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Regresiones (work in process)

Apparently these are not so new, but I just saw them for the first time yesterday.

A lot of composite work is generally passable, but this work in progress by  Alejandro “Alex” Castro has a really interesting, sensitive and expressive quality to it.



In some ways it is sad and frustrating, a reminder of the destruction we have wrought on our planet.







You can find more of his work here: Behance (he needs to move to Dripbook.) and his blog here: Formamag

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James Jean, Spread from Sketchbook- Sasha Grey, Ink and Acrylic, 9 x 10”, 2009.

Very shmood work by James Jean.
An artist  who has done a lot of traditional comic/graphic illustration work; recently though, I have been attracted to his less illustrative more expressive paintings.


Sink II. Acrylic on Wood Panel, 12 x 12”, 2010


PR3 LE Slipcase. Acrylic & Digital on Paper, 10 x 14.5”, 2009


Phillip Lim. Acrylic & Pastel on Wood, 24 x 24”, 2010


Singers. Acrylic on Wood Panels, 18 x 47”, 2010


Tango. Oil on Two Canvases, 60 x 96”, 2009


Rickshaw. Acrylic, Oil, & Pastel on Two Canvases, 60 x 96”, 2009

I also found this interesting collaborative project between James Jean and Kenichi Hoshine whose work I also like: A Polite Winter 

James is immensely talented, with an amazing range.  
Definitely go trough his site completely if you have a minute or thirty.  

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Big Bang Big Boom, 2010 by Italian artist Blu
This is one of the most amazing stop animation pieces I have seen.
I got a glimpse of it in August, and I kept thinking about it, until recently when I bumped into the collab work he has done with Os Gêmeos.  a lot of nice work from him can be found all around europe and all around the world.

Hombre Banano, Managua, Nicaragua, 2005
Hombre Banano, Managua, Nicaragua, 2005

 

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Blu + Os Gêmeos, make some beautiful and amazing street art.  Blu is responsible for one of the most amazing stop animation paint movies ever, and Os Gemeos are just plain wonderful.
Everywhere I have seen their work, I have loved it.

This Giant piece in Lisbon, wraps around an abandoned building.


 

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This work by Shigeru Mizuki is both fun, beautiful, and imaginative.  It represents Manga style illustrations of the anatomy of Yōkai Daizukai, or traditional japanese folk demons.

I found this on the wonderful site pinktentackle.com

Above: The Fukuro-sage — a type of tanuki (raccoon dog) found in Nagano prefecture and Shikoku — has the ability to shapeshift into a sake bottle, which is typically seen rolling down sloping streets.

It brings to mind one of my favorite books by Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Imaginary Beings describing the life and mores of fantastical, classical, mythological and literary creatures.


The Kuro-kamikiri (“black hair cutter”) is a large, black-haired creature that sneaks up on women in the street at night and surreptitiously cuts off their hair.


The Makura-gaeshi (“pillow-mover”) is a soul-stealing prankster known for moving pillows around while people sleep. (…)

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