Marco Mazzoni’s “River of Milk”

10.23.12

Marco Mazzoni‘s new show, River of Milk, is currently exhibiting at Roq La Rue. Bright, startlingly vivid, and poetic, these vibrantly colored pieces are dreamlike and evoke a sense of poignancy, such as the almost stunning emotion and visual impact given off by the vision of the crow-wreathed face in Medusa (below). See the entire show here.

Last but not least, not included in the show, this is an image posted on Marco Mazzoni’s Tumblr page of a stunningly gorgeous triptych entitled The Songwriters (click for larger image):

Tags: art shows, birds, butterflies, colorful, emotive, fauna, flora, flowers, flowers in hair, hauntingly beautiful, nature, realism, saturated color, surreal, swan

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Cicadian Symmetries: The Art of Aubrey Learner

08.07.12

Aubrey Learner‘s incredibly realistic, detailed drawings are intriguing studies in precision and subtly disturbing grotesqueness. Reminiscent of naturalist illustrations, her imagery combines inorganic elements such as scissors, ribbons, corset lacing, and female undergarments, with insects, leeches, butterflies, snails, and worms. These cryptic, symbolic compositions have the abstruse mystery of installations, and evoke a jarring sense of repulsion and juxtaposition.

Tags: bugs, butterflies, insects, natural history, realism, realistic drawings, scissors

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Paul Villinski’s “Fable”

03.06.12

Fable (2011) is a poetic sculpture composed of a cello, recycled-aluminum butterflies, wire, and soot, by sculptor and installation artist Paul Villinski.

Tags: butterflies, cello, installation art, metamorphosis, metaphors, sculptures

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Nimit Malavia

01.28.12

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Tags: biological/organic/alien, black and white, butterflies, emotive, expressive, hair, hauntingly beautiful, illustrations, inky, intricate line drawings, monsteresque, visceral

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The Art of ジュウニコ

01.01.12

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Tags: butterflies, dollflesh, emotive, expressive, flowers, hair, hauntingly beautiful, illustrations, innocence/menace, modern fairy tales, otherworldly, soft color, strings, sweet/melancholy, unnaturally colored flesh, visceral, wounded

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Band Posters by Jungle Cookie

04.17.11

Jungle Cookie is an artist whose style I love, and these are a couple of concert posters she’s created for her band TW!Am.

Tags: butterflies, flowers in hair, illustrations, posters, surreal

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Girl with the Red Ribbon: The Art of Akiko Ijichi

01.25.11

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Tags: animals, butterflies, innocence, melancholy, pop surrealism, red, surreal, twins/doppelgangers/doubles, wolf

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