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  • Nikolina Petolas – Surreal Art

    Nikolina Petolas – Surreal Art

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    Biography Nikolina Petolas is a Croatian based photographer and digital artist. Petolas is fascinated by industrial and fantasy environments, and these form the backdrop of the mysterious worlds in her work. She creates her images using photography and digital techniques.With over 10 years experience in photography with experience in portrait, still lifes, landscapes, and macro…

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  • Luciana Vasconcelos (Lupevision)

    Luciana Vasconcelos (Lupevision)

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    Luciana “Lupe” Vasconcelos is a Brazilian artist and illustrator whose art explores the realms of the mythical, mystical and occult. In her ink drawings, Vasconcelos traces the remnants of fantasy & memory in her dream-like imagery. These artworks fuse the familiar tropes of magic and myth in haunting pieces, in the tradition of 19th century…

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  • Christie Neptune Surreal Video Art: An Afro-Surrealist Sci-fi Future

    Christie Neptune Surreal Video Art: An Afro-Surrealist Sci-fi Future

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    Christie Neptune’s “She Fell from Normalcy” Stills Note On Surrealism, Past and Present Followers of contemporary surreal art, and perhaps this blog, may forget that surrealism (and it’s precursor, Dada) were politically inspired art movements. Dada’s “anti-philosophy” developed in reaction to World War I. Surrealism became notorious for many reasons. One of these was affiliating itself with the…

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  • Nicola Samori Contemporary Painting

    Nicola Samori Contemporary Painting

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      Nicola Samori examines the theme of obsession from a number of different perspectives: that of the human body, religion, science, and the obsession of the artist with his own work. In his new paintings and sculptures he references art historical and biblical representations of ‘the healing of the possessed’.  Examples of such associations are…

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  • California-based artist Liz Huston makes gorgeous art inspired by philosophy, spirituality and mythology. She owns an art and curiosity shop where you can buy her work in LA (or online through the link below!) What follows is her latest work, her artist statement, and finally excepts from an interview with her. Leave a comment below…

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