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Photographer Nina Raasch Reminds Us Of “The Beautiful World Waiting Once This Is Over”

Steph Wade — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:00:37 +0000

Berlin-based photographer Nina Raasch has documented the state of California with brilliant finesse. Her new series ‘Listen Through the Lens’ focuses primarily on arresting landscapes and buildings devoid of humanity, with a clear dichotomy in tone: aging, forgotten buildings are set against the wild beauty of the state’s breathtaking scenery, as a reminder of the world that exists beyond our own experience.

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Ai Weiwei and Yayoi Kusama’s Sculptures Sit Amidst The Vines In A Californian Winery

Steph Wade — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:00:28 +0000

In the picturesque Donum Estate winery in California, Danish art collector Allan Warburg has curated an impressive sculpture park of artworks by internationally renowned artists, including Ai Weiwei, Yayoi Kusama and Zhan Wang.

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Nadia Sarwar’s Eerie Collages Look Like Stills From A Horror Film

Steph Wade — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:00:58 +0000

Los Angeles-based multi-disciplinary artist Nadia Sarwar is reinventing the genre of collage art with her eerie and unnerving photographic collages.

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Chris Engman’s Illusory Installations Allow You To Enter Photographs

Steph Wade — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:00:34 +0000

Los Angeles-based conceptual artist Chris Engman creates illusory installations where scenic landscapes made from myriad large-scale photographs collide with man-made interiors.

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Milan Zrnic Breathes Fresh Air Into Fashion Photography

Steph Wade — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:00:21 +0000

Los Angeles-based photographer Milan Zrnic first found himself in a darkroom in Florida in his teens; it was there he became transfixed by the process of developing photographs, and was hired at his local photo lab soon after.

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The Female Form Is Mirrored By Succulents In Mona Kuhn’s Suggestive New Photo Book

Steph Wade — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 10:00:54 +0000

German-Brazilian artist and photographer Mona Kuhn celebrates the beauty of the naked female form in her new photographic book, titled Bushes And Succulents. The sensuous images are juxtaposed against various botanicals, in a provocative comparison of intimacy and botany.

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In Conversation With Lily Clark, The Ceramicist Making Fountains Inspired By Dams

Steph Wade — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:00:49 +0000

Los Angeles-based ceramicist Lily Clark has combined her interest in ceramics, water systems, and hydraulic engineering, to create a range of hand-built interior fountains from terracotta and porcelain that replicates the form of dam systems in miniature.

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Transition To A Fragmented World Through Lauren Marsolier’s Layered Photographs

Steph Wade — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:00:09 +0000

The series ‘Transition’ by French-born photographer Lauren Marsolier, depicts landscapes composed of multiple fragmented images that probe the psychological process of transition.

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Craig Steely Architecture Designs A Roofless House In Silicon Valley

Rosie Flanagan — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:00:30 +0000

American studio Craig Steely Architecture has created an oasis of calm in Silicon Valley by encircling a multi-part home with an undulating wooden wall. The family home in Atherton has been suitably named the ‘Roofless House’.

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Between Heaven And Earth: The Unique Architecture Of Joshua Tree National Park

Rosie Flanagan — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:00:44 +0000

In southern California, the sublime finds form in the vast and beautiful landscape of Joshua Tree National Park. Here, where the Mojave and Colorado deserts meet, unique natural forms find their architectural equals in homes constructed to complement their environment.

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Michael Jantzen’s Interactive Octagonal Garden Pavilion

Rosie Flanagan — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:00:26 +0000

American artist Michael Jantzen uses architecture as a creative medium; his ‘Interactive Garden Pavilion’ in Los Angeles explores the idea of interactivity and sustainability in a domestic setting.

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Matthew Pothier Speaks With IGNANT On Photographing Humanity In The Face Of Adversity

Steph Wade — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:00:25 +0000

American cinematographer and photographer Matthew Pothier’s personal work takes on a philosophical and humanist stance—championing human agency in what he says is a dark and uncaring universe.

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Doug Aitken’s Kaleidoscopic Mirrored House Sits Inside A Former Bank

Steph Wade — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:00:36 +0000

American artist and filmmaker Doug Aitken has created a large-scale installation made entirely out of mirrors that takes the form of an American suburban home. ‘Mirage Detroit’ exists inside the former State Savings Bank, an architectural building in downtown Detroit, Michigan.

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Tom Blachford’s Cinematic Photos Of Modernist Architecture Under Moonlight

Steph Wade — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 17:00:08 +0000

‘Midnight Modern’ is the five-year photographic project of Melbourne-based fine art photographer, Tom Blachford. The series uses only the silvery light of a full moon to capture properties designed by some of the most prolific architects in America.

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Alex Selkowitz Paints The Beauty In Suburban Shadows

Steph Wade — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 10:00:41 +0000

Emerging American painter Alex Selkowitz creates contemporary oil on canvas paintings of suburban scenes from his hometown of Los Angeles, in the sun-filled state of California.

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