"Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth."

—Series: Colloquialisms i hope never to learn the etymology for.

Garuda is the French animation house Les Gobelins latest short animated feature. It follows the exploits of a small Indian boy following his dreams in a beautifully crafted parallax world drenched in colour and gorgeous brushwork.

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A photograph from the Sexual Colour series by Gabriel Wickbold. There’s a lesson to be learned here, I think: Bridle your fetish.

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Alida Rosie Sayer’s Glasgow School of Art degree show played host to a meeting between typography, the third dimension, style and wit.

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untitled and fa.fn 10, oil on canvas from photo collage, Karim Hamid.

An excerpt from the artist statement:

I am most interested in the process by which the female figure is objectified by the archetypal male gaze. Art history is a rich source from which to cull a broad sense [sic] in the singular pursuit of the idealized female form. The goal in my paintings and photo collage is to exaggerate and distort that emphasis, to give it an alternative life and function.

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"Dressed up to the nines"

—Series: Colloquialisms i hope never to learn the etymology for.

The clay-skinned figures rendered in Juergen Grewe’s muted paintings seem defeated, resigned to going through the motions or surviving the moment. Their ice blue, sepia tinted, lazy teracotta or afternoon violet skin tones breathe disinterest.

I have written about Kate MccGwire’s compelling, tactile sculpture before, and nine months on I am no less of a fan. My favourite pieces have a carefully crafted liquidity or are reminiscent of museum taxidermy, preserving and presenting fantastic specimens that never were.

I’m excited to see that she will be exhibiting a show entitled Strangeness and Charm
at Viktor Wynd Fine Art in London from February 5th to 14th March. See you there?

Happy Post-Valentine’s Day - unless, of course, it isn’t.

Untitled, ‘Happy Accidents’, Matt Stuart

Matt Stuart “can’t hide behind lights and technology, [so is] reliant on a small Leica camera, patience and lots of optimism.”  He’s currently exhibiting at Hoxton’s KK Outlet.

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Hiena, Oil and charcoal on linen, Antony Micallef

Mixed messages: Intercourse minus identity; a doe-eyed scavenger; a moment in motion; a plaything posed.

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