entries Tagged as [avant garde]
The Danny J. Gibson Show
‘For a decade, Danny created art for musicians – album covers, event posters, and logos, among others. Now those artists are paying tribute to Danny with a free, downloadable 35-song album titled ‘DJG Was Here.”
Danny J. Gibson’s been a friend for years – and he’s one of the most prolific, experimental artist/designers I know. In a few days Quietly Contributing – Poster Art of DJG Design will open at the 1819 Event Space + Gallery in Kansas City.
More details here. Snag the free album here (please use the tip jar).
Article here. And visit Danny’s site here.
Höch 1920
The work of Hannah Höch, Tailor’s Flower, 1920.
Yan Saquet: Les Djinns (Trentemøller Remix)
Found via Venetian Red
‘pretty, pretty’
‘I am interested in the female form and the objectification and dismemberment of women. I try to make sense of this dismemberment by the very act of dismembering . . . more often than not, the artworks manifest themselves through the female gaze.’
The mixed media work of Thelma van Rensburg.
Russian Coke
Art Nouveau meets Russian Constructivism. Motion design by Matt Duplessie.
Red Son
Superman, as portrayed in Mark Millar’s Red Son (2003).
Motion comic here.
Found via Raving Toy Maniac
Eastern Block
‘A typeface designed to reflect the aesthetic qualities of Soviet Union product design and manufacture. The typeface uses a unilateral x-height, cap height and faux Cyrillic to create a blocky, angular and awkward response. To allude to the dated methods of production, I produced the entire face as printing blocks.’
Andy Barnes’ Eastern Block typeface. Website here.
Found via Arts Thread
Suprematism/Constructivism, experiments
Stefan Bürke’s Airplane Flying
Two short interpretations of the work of Suprematist Malevitch and Constructivist Lissitzky.
Jostein Finnekaasa’s Suprematism/Constructivism
Sensation, Flight
‘Suprematism, considered ‘the first systematic school of abstract painting in the modern movement,’ was developed by Kazimir Malevich in 1913 and introduced at the 1915 0-10 exhibition in St. Petersburg.’ –Alexander Boguslawski
This is my favorite Suprematist piece, Malevitch’s Sensation of Flight, c. 1914-15. Pure objects, any meaning comes from the viewer’s own interpretation.
Shifted Constructivism
Constructivism by Ukraine-based video art/vj collective, Shifted VJs. Music by Evol Intent.
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