Photographer Kelley Smith creates images that seem like fragments of eerie but exciting moments. Living and working in Portland, United States, Smith photographs whatever intriguing situation or composition she encounters. She post new images on her blog and Flickr on a regular basis. Keep an eye on Smith and check out more images after the jump. Read More
Coming January 23, photographer and filmmaker Laurel Nakadate will open her first large-scale exhibition at New York’s art space PS1. The show will feature works made by Nakadate over the last ten years, including her early video works, in which she was invited into the homes of anonymous men to dance, pose, or even play dead in their kitchens, bedrooms, and living rooms. Once she arrived home with them, Nakadate filmed everything that happened. These videos are bizarre but awkwardly intriguing. Read More
Check out these incredible thread installations by French artist Sébastien Preschoux. He creates geometrical forms with threads and by installing these in natural environments he composes a great contrast between the two. Like a spider. Read More
This guy is unbelievable. Willard Wigan (1957) creates works of art inside the eye of a needle. His career as a micro-sculptor began at a very early age. As he was dyslexic and had learning difficulties, he started focussing on other stuff, things that he could control. He created his own fantasy worlds, on a microscopic scale. Nowadays, Willard’s micro-sculptures have become so minute that they are only visible through a microscope. Each piece commonly sits within the eye of a needle, or on a pin head. Read More
German publisher Stern recently released Portfolio No. 62. This new edition of Stern Fotografie is dedicated to the work of the famous designer and photographer Hedi Slimane. This book, consisting of 80 photographs in black and white, is the image of the artist’s style: sober and minimalist. Slimane depicts both unknown and famous artists in his work, and gets quite close to the ones portrayed. Portfolio No. 62 can be purchased at Colette.
