Source Design You Trust  Simon Heller is a French illustrator, graphic designer, and art director based in Paris. He studied graphic arts in Strasbourg, Lyon, and at the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Amiens. Working as an independent artist since 2020, Heller creates visual content for musicians, magazines (such as Society and Usbek…

Source Colossal   As speculation about humans colonizing the moon and Mars ramps up, it’s increasingly likely that we’ll see attempts at living in places previously unthinkable. For Henry Wood, the potential for inhabiting Mars, in particular, has inspired a series of wooden figures with quite a turbulent backstory. “The premise of this growing body of…

Source Colossal   When Austin Bell first visited Hong Kong in 2017, he was struck by the chromatic vibrancy of its public basketball courts. Coming from the U.S., where these surfaces are often the neutral and uninteresting textures of asphalt and other materials, he was compelled to document the range of vivid color combinations, especially within…

Source Artsy Shark  Featured artist Kendra Stone paints wildlife in moments of stillness, focused on observation and restraint. The post Featured Artist Kendra Stone appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Perrotin is pleased to present Borrowed Chord, Danielle Orchard’s second exhibition in Paris and her seventh with the gallery. The exhibition brings together new works that deepen her engagement with figuration, intimacy, and the history of painting. Borrowing its title from a musical term describing a harmony drawn…

Source Colossal   Any dog owner can appreciate the kind of unfettered, often visceral reactions canines have to everything from their favorite treats to a scurrying squirrel to another dog passing by the window. Their lack of inhibition and legendary fidelity bring comfort, routine, and goofiness to our daily lives despite their total unawareness of their…

Source Colossal   As with most conversations about money, understanding how artists fund their practices and lives is rarely discussed and always of intrigue. Mason Currey dives into this underexplored topic in his new book Making Art and Making a Living: Adventures in Funding a Creative Life. Currey is known for documenting the day-to-day routines of hundreds…

Source Colossal   Jan Erik Waider has a knack for capturing shorelines, volcanic eruptions, and glaciers at their most mesmerizing—shrouded in mist, glowing in the darkness, or illuminated by pale northern light. His atmospheric photographs of icy seas and rugged landscapes from Iceland to the Antarctic, focus on dramatic forms and cast remote places into a…