Brian Walker

He is a digital artist who is inspired by surreal landscapes, the evolution of fashion and changing popular culture. His compositions are very complex and they are a mix of illustration with fashion. They are very surreal and I think they represent impossible elements which make the images have an air of surprise.

Chris Arnade - obsession as addiction

The first time I came across his project I just said "oh another project on addictions." But then I noticed that each image comes with a short summary of the subject. So I started reading all of them and the more I kept reading the more I realized that this project has got depth.

Hi portraits are of drug addicts and sex workers. His objective is: "I post people's stories as they tell to me. I am not a journalist. I don't try to verify, just listen," I believe that when the images are natural they appeal more to viewers.

All the stories are worth reading!   Chris Arnade

Lisa Lou

Her art is distinguished by the thousands of tiny threaded and glued beads that cover every millimetre of her life-sized sculptures and environments. This is extreme. If Olek's work was time consuming I definitely can't imagine how long and tiring this could be. Seeing all her images I believe she could be capable of beading the whole word. Wow!!

"Each piece takes years to complete, and causes her physical agony because the task is incredibly fastidious." 

What if she would start beading the world? That would be more than a simple agony. 

Olek

Olek is a Polish-born artist who has chosen to "crochet everything that enters her space." Isn't that crazy? She has got a really weird obsession and I can't image how many hours she spent crocheting all those things. But in the end it looks beautiful and I would love to go to one of her exhibitions to see all her work live!!

Isn't that pure madness? I love it!

Obsession work

If I were to go back to the idea of obsession, I remember looking at Yayoi Kusama. I have heard of her from my first year at uni and I was impressed by her work and how she illustrates her obsession with repetition, infinity and pattern. I was very impressed by her installations in her exhibitions around the word. The fact that she has a mental illness contributed to her amazing work. She is brilliant.

Richard Tuschman

Coming back to Tuschman, his images look like a modern version of Hopper's, from where he got influences. The light that he uses seems softer than Hopper's though. I love how he staged everything, every detail. Because his images are more contemporary than Hopper's, they have an air of reality. The colours and the quality of the images is very good. When I look at Tuschman's work what I have in mind is that the image of women that existed back when Hopper was alive is still present nowadays. Women appear trapped in the house, they are portrayed either alone looking outside as if they want to escape or in the presence of a man. That's the image attributed to women and I believe it's still valid nowadays in a way or another. I believe his images show a stereotyped woman who is loyal to her husband and capable of accepting her situation in order to be devoted to her man.

Edward Hopper and the "borrowers"

Hopper is one of the artists that you can always look at his work if you are interested in the representation of women. His work is really good and even if they are paintings they seem quite realistic. He portrays women in different situations. I like his work and I can always find inspiration when I look at him.

Hopper was a big influence for Crewdson or Tuschman. I can see a similarity between their work and Hopper's.

                                                                      Gregory Crewdson

                                                         Richard Tuschman