Studio Bertjan Pot: Masks

Oh how I love these by designer Bertjan Pot! I love how you see he is really playing and exploring the material.  There is the sense that he tripped into this idea and went running.   It comes through that he is obviously having fun.  So much gun, it makes me start thinking about the fun I would have exploring masks- and what my masks would look like- or what kind of forms I would explore. so inspiring!

Devin Troy Strother

Devin Troy Strother is not only an interesting artist- he is funny and quite charming.  I say that after reading a couple interviews with him online. Every write up I have read so far comments on his titles all of which teeter between silly and serious - very much like his work.

 Picturing the straight-laced, uppity tiers of the art crowd asking for the price on "Yassmine Guuuurl Stop Staring at Yourself All Day, You Such A Vain Bitch" is a beautiful image, but there's more to the artist than his titles... 

 The art world's fascination with Strother's titles, however, reveals a disturbing fetishization of urban slang. "I feel like people are paying for my titles just as much as they are paying for my work," Strother told The Superslice. "It’s fucked up, it’s broken Ebonic English, it’s ghetto, packed and framed in a pristine manner, and that’s how people like it." HuffingtonPost

Andrea Wan

 I enjoy Andrea Wan's wacky little worlds where sloths run rampant, everyone who wants to gets to where burglar masks, and tents are the preferred place to lay ones head.

Tara Dougans

Tara Dougans' fashion inspired gifs. are pretty wild.  I love the black and white crying ones.  They make me want to turn some of my drawings into gifs.

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hot dog revenge

haha.

Los Carpinteros

Los Carpinteros is the collective group of three Cuban artists: Marco Antonio Castillo Valdes, Dagoberto Rodriguez Sanchez, and Alexandre Arrechea.  Within their body of work, their series of beds are my favorite.  They subvert their function and focus on them being heavy symbols of domesticity, sex, rest, life, death, and dreaming.  Each bed takes on a human emotional form.
Love this work.

Isabelle Wenzel

Isabelle Wenzel's work is so sculptural.  I look at her photography and want to make something three dimensional inspired by it.  I loved seeing the video above. I hadn't thought about the making of each photo there is an the element of performance involved in each piece.

"Not About Us" by Michael Frei

soñando

The Girl trailer

I can't wait to see this!

Shizu Saldamando

 I love this piece by Shizu Saldamando. beautiful.

"Butter's Theme" DIPLO

How to Live with Bed Bugs

hilarious.

True Romance

Just rewatched this yesterday. I love the intensity of this movie. so good.

Takuya Hosogane

goodmorning.

Asami Ike

 

Perfect to watch before bed. soothing.

Shishi Yamazaki

dreamy and strange - love that it's hand painted

David Hockney

David Hockney is an English painter who studied at the Royal Academy of Art in London.  He is known for his portraiture in painting and photography.  Hockney was openly gay and would often times paint his lovers or make reference to his love for men.  He also was very close to his mother who shows up in his work quite often.  I love his bright colors and how his work revolves around his personal relationships.

silent

"I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways"Rumi

 

Henry Rosseau

The story of Henry Rosseau is as magical as his paintings.  He was born in France in 1844 and never left.  His wild imagination was enough to bring his painting places with a little help from looking at taxidermy animals and visits to botanical gardens.  What is even more interesting is that all of this came bursting out of him at the ripe age of 40, while he was still had a day job working for the government.  He was finally was able to dedicate all of his time to painting once he retired at 49 years old.  such beautiful work.

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