Featurette: MANDY GREER

Mandy Greer's work is living, warm, natural, social, and magic. Having just discovered her, I am still taking it all in and will in time post a more substantial post(including an interview) on this artist and her bewitching work.

In the meantime, click on these images to see more of her work or follow the links below. Her blog, A Quickening is also worth a look if you enjoy the Imaginarium.


Links:
Mandy Greer
Mater Matrix Mother
Mandy Greer (Flickr)
A quickening

Featurette: KAZUKI TAKAMATSU

Kazuki Takamatsu's jade-digital-x-ray-like gouache paintings are eye-catching.

Links:
Kazuki Takamatsu
Kazuki Takamatsu - Lines & Colors (source)
Gallery Tomura

NIKO TZIOPANOS' "Ink"

This ink-in-water effort from Paris-based Troublemakers.tv and director Niko Tziopanos for Chinese broadcaster CCTV is inspiring. See it HERE along with a brief making-of video further down the page.

Links:
Stashmedia TV (Source)
Troublemakers.tv

Featurette: RAQIB SHAW

Opulant. indulgent, ornate, somewhat debauched and betraying his Kashmiri roots, Raqib Shaw's works are like tide pools left behind from the dreams of the night before.



Links:
Raqib Shaw (White Cube)
Raqib Shaw (MOMA)
Raqib Shaw (ArtNet)
Raqib Shaw (Daily Telegraph)
Raqib Shaw (Everyone Forever)

Sydney Dust Storm photography

There are some nice pictures of the Sydney dust storm on Flickr. Among them, Tom Coates has gathered together a nice collection.

Links:
Flickr
Red Dust(Tom Coates)

Featurette: AXEL ANTAS

Finnish-born Axel Antas's photography juxtaposes the natural with artifice to create some compelling stories in his work.



Links:
Axel Antas
Axel Antas (Rokeby)
Pruned (source)

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS "Electric Car"

From our friend Dek at NoFatClips!, this charming offering from Tiny Inventions and They Might Be Giants is worth a look. Also, have a look at the "making of".

Links:
Electric Car Feature (NoFatClips!)
Electric Car Making of (NoFatClips!)
Tiny Inventions
Electric Car (YouTube)
They Might Be Giants

DANIEL RICHTER

Daniel Richter's dense paintings with mysterious figures often among a chaotic mesh of elements that wonderously pull together are surprisingly potent, cohesive and beautiful.

He studied under Werner Büttner in Hamburg at the Hochschule für bildenden Künste and has exhibited internationally. David Richter is represented by CFA Berlin and David Zwirner New York.



Links:
CFA Berlin
David Zwirner
Saatchi Gallery
Daniel Richter
ArtFacts.net

Featurette: MIKAEL KENNEDY

Mikael Kennedy has some nice work in his portfolio. His landscapes are particularly compelling and available in larger format on his site. These images are from his series The Odysseus.


Links:
Mikael Kennedy

NOMA BAR's "Negative Space"

Israeli illustrator Noma Bar's negative space images are a lot of fun. He has a new book out now.



Links:
Negative Space, Mark Batty Publisher
Noma Bar (Artica)
Noma Bar Wiki
Noma Bar (DutchUncle Agency)
Pixelelement.com (source)

SEAN PECKNOLD's video for GRIZZLY BEAR's "While You Wait for the Others"

The parts weave nicely in this video from Sean Pecknold(Grandchildren) for Grizzly Bear's "While You Wait for the Others."

Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others
Director - Sean Pecknold
DP - Michael Ragen
AD - Tristan Seniuk
Illustrations - Toby Liebowitz
Animators - Sean Pecknold & Britta Johnson
Producer - Joy Saez
4 faced mask - Jack Strain
Record label - Warp
Special thanks - Robin, Lisa, Greg, and Aja Pecknold,
Jennifer Popochock, Toby Liebowitz
Center Valley Animal Shelter

Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others from Grandchildren on Vimeo.

Links:
ByGrandchildren.com
Grizzly Bear
Toby Liebowitz
While You Wait for the Others (HD-YouTube)