For so many, art serves as a form of liberation, an escape from reality, a freedom of expression. For artist Samantha Wall, art is just that. Now based in Portland, Oregon, Wall is an immigrant from Seoul, South Korea. She moved to the United States at four years old. Receiving her MFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art enabled her to further her art career as she went on to be awarded the Joan Mitchell MFA Award in 2011: the year she graduated.
Read MoreWith Comic-Con well underway, Japanese super group, Cheeky Parade brought their talents to the stage on Sunday, October 12th, alongside other musical acts at the CBGB Festival. Performing several high-energy songs, Cheeky Parade engaged the crowd and created a wonderfully nostalgic ambiance.
Read MorePaintings for "Imaginary Number" were done in twos, in which she refers to as "twins." Miwa's inspiration from principles of Diane Arbus' "Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey" (1967). The creations, painted by hand on either canvas or panel, avoid mechanical or digital processing. Her paintings are meant to explore parallelism and ideas of inflexible individuality of each.
Read MoreEach picture displays a visible artistic narrative; the viewer can clearly see a story being told. On her flickr account, Kaletkina features a series of dark images that encourage emotion from her audience. Subjects in the shots express feelings of distress, sadness and rebellion amongst other emotions. There is heavy play on double exposure and interchangeability with black and white and vintage color.
Read More“It’s really a land stripped bare,” he describes. “It’s the quintessence of wilderness; it’s where you see the skeleton of the earth. There’s no cover. No clothes, no skin, you really just see the geology.” When I began to question Jean de Pomereu about his fascination with the Arctic, he was quick to interject.
Read MoreRafael Kouto’s designs float somewhere in the chasm between fashion and art. A recent graduate of the Basel Academy of Art and Design fashion school, the young Swiss designer release his debut collection earlier this year. Drag Me to the After Hour on the Dark Side of the Moon is made up of futuristic silhouettes, wearable art that is designed to be gender neutral.
Read MoreQiu Hao’s extensive design work has been featured in numerous international magazines and lately his art pieces have been gathering attention as well. This multi-talented artist continues to surprise us, proving time after time that neutral color palette has an extremely broad spectrum of possibilities.
Read MorePrince, a modern-day tale of European teen romance, captivated my attention from the start. The introductory scene provided an equal abundance of strangeness and humor. During the (approximate) 90-minute film, seventeen year old, Ayoub, journeyed through trials of acceptance from his friends, enemies, and especially his love interest, Laura, and bared the burden of a dysfunctional family, his father a junkie and mother a lonely divorcee.
Read MoreA mastermind in the areas of mixed media illustration and collage, Eugenia Alejos creates evocative, groundbreaking imagery, as seen on the pages of various fashion and design magazines. And lately she’s been dabbling in clothing and accessories design.
Read MoreApproaching design with a minimalist aesthetic, constructing garments that play with volume, shape, masculinity and femininity. Renowned designer Max Tan synthesis of minimalism and intricate cuts reshapes the aspects of contemporary garment design forming unforeseen silhouettes.
Read MoreSomething is to be said about a beautiful perspective. All too often, photographs can be consumed with commotion-lack of focus, lack of artistic premise, lack of quality. However, internationally award-winning fine art photographer Kevin Saint Grey avoids common chaos of today’s photography and maintains his style: the art of monochromatic and chromatic images, reductionism, and abstraction.
Read MoreWe often think of textiles as mere clothing materials, not realizing their inherent potential for art exploration and research. Textiles are never truly considered to be an art medium, but German based textile designer Nadine Goepfert thinks otherwise. Through constant research and collaborations with other artists and designers, Nadine is on her way to change that perception.
Read MoreMusic blazed from Milk Studios on Tuesday, September 23. People gathered to hear the musical stylings of Grammy-nominated, Luke James. The beautiful renditions of “Sexual Healing” and “Stay With Me,” as well as a
Read MoreBeautifully organic and everything natural, Nu Evolution specializes in makeup for any skin type. The array of lipstick, eye shadow, mascara, blush, foundation, and coverage cream provide consumers with a full selection of essentials that contain none of the toxins found in many other competing brands. Nadine Cormier and Sandra Anderson-Diaz came together to form the progressive makeup like.
Read MoreEverything mellow, from music to merchandise to murals, AFROPUNK lived up to its prestige yet again. Celebrating its 10th year, the annual, two-day outdoor festival gave people the chance to display their personal style
Read MoreWhat better way to celebrate street art and urban culture than a Mountain Dew and Chaotic Bastards-sponsored event? From August 4th through August 30th, Green Label Gallery is taking submissions for art displays around the time of the dynamic, action-packed sports competition scheduled for August 31st.
Read MorePerfume is a luxury. Perfume is a journey. Perfume is a veil that reveals the soul. Perfume is … the list is endless. Christopher Brosious, a Brooklyn-based award-winning perfumer and founder of CB I Hate Perfume, could talk about it for hours. With every creative step being as important as the result, Brosious formulates some of the most unusual scents.
Read MoreIn her debut collection, Abigail O’Neill Oswald of OAO New York presented a slew of functional pieces in silk, leather and neoprene. Pants and blouses in cerulean blue and soft coral, formfitting little black dresses, plus plenty of options in white compose a collection that is incredibly well-rounded and concise. Subtle details of pin tucks and piping, geometric bugle bead embroidery, intricate laser cuts and watercolor prints, inspired by the designer’s recent trip to Maldives, add to the simplistic charm and would not escape a discerning eye.
Read MoreIn 2009, designer Lauren Giambalvo started the brand Jack Henry New York. The name of the line originated from Giambalvo’s name preference of her first son. If that alone does not give any indication of how personal Jack Henry is to Giambalvo, the entire line is made in America. Manufactured in New York, Jack Henry stays true to its American roots; designs are made on the Lower East Side.
Read MoreThere are many facets to New York…. New York has a rhythm. You will start recognizing it the minute you step your foot on its busy streets. New York is not just Manhattan. It equally extends to all five borrows and brings its unmistakable charm to each.
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