Could advertising be considered to be art? Who draws the line between what is commercial and what is artistic? When you’re a photographer like Ross Brown, then it is darn possible to erase that invisible boundary to create a piece of work that is artistically commercial. [ Continue Reading ]

It’s clear Findus has a different idea of grandmothers and french fries. I mean, look at all the bling that granny’s got. A pinky ring? How fly is that.  Maybe she has some kind of Jennifer Lopez past we don’t even know about.

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Upon first glance of this lead, I thought I was assigned the monumental task of posting about Montreal’s epic night of art and no sleep* happening in a little over a week.

I panicked.  [ Continue Reading ]

A picture is worth a thousand words, however, people tend to see only what they wish to see. There are more than a million beautiful photographs on this planet, but only a few can take you to a different world for a moment. I find Chris Gordaneer’s pictures fascinating, having the ability to tell wonderful stories through them.

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Infusing pop art, pop culture, femme figures, bold choices and straight-up unapologetic colour, the vibrant works of graphic artist Brando Hlavac demand attention by exploding fashion paradigms.

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When it comes to street artists none are as famous as the ever elusive Banksy. With his satirical, playful and obviously bold expressions of graffiti genius, it is no wonder this UK legend/ hero has made it big time. A documentary, or is it a psuedo-documentary,  about him called “Exit through the Gift Shop” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival recently and while it doesn’t promise to reveal his identity or anything else about him for that matter, it does promise intrigue. [ Continue Reading ]

Picasso was once credited to saying that “Everything you can imagine is real”. Well, I myself believe in the concept of creating reality with your thoughts, however, I sure hope some of the creatures from Thomas Mangold’s CGI photographs are not harvested in some lab anytime soon. [ Continue Reading ]

Montreal, has, every so often, the uncanny nature to deliver something impacting into a sea of mediocre, cloned dribble. You hear of other “artistic meccas” that just sort of spew out inspiration and unique concepts of this ridiculous thing called art. But when there is such an abundance of something it becomes bland and unappealing. Let’s not forget annoying. But Montreal doesn’t have that. So whenever something different grows from it. It might actually mean something. [ Continue Reading ]

For designer and illustrator Alexis Marcou, less is definitely translated into more. Marcou’s works are filled with life, however, it is all accomplished by recreating an 80’s minimalist retro look with a contemporary twist. [ Continue Reading ]