They seem stripped. These depictions. Or paintings. Or images. Illustrations. Done by Darren Hopes. Stripped of something wholesome. Much of what he does forces me to ask myself where my mind has gone. And if it has. In fact. Gone somewhere dismal. And grungy. And faded.
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 ]
Gritty like the sludge collecting behind a manhole in a city where the sun never seems to break from the grime. Where everything is bleak and the buildings are towers piercing the sky. Dark and twisted with a vibe from the twenties lingering on. There are so many sights that seem like madness melting through the concrete of social sanity. Lazy eyes squinted in cigarette smoke. The corner stone of what a metropolis is on the very inside. This is the maddening world of Bill Sienkiewicz and you should only delve in if you’re not such a sensitive pussy. [ Continue Reading ]
Many of you may have already seen these photos of Eva Mendes posing for the May 2008 issue of Italian Vogue. There is something absolutely enthralling about each photo and its not just my heart trying to jump out of my throat or that weird tingle in my boxers. [ Continue Reading ]
Introducing Tim Noble and Sue Webster, they make shadow art… They are artists based in England. They are associated with the post-YBA generation of artists emerging after the Young British Artists of the 1990s I do not really know where to begin to describe the feeling I got when I first saw this. In no way am I trying to get emotional here, but in my opinion the concept and [ Continue Reading ]
![lindsay lohan topless for muse magazine cover Muse Magazine features Lindsay Exposed [ NSFW ]](http://artisticthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/lindsay-lohan-topless-for-muse-magazine-cover.jpg "Muse Magazine features Lindsey Exposed")
Just when you think you’ve got a small break from Lindsay-mania, she comes back with a vengeance. It seems like it’s human nature to be attracted to wrecks and controversy. I mean, just take a look around next time there is a car accident, you’ll see a bunch of people standing around aching to see something bad, they’ll never admit to this of course. Well I am coming here to set the record straight, I love wrecks, controversy and Lindsay Lohan is full of it and this is why you and I look at her! [ Continue Reading ]
Toronto-based smut producer David Findlay is easily my favourite Canadian pornographer. Currently residing in Oakland, David has been makin’ smut for over a decade – really, really well.
If you live in Montreal and like performance art (I’m going to go ahead and assume that everyone likes pornography), you should most definitely know who Coral Short is. Hell, even if you don’t like performance art, her photo & video work alone will make your heart beat faster. Combining art, gender-bending, and the magic that is perversion, Coral Short’s work is, simply put, bad-mothaeffin-ass.
Rasmus Mogensen, born 1974 in Copenhagen. Rasmus is a Danish photographer, primarily known for his beauty and fashion photography. He is the grandson of Danish furniture designer Børge Mogensen. Mogensen had his first independent photo exhibition at age 17 at the Gallery Photografica in Copenhagen. He began his career as a professional photographer working as a photo assistant in Copenhagen and New York, and is now based in Paris.
