Category: Art

Artist profiles and studio dispatches from the Arthaus archive — painting, illustration and mixed media, written about the work itself.

Art/23 Jun 2014

The Collapse of Cohesion: Furniture Tossed into Chaos in Levi van Veluw’s Drawings and Videos

Levi van Veluw explores the ideas of chaos and destruction in his multi-media project The Collapse of Cohesion. I find it very…

Art/23 Jun 2014

These animated GIFs and pixel art by Noemi Mondik show reality-based but strange “slices of life,” among a few more surreal scenes…

Art/19 Jun 2014

Broken is a darkly comic picture book, featuring animals with injuries to their most significant features, by Pieter van den Heuvel. The irreverent,…

Art/18 Jun 2014

These tapestries by Erin M. Riley are inspired by the internet culture of sharing erotic “selfies” and webcam images. I find these…

Art/17 Jun 2014

These acrylic paintings and digital art prints are by Austrian artist BOICUT. He says these pieces are “about the apocalypse and questioning…

Art/13 Jun 2014

The men in these paintings and drawings by Eduardo Mata Icaza have no visible faces — they are either obscured by clothing…

Art/11 Jun 2014

Michal Pecko was inspired by the constant changes in urban landscapes for his series Space in Between II. More specifically, he is…

Art/10 Jun 2014

Instagram is known for foodies documenting their favourite dishes, but Tisha Cherry raises the bar for artistic food pictures with her project…

Art/9 Jun 2014

Ali Gulec‘s art prints use the recurring motif of skulls in pieces that I find both haunting and beautiful. Gulec uses digital…

Art/6 Jun 2014

These illustrations, which use ink drawing and collage techniques, are by Lisa Gelli. She frequently uses visible brush strokes and scumbling, as…