August 2012 – Necromantic

b

Laura Mulder’s “The Unreal Reality”

This stunningly beautiful, structural collection, entitled The Unreal Reality, was designed by Laura Mulder as her graduation project at the Art Academy of Utrecht in 2011. Modeled by Thiska van den Heuvel and Lara Aimee, photographed by Cor and Leonie Baauw of Local Androids, with hairstyling by Jenny Kroese.

{See more}

b

Thomas Devaux

The haunting, stunningly beautiful photography of Thomas Devaux has a subtly disturbing quality of visual distortion and a dreamlike atmosphere.

{See more}

b

Guy le Tattooer

{See more}

b

Mika Aoki: Glass Viruses, Microorganisms, and Biota in the Modern World

{See more}

b

Cicadian Symmetries: The Art of Aubrey Learner

Aubrey Learner’s incredibly realistic drawings are intriguing studies in precision and subtle repulsion. Reminiscent of naturalist illustrations, her imagery combines inorganic elements such as scissors, ribbons, corset lacing, and feminine undergarments, with insects, leeches, butterflies, snails, and worms. These beautifully detailed compositions have a mysterious and jarring sense of juxtaposition.

{See more}

b

Ariana Page Russell: Art Via Skin

Ariana Page Russell explores the artistic possibilities of dermatographia, “a condition in which one’s immune system releases excessive amounts of histamine, causing capillaries to dilate and welts to appear (lasting about thirty minutes) when the hypersensitive skin’s surface is lightly scratched. This allows me to painlessly draw on my skin with just enough time to photograph the results. Even though I can direct this ephemeral response by drawing on it, the reaction is involuntary, much like the uncontrollable nature of a blush.”

{See more}