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“Tasteless” – Hyo Kwon

S. Duffy — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:03:39 +0000

Apologies for the delays, though I suppose it’s always been suggested in the blog title..

Check out this beautiful example of contemporary layout by designer, Hyo Kwon.

Portfolio - http://www.hyokwon.org/Tasteless/

Mona Hatoum

rclark — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:50:58 +0000

Mona Hatoum turns ordinary domestic objects into something menacing and unworldly. By enlarging these objects which typically represent the traditional feminine domain of the kitchen, they are transformed to assume a somewhat threatening aspect. “Slicer” is an egg slicer enlarged on a human scale measuring four feet in length, encompassing a dark humour with its blades raised in a very confrontational way.

Cary Leibowitz

rclark — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:34:02 +0000

Cary Leibowitz, the artist more formerly known as Candyass, continues the argument into the use of vocabulary and the function of painting.

Language has been used in Art plenty of times before: Take Barbara Kruger with her instantly recognizable photographs merged with her trademark slogans “I Shop therefore I am” and “We don’t need another Hero”.

Leibowitz’s paintings take on the slacker tendencies of the 1990’s, rather than Kruger’s serious messages with meaning…they have bold, cartoon-like qualities, using childish lettering combined with ice-cream colours which, on the whole, exude an awkward cuteness that borders on sickeningly sweet. The greetings Leibowitz exchanges with his viewers are rendered across the middle of the canvases in an abundance of kaleidoscopic colours and attractive shades, a reminder of those we once discovered hidden in the depths of Windows ’95 Word art.

‘Freshco’

ggrimshaw — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:17:20 +0000

Amsterdam designer and illustrator ‘Freshco’ (a.k.a Friso Blankevoort) works mostly in black and white and creates playful illustrations. There’s not a great deal more to say about it other than to check it out for yourself, really great work, and a beautifully crafted website with a nice solid idea behind it. All in all, I’m jealous.

www.freshco.org

Michael Kiwanuka

ggrimshaw — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:47:33 +0000

On Wednesday evening I made it to Rough Trade from work just in time to catch the last 3 tracks of Michael Kiwanuka. He’s a young guy with a soulful voice and beautifully written songs. His first album’s just came out from what I understand and he is definitely one to watch. Below is one of the tracks I heard him play – ‘Home Again’, really well written and perfectly performed piece of music. You can find a few songs on his site, including ‘Tell Me A Tale’ off his first ep, another really great track. (http://michaelkiwanuka.com)

Nicolas Deshayes

rclark — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:16:16 +0000

Interested in mass produced surfaces, Nicolas Deshayes explores human and synthetic combinations. In a society obsessed with mechanical perfection and wipe clean surfaces, he adopts a minimalist outlook to provide us with sculptures comprising of familiar materials.

Public Work (1) 2009 insinuates bodily functions, with stains dripping down an ambiguous stainless steel structure attached to the wall, its’ presence undecided as urinal or utility. The gushing urine is actually depicted using vinyl stickers. Deshayes work exists thanks to vacuum-forming: an industrial process used to mould objects more commonly associated with plastic everyday creations, he expresses natural physicality crossing paths with technology.

Ben Newman

ggrimshaw — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:14:28 +0000

On Thursday night I went along to the opening of Ben Newman’s ‘Masks’ exhibition in East London. The work was brilliant and worked incredibly well as a series, the basement was full of Newman’s mask illustrations which were carefully crafted and printed to perfection as well as some physical versions (my personal favourites) and the main shop floor had a bunch of beautifully made and illustrated books and prints. He’s also been involved in the Absolut project lately which is worth a peek. I came home and then saw his ad for radio 4 on the tv, bit of a weird coincidence. Big turnout too, good to see deserving work getting recognition. It was a great way to kick off the London Design Festival and I’d definitely recommend checking it out, it’s at Nobrow, the rest of their illustrators have some tasty work too.

http://bennewman.co.uk/

http://www.nobrow.net/

http://www.londondesignfestival.com/

Tim Wan

S. Duffy — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:30:56 +0000

Tim Wan recently graduated from Leeds College of Art (an institution close to the heart for a fair few of the authors of this site) and has been recently awarded with ‘Best New Blood’ at 2011′s “D&AD New Blood Exhibition”. He has been awarded with a membership to the prestigious ISTD (International Society of Typographic Designers) and had his work featured on numerous respected design blogs the world over.

With that in mind its easy to see that big things are to come from Tim. Just looking at his work shows he has an incredibly mature ability to handle type, and coupled with a great eye for layout leads to a solid portfolio of beautiful design.

You can check it out at http://www.timwan.co.uk

Martin Creed

rclark — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:28:28 +0000

Work No. 551, 2006
Choose a space. Calculate the volume of the space. Using air, blow up 40 cm balloons until they occupy half the volume of the space.

Creed continually investigates the relationship between art and reality, often in a subversively witty manner. His work is predominantly characterised by his use of materials which appear to have no value and always succeeds in producing visually spectacular work. Work No. 551 (Creed’s work is always titled by number) ‘Half the air in a given space’ is a room filled with enough inflated balloons to contain half the room’s air. Simple really.

20:50

rclark — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:58:29 +0000

Richard Wilson is infatuated with changing architectural space. He toys with physical boundaries, altering your perception, whether it’s a room or a whole building.

20:50 arrived 16 years ago at Matt’s Gallery and made its comeback in 2009 being re-installed at the Saatchi Gallery. Wilson is known to eschew popular object-based sculpture and opt for experimental installation: Turning the Place Over being a prime example – a daring architectural intervention based in Liverpool where he basically turns a building inside out.

In 20:50 Wilson sees the gallery as an empty void, waiting to be filled. The empty volume is consumed by recycled engine oil and a heady industrial whiff. A single walkway to waist height leads from a single entrance, oil swims around you from every direction. It is so highly reflective that the surface perfectly mirrors everything within its surroundings; placing you directly within a symmetrical visual plane.