show – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Yes, I suppose I’m responsible for a lot of childhood traumas… (Above: Popeye 3-D print digitally sculpted by Rick Baker in Z brush, Halloween costumes for Rick Baker‘s daughters latex masks sculpted traditionally by Rick Baker/Costumes by Rick and Silvia Baker, “Thorn”,acrylic on canvas and “Max IlLa”, acrylic on canvas) Do you feel a sense read more
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Midnite Rooms: The Art of Matthew Palladino – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF IT, THE ACT OF PAINTING USING WATERCOLORS ON PAPER, THE BLEEDING FLOWS, THE REACTION OF THE PAPER, THE LUSH BEAUTY OF THE BRUSHES, THE SPEED OF THE MEDIUM AND ITS UNFORGIVING-NESS I FOUND VERY ALLURING.” His unusual compositions tend to disobey laws of time and space. Considering read more
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A Wild Night Out: The Art of Anna Park – Hi-Fructose Magazine
charcoal allows me to see my ideas come to life as soon as I conceive them… “I feel as though the reason why I keep gravitating towards those mediums is because the immediacy of charcoal allows me to see my ideas come to life as soon as I conceive them,” Park says. “I sometimes make read more
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Free Form: The Art and Adventures of Erik Parker – Hi-Fructose Magazine
I like to back off and let a painting breathe, rather than make a move for the sake of making a move.” CS: Is that a typical way for you to work? EP: I think so. I’m an additive kind of artist. I keep adding, I don’t really subtract. If I’m going to put something read more
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Another Time, Another Space: The Art and Life of Rammellzee – Hi-Fructose Magazine
WRITING, ALPHABETS, TYPOGRAPHIES ARE ALL UBIQUITOUS ELITE TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE LOWERED THEMSELVES INTO YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS WHERE THEY ADAPT YOU TO THEIR HABIT, THEIR REFLEX, THEIR PERCEPTION. THE PRIZE? CONTROL OF THE MEANS OF PERCEPTION.” Both of these projects were made from found materials. The Letter Racers were smaller, built up off skateboard decks or objects read more
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Incantation: The Art of Martin Wittfooth – Hi-Fructose Magazine
In “Loot Bag”, which appeared at Roq La Rue in Seattle last year, Martin Wittfooth depicts a pelican whose beak overflows with stuff. A doll, a toy elephant, and a pig pop out from the mess as though they are trying to escape. Soda cans, balloons, disposable cups and fast food make up much of read more
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Transmutations: The Art of Daniel Martin Diaz – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“I’m like an engineer more than an artist,” says Diaz. “I have to see what this is going to look like what, how it’s going to fit in on that proportion of paper or canvas, whatever it is, before I can do it.” Diaz says that it’s actually the sketch that’s the art for him. read more
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Layers: The Art of Erik Jones – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“I like my work to look decorative and elegant. I find the softness of the female form incorporates these qualities and [is] more complementary to my work,” he said. “The newest work uses color and shapes, rather gratuitously, as a framing device—a way to move the eye around and to engage the viewer. Like an read more
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The Multi-Headed Art of AJ Fosik – Hi-Fructose Magazine
…Though many of the contorted figures of writhing animals or multi-headed beasts may appear dark and disturbing, he insists his work is not morbid… Having been heavily influenced by varying cultural rituals, it is no surprise that Fosik lives a fairly nomadic life, moving from place to place throughout his career and drawing inspiration from read more
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Long Way From Home: The Art of Swoon – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Art gave Curry a language. It gave her joy. It gave her confidence. And it gave her a platform from which to launch into the wider world. For longtime fans, Submerged Motherlands was a moody, dreamy, melancholy experience offering both artifacts and insight from Curry’s many journeys. Lacy papercut foliage fluttered from the limbs of read more
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