September 30, 2009
For more than two decades Stephen Wilkes has been widely recognized for his fine art and commercial photography. With numerous awards and honors, as well as five major exhibitions in the last five years, Wilkes is a leading contemporary photographer. His latest retrospective exhibition featuring documentary projects opens at the Monroe Gallery in Santa Fe this Friday. Pictured above is a photograph from his time spent traveling in China capturing images of the rapidly transforming nation.
Stephen Wilkes Retrospective
October 2 – November 22, 2009
Monroe Gallery
112 Don Gaspar
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 992-0800
Discussion with Stephen Wilkes on Friday, October 2nd from 5-6pm
Opening Reception Friday October 2nd from 6-7:30pm
September 30, 2009
Illustrators and animators Friends With You are at it again with their latest book Try This. Inside this latest volume is a beautiful selection of recent works and some older classics. Fans of Friends With You’s colorful and vivacious style will not be disappointed.
For other goodies from Friends With You, check out their online art store.
September 29, 2009
Tom Corbett continues to work with Cosmopolitan UK. Corbett worked with stylist Shelly Vella on a fashion editorial in the latest October issue. Look for more of Corbett’s work when two more stories will appear in the November and December issues.
September 29, 2009
Ad agency DDB Canada along with production company Sons and Daughters created a TV commercial for Knorr Sidekicks featuring “Salty,” an original Bigshot Toyworks design. Salty is the brainchild of Klim Kozinevich and Scott Wetterschneider of Bigshot Toyworks, a creative studio specializing in the design and production of unique collectible toys and art objects.
Click here to read more about Salty’s adventures in Communication Arts.
September 28, 2009
Pocko, in collaboration with Magma, has initiated an exciting new project involving 20 international, award-winning B&A/Pocko artists.
Artists including McFaul Studio, Nomoco, Jorge Alderete, Fernanda Cohen, Staffan Larsson, and Adam Hayes have each customized a series of wooden Matryoshka dolls, using a variety of techniques, from oil painting, ink and watercolor to collage and soldering. Pocko photographer Judith Erwes and animation studio Captive have both produced bodies of work inspired by Pocko Matryoshkas which will be exhibited alongside the dolls.
POCKOSHKO will have the chance to be appreciated by many, starting with an exhibition in the 3 Magma stores as part of the London Design Festival which began Saturday 19th September, and will continue their journey, passing by NYC, Madrid and Milan, to a special final auction, 2 RUSSIA WITH LOVE, in aid of a Russian children’s charity.
September 25, 2009
For the September issue of Wired, Benjamin Wachenje worked on a series of illustrations for a 3-page advertorial on the Nokia N97 mobile phone and personal navigation device. Nokia was so pleased with the advertorial that they used Wachenje’s illustrations for a full-scale installation in their flagship stores in New York and Chicago.
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September 24, 2009
Bernstein & Andriulli is delighted to introduce photographer Martin Morrell. His clients include Case da Abitare, Elle Decor, Vogue Living Australia, Travel + Leisure, and W Magazine.
September 24, 2009
Matthew Hranek was invited into the breezy Hollywood Hills home of Michael and Alexandra Misczynski in the latest issue of Town & Country. The decorating duo opened Atelier AM in 2002 and have since transformed the homes of high-caliber clients such as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Disney CEO Michael Eisner, and philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad. Matthew’s love of people and architecture blends seamlessly with the shoot that captures the Misczynski family relaxing in their newly renovated home.
The October issue of Town & Country magazine is on sale at newsstands now.
September 24, 2009
Blending traditional illustration with digital techniques, London-based illustrator Von of HelloVon creates alluring and fantastical images in his show Semblance, now showing at Cerasoli Gallery in California. His subjects lure you in with curiosity and a sense of an alternate reality – be sure to see his work before the show ends on October 14, 2009.
HelloVon ‘Semblance’
September 19 – October 14, 2009
Cerasoli Gallery
8530-B Washington Blvd,
Culver City CA 90232
September 23, 2009
Born within an arrows flight of Sherwood Forest, Stuart Hall has traveled across the world assisting photographers in London, New York, Paris and Amsterdam. After winning a Fuji young photographers award, Hall embarked on his own path as a photographer and has since worked with clients such as Adobe, Mercedes, Sony, and United Way.
On his most recent collaboration with David&Goliath, Hall’s campaign for Cazadores Tequila won two awards at the Campaign Photo Awards in London. He received one gold in the black-and-white Multi-Image Campaign category and one gold in the black-and-white Medium & Effects category.
September 22, 2009
Any city can set your imagination on fire. For the “I Am One” campaign, Nike chose London, Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Amsterdam as its five inspiring cities to showcase the re-release of its new sneaker, the Air Maxim (originally the Air Max 1).
For the print campaign, Nick & Chloe shot legendary athletes such as Gael Monfils (no. 1 men’s tennis player in France), Maxime Médard (French rugby union fullback), and Patrice Evra (French International footballer for Manchester United and the French national team).
September 22, 2009
Shepard Fairey’s latest project is Art for Obama, a book filled illustrations that were inspired by Barack Obama and the groundbreaking 2008 presidential election. Much of the artwork is from the Manifest Hope art show in January preceding Obama’s inauguration. Featured artists include Andrew Bannecker, Gary Baseman, Tristan Eaton, and SNO & Shepard Fairey. Andrew Bannecker’s image (left) was chosen for the cover (right).
Fairey co-edited the book with Jennifer Gross and all proceeds go to Americans for the Arts, a non-profit organization that promotes art throughout the nation.
“Art for Obama: Designing for Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change” (Abrams Image) is on sale now.
September 21, 2009
Michael Warren was on hand to witness some of the shenanigans going on at the Summer Redneck Games in Dublin, Georgia. Warren has always been curious about his subjects and passionate about telling the stories of real people. One of his eye-catching images of a woman being baptized in mud was chosen as a winner in the Unpublished category of the Communication Arts 2009 Photography Annual.
September 21, 2009
If it wasn’t for a professor at the University of Kansas who asked to see John Hendrix‘s sketchbook, Hendrix might still be laboring over his tightly-wound, dry-brush paintings that he saw as “serious art.” At grad school at SVA, instructors noticed the off-the-cuff sense of humor in his drawings and once again encouraged him to put down the paintbrush. Nowadays, Hendrix has free reign with ultra-thin pens and fluid acrylics to produce the rich, detailed illustrations that depict the tumultuous and apocalyptic scenes he is known for.
Full feature interview available online at Communication Arts. 50th Anniversary Communication Arts Photography Annual September/October 2009 issue on sale at newsstands now.
September 18, 2009
When Zaha Hadid won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, her body of work was relatively small but showed great promise. Today, she has designed monumental buildings all over the world from Dubai to Guangzhou. Book publisher Taschen documents it all in Hadid, an impressive 150 page tome dedicated to the complete works of Hadid from 1979-2009.
For the first page of the book, Henry Bourne’s portrait of Hadid was chosen to grace the first plate. Bourne’s other portrait commissions include Richard Prince, Elisabeth Peyton, Sir Terrence Conran, Tom Dixon, Marc Newson, Katzuo Ishiguro, Matthew Williamson, Patrick Caulfield, Philippe Starck, and Vanessa Redgrave.
