The Garden of Dreamscape Delights: A Conversation with YoungHee Woo
YoungHee Woo’s major source of inspiration is the idea of interconnectedness of life and death processes. Scrutiny of this question yields her intriguing, often mesmerizing works.
Rebel with a Cause: A Conversation with El Bastardo
“I never had a mentor. I am self-taught and worked many years before I found my personal style, which is based mainly on street art and comic books.”
Tattoo as a New Aesthetic Form: In Conversation with Gabriele Pellerone
“I wanted to find a way to make the tattoo immortal, so I thought about tattooing paintings, in this way a tatauggio can be put on display in a gallery, a museum and the work of a tattoo artist can be viewed forever over time.”
Authenticating an Artwork
As a collector, you definitely want to be sure that the work of art you’re buying is in fact authentic.
Giving film posters a new life and function – Nello Petrucci
“My artworks strive to project an alternate sense of reality which is not solely based on what is visible, but another reality projected by allowing my subconscious to freely express itself.”
Pictures of The Floating World – Satoco Yamamoto
Satoco Yamamoto’s artwork strives to capture universal emotions and memories by combining processes such as woodblock, monotype, etching, and silkscreen.
Photography Printing Techniques
For anyone looking to amass a respectable art collection without having to break their bank, prints can be a pragmatically inexpensive alternative to the acquisition of more tactile media like paintings or sculptures.
The Story Behind #Americanoh, a Portrait Series by Zie Otto
“This young project is where I landed in my attempt to photograph those who had immigrated to the U.S. from countries in Africa and had integrated into the American ethos.” – Zie Otto
The Use and Abuse of Imitation
From 19th century art to contemporary rock music, here are some of the traps and pitfalls imitation might present to an emerging artist, showing why imitation sometimes works and why sometimes it doesn’t.
Miniature Artworks
Discover the world of miniature artworks available on ARTmine.
