Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: abstract forms, children's stories, fairy tale, illustration, michael kalmbach, robert miller gallery, watercolor
michael kalmbach is an artist from germany. i met kalmbach’s watercolor illustrations while looking around the works of the artists belonged to robert miller gallery. his works mostley developed around children’s stories depicting human figures, again mostly kids, and abstract forms. however what seems attractive here is that the artist reflects his own vision about these stories in a quite original way: he does not create this typical “cute”, “likeable” kind of a child’s image; instead he depicts an uncanny mood accompanied by some mysterious fairy tale and the kids permeated, assimilated in this atmosphere. the result is not “likeable”, not “pretty” but i think it’s challenging the certain solidified “disneyfied” image of children.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Blu, illustration, street art, transformation, wall painting, wall-painted animation
i wanted to display some of the works of blu, since they attract me in many ways. First of all, the ability to transmit the artistic work on the walls is amazing. and he’s doing it actually in global terms, from milano to buenos aires. it’s very possible, when you turn a corner in whatsoever city of the world, to encounter with his work on the wall of an old building. the distorted figures of blu are easily integrable with the gigantic compositions. i find the way of the line quite simple and loose which gives me the enjoyable comfort of street art(on which i will be talking a lot in the future).
here are some examples from the sketch book of blu – illustrative/nice and disturbing.
and some of the wall paintings i’ve been talking about.
i have to also mention about the wall-painted animation by blu which is quite a challenge regarding the amount of work and the demand for novelty. i think it’s impressive how efficiently he deals with the space. and the stories are really interesting especially when they’re animated-which gives the viewer the opportunity to observe all the transformations in a more effective and complete way. obviously blu is obsessed by walls not only outdoors but also indoors.
for the videos:
