VIVA LAS VEGAS // 30th November 2011
There’s a striking postcard comeback nowadays. Not only one will find them in shops or tourist office, but more and more often in restaurants, bars and clubs. Why now? Maybe it’s the old-fashioned look and feel, the thick paper, the vintage picture and typo, the whole obsolete idea of taking a pen and writing to … Read more
CRAFTY SAVVY // 28th November 2011
You think crochet was only good for old grannies and pregnant women? How wrong you are! In the last few years, there’s a big trend going on with crochet, a return of hype for the art of the needle and for all things crafty in general. In fact, crochet is so hype right now that … Read more
MOUTHWATERING // 25th November 2011
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Street food is a meal or drink sold in a street or other public place, such as a market or fair, by a vendor, often from a portable stall or a push cart or basket. They are quickly made, quickly eaten, cheap and easy to eat while walking… People tend to thin that street foods … Read more
PARADISE LOST // 23rd November 2011
Located in Maranhão state, in northeastern Brazil, the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park is an area of about 1000 square kilometers of white sands pierced at regular intervals by cool oases of turquoise lakes. It all looks like an archetypal desert but in fact it isn’t actually a desert. Lying outside the Amazon basin, the region … Read more
PAUL McCARTHY // 21st November 2011
Los Angeles-based Paul McCarthy is one of America’s most influential artists. Entitled The Dwarves, The Forests, the exhibition comprises bronzes, a tour de force wood carving, and a pair of landscape maquettes all presented on the gallery’s two floors and it is also the first exhibition of sculptures to emerge from McCarthy’s recent exploration of … Read more
JEFF BROUWS // 18th November 2011
Warren Buffett made headlines in late 2009 for investing in the railroad industry. A provocative move considering the general disappearance of trains from the national consciousness and landscape in general. Earlier that same year, Jeff Brouws started a body of work in which he investigates the forgotten legacy of the numerous competing railroads during the … Read more
PRISCILA DE CARVALHO // 16th November 2011
American but born in Brazil, artist Priscila De Carvalho works with painting, drawing, sculpture, site-specific and public art installations. She conceives dynamic architectural landscapes composed of paintings, drawings, collage, foam and wood. She focuses on the economic, social and political issues of uncontrolled urbanization of the slums dwellers, conveying the complexity, chaos, and paradoxes of … Read more
THE ART OF LANDSCAPE // 14th November 2011
New York based artist Kim Keever paints large-scale photographs that he create by meticuously photographing miniature topographies installed inside a large fish tank. Still, those pictures are based on traditional landscape paintings, only the process is not conventional at all. Keever at first sculpts tiny landscapes inside his tank and then filled it with water. … Read more
SKY AIN’T THE LIMIT // 11th November 2011
Burj al-Arab in Dubai is one of the fourth highest hotel in the world, well for the time being, I should add. From the top of it, you have an fantastic view on the desert and the city that emerged out of the sand. But this is not the only reason to lift up to … Read more
GAME ON // 9th November 2011
London based designer and illustrator, Aled Lewis brings his sense of humour in all his layouts and creations. Politically incorrect, sarcastic, Aled Lewis expresses himself in a wide variety of media, from prints to t-shirts. He has worked for many clients including GQ magazine or Reader’s Digest. In his personal works, he always takes a … Read more
