Art & Photography

Everything old is new again- though these striking images by Alexey Titarenko appear to be age worn relics, they were actually shot in the early 90’s. I’ve always been drawn to dingy, forlorn aesthetics; strangely enough, I really enjoy the work that it takes to create a depressing photograph without relying on cliched, weepy subject matter. The atmosphere that Titarenko captures in his City of Shadows is one of fleeting ghosts, twisted souls, and a bizarre caricature of a bustling metropolis. Maybe I have a one track mind, but I can only imagine storming through people-mist covered streets, chased by terrifying screams and shuffling zombie creatures that fade in and out of sight. Best video game level design ever.

Check out this awesome art installation featuring 180,000 plastic people supporting a glass floor. It is- unsurprisingly- called Floor, and it’s put together by Do Ho Suh who is- surprisingly- not related to Long Duk Dong. Each of the pvc figures are cast in a random combination of color, gender and features, and are embedded in polyurethane resin to keep everything from immediately collapsing the art aficionado into a pit full of giant shards of glass and grasping Lilliputians. When you look at it that way, this thing is pretty freakin’ amazing.

If any of you have tried your hand at painting, you probably know how difficult it is. There are those who have a knack for it, such as Agnes-Cecile, and then there are people like me… people who are better off admiring the artistic works of those far more talented than myself. If anyone ever needs child-like drawings of dinosaurs or aliens, I’m your man.

Silvia Pelissero, who goes by her artist name Agnes-Cecile, has quite the gift for watercolor painting. What’s even more fascinating is

Ezster Burghardt, and artist based in Vancouver, BC, has created stunning imagery made entirely out of wool. The artwork is called Fjord of Wool and is inspired by the cliffs, the sea, and sheep she encountered while she resided in Western Fjord of Iceland.

She learned the art of working with raw wool and reconstructed the landscape. The messy and tedious act involves cleaning, dying, felting, and knitting the raw wool. To create her artwork, wool from Icelandic sheep farms and old wool sweaters were used. To dye the wool, Kool-Aid was used to make the dioramas.

Every so often I like to share amazing street art that I come across, and no matter the artist, I can’t help but judge it against the works of Bansky.

For those of you that haven’t heard of him, well… needless to say, he’s a very talented and prolific street artist from the UK. He’s done plenty of pieces which you’ve probably seen on your journeys across the internet, and simply