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Emma Bennett, a fine artist that presents natures simplicities within a minimal, classical approach. The oil painter is based out of London, where her formal education was obtained at the Chelsea College of Art and Design.
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Alex Andreyev hails from Saint Petersburg, Russia.  His Metromicon series calls to mind a world ending event that, hiding in tunnels.  Very dark and inescapable.  Unlike much of the rest of his work which is free, blue skies and awesome science fiction.  He’s worked on concept art for an animation film.  His words follow, read...
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John Hillcoat is an Australian director constantly engaged in portraying celluloid worlds that butt against its inhabitants. The extreme limits of good and evil becoming the variable factors for his testing / battle -grounds. Hillcoat follows through in spectacular form in his latest Depression-era feature Lawless. Originally adapted from Matt Bondurant‘s The Wettest County in...
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Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen is a self-taught artist who creates wonderful dream-like oil on panel pieces that combines “classic figurative paintings presented in a contemporary manner.” Soak it up, baby…soak it up.
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The thought behind Beili Liu’s installations and other crafty works is stimulating. Stories are told through the overall presentation and the detailed constituents of her pieces. She has a “genuine connection to the material.” Pair this strong connection with a knack for creativity and you get an artist with some depth.
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Erin Case is an collage artist that slaps up a series of photos, which results in a surreal juxtaposition. She is based out of Midland, Michigan, where she is achieving her degree in Fine Arts.
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Once upon-a-long-time-ago in S.F. (well before our little baby known as EK.com was born) -we met Brett Amory and we are proud to say we have identified his talent at an early stage and have been following him ever since.  Constantly pushing himself into new territory, Mr. Amory has gone on to turn into a...
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Eli Guerron‘s It Gets Better proves that visual design isn’t just another word for eye-candy. His simply constructed and poetically powerful imagery really speaks for itself. It really made my day. Also, you can never go wrong with Debussy’s Claire de Lune.
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Originally hailing from Los Angeles, California, Michael Miller is the man. Ice Cube, Easy-E, Cypress Hill, Warren G (I may be dating myself a bit, but his “Regulate” album was the first CD that I ever bought with my own money in 4th grade), and the late, great, and eternal Tupac (among countless other...
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Top 100 artist Ian Francis is a killer from the UK.  I’m guessing these pieces are even more impressive in person.  Is it me, or is the UK just blowing up with talent these days?  Previously featured here and here.
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Ji Yong Ho (featured on EK in the past both here and here, and also on our Top 100 of 2011) is an amazing sculptor from Seoul, South Korea. Through a multitude of dirt, clay, and tire parts, Ji has amassed a collection of impressive and larger-than-life naturalistic beast-mutants. Why the mix of animals and rubber...
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Ahh, Mr. Cronenberg, how you tickle my fancy. Cosmopolis deals with money, murder, and the psychologically twisted connection between the two. Need I divulge any more?
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Sammy Slabbinck is a Belgian artist who combines photographs (mostly vintage) with contemporary compositional styles to create dynamic collage prints. Slabbinck’s pieces has a kind of humor and subtle social commentary that can easily be overlooked by the casual viewer. Definitely go check out Slabbinck’s site to take a look at more of his...
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David Marsh is a British graphic designer that creates pantone-constructed series of classic album covers consisting of swatch grids developed through Adobe Illustrator. “The purpose of this series is my own exploration and development along with the satisfaction I have when I complete an image I like to experiment with image creation and will...
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Melding mathematics with visual pizzazz always makes my brain smile. In this case, it’s Lost Lander‘s motion graphic-based music video Wonderful World. Transforming the simplest of prime-numbered organisms into an infinite pool of complex communities. Creatively constructed by Stefan Nadelman (Tourist Pictures).
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Hailing from Szczecin, Poland, Bartosz Matenko is a documentary photographer who isn’t afraid to run with the best of them. Graffiti is a deep love of mine…it was the original artform that first opened my eyes to this larger world of art at a very young age, and before I even had my driver’s...
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Jonathan Yeo is a killer british contemporary artist famous for his portraits of modern icons and notorious for his unauthorized portrait of George W. Bush, created from cuttings from pornographic magazines. His latest series of works, dealing with plastic surgery are equally clever -
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Nowadays, I can pretty much rely on an animated feature to have a certain level of craftsmanship and style. It’s really somewhat of an expected standard. But when I heard that director Hiroyuki Okiura (Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade), animation director / character designer Masashi Ando, and art director Hiroshi Ohno were joining forces...
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Yes…Saturno Buttò is back…with more of his “cult paintings.” When I first got wind of Buttò’s work back in March 2011 (and not surprisingly making it to the EK TOP 100 of 2011), I nearly shit my pants…and then ate a handful of my own stool. Yes…a little gross, I know, but that’s the...
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