Shawn Huckins is a New England artist with chops (not too many people could pull off the hyper-realist style of Ingres et al). His historical portraits are currently featured in 1708 Gallery’s juried biennial FEED2011.
“The American Revolution was conceived through an exchange of a few well-formed ideas communicated in person and by handwritten letters. Imagine what George & Co. could have done with the Internet.” – Huckins
[Rolling On The Floor Laughing]
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[My Eyes Glaze Over]
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[Like Duh Obviously, It’s A Complete Waste Of Time]
Sculpture and installation work by an artist who goes by “Houston” whose website is cleverly called we have a problem (via of paper and things). A nice bit of humor there, but no info whatsoever on the artist himself and the generic name makes finding out more rather tricky. Putting aside the artist’s identity, the art is really cool and full of strong imagery set in unusual contexts. The white American flag is definitely a highlight.
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Wouldn’t this piece be great in an office somewhere?
I love these gouache paintings by Laurent Impeduglia from Liège, Belgium. Impeduglia teaches at the royal academy of fine-arts in Liège. In an interview, Laurent describes his work as “popular narrative and expressive with some spirituality and derision…” and his influences as “80’s music, video games, tv show(s)… mystical approach(es) like alchemy, symbolism and other spiritual quests.”
