Albert Reyes

Albert Reyes is mostly known for his pencil drawings that re-contextualize religion, Chicano barrio (neighborhood) culture, and the celebrity. I love the last images I posted it totally reminds me of high school.

I follow you...

Lykke Li performs “I Follow Rivers”

So Yoon Lym

I am loving these braid paintings by So Yoon Lym. There is something so mesmerizing by the patterns in their hair. I also really like these because of their focus on the craft- this "low art" form of haur braiding can become something of higher value when you just take a minute to really look. Hair is also something that reflects someone's identity whether it is culturally, socially,and/or ethnically. There is a lot going on in these peice I really enjoy.

ĭn | tər | ĭm

Makes me miss Chicago... even though this is Toronto based--I'm all about Chicago thrift stores. I totally identify with that addiction to finding that "treasure."

home...

so adorable...

The Bicycle City

...a simple beautiful idea makes all the difference.

Vincent Hui

I love Vincent Hui's top piece I posted... so strange and creepy. An odd monster man eats a sandwich of little red babies that try to escape while bigger cherub like babies comb through his hair...and that's just a small piece of it. haha. awesome.

Brandon Jan Blommaert

Brandon Jan Blommaert's fun sculptures of robot like creatures are made from recycled materials and then he photoshops dreamy landscapes behind them. It was a series of public artworks for a Canadian town in Alberta. From what I found, all his works since then are just animated gifs.

Philip Guston

Philip Guston one of the main artists in the 1960s that spearheaded the move from Abstract Expressionism to Neo-expresionism. I have to admit when I first saw Guston's paintings in the Art Institute growing up, I hated them. They gave me a sensation of itchy- uncomfort...I don't think the raw red meat colors he used helped at all. But later after doing research on him grew to respect his work and even found myself a bit facinated with him - his tramatic childhood- his cartoon like images that illustrated his surroundings - and his political views.

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon known for his intense abstract figurative paintings. He's been a favorite of mine since forever. He's just one of those artists that some how leaves his energy in the painting so that when you see it, it just hits you so hard. I personally love that- I love to feel that intensity in work. .emotionally raw.

Fernando Vincente

Fernando Vincente's series Vanitas or Little Veins in English reminds me of my class trips to the morgue to draw. It's a nice twist on fashion illustration.

1871 slices

Berlinde De Bruyckere

Berlinde De Bruyckere's work is both disturbing and intensely beautiful...bodies clinging to each other or themselves-stacked old blankets in trees. There is a constant desire for her figures to hide whether it is under blankets, covers, or to have the lack of heads- which leave them without an identity. Some of the bodies remind me of a sculptural Francis Bacon. I really love the looming creepiness.

SPOEK MATHAMBO - CONTROL

wild black and white

Anders Krisár

I really connected with Anders Krisár's pieces. His use of the space in between people's faces to create a psychological tension leave me with questions about the relationships illustrated. I especially like the last piece, the bronze cast face is attached to a heat isolator in close proximity to another cast made of beeswax. so good.

Adele- Rolling In Deep

I love this music video... especially the glasses of water vibrating to the beat.

Unlikely combination- beautiful surprise

Spike Jonze Presents: Lil Buck and Yo-Yo Ma... wow