EVOL is a Berlin based artist who specialises in street art, specifically architectural stencils.
The cardboard stencils are my favourite. He creates a new world on a completely 2D surface, allowing a sense of depth and texture to dominate.
What struck me most about his work is its otherworldliness: he manages to transform a mundane object that you see everyday, into something unforgettably striking.
The prints are of tiny windows which are then made to look like building blocks. He sometimes incorporates characters that live inside these blocks, as well as balconies to make them more homie. They are pasted onto boring objects like power boxes and plant pots.
He has received the 2010 Arte Prize at Slick Art Fair in Paris, and has been nominated for the Premio Lissone Prize at the Museo d’arte contemporanea in Lissone, Italy.
The best thing about it? You can graff all over his work and it still looks amazing.
Today I went to the Saatchi Gallery and saw the Out of Focus: Photography exhibition and was particularly struck by Katy Grannan’s unique array of photographs.
I liked the combination of streetstyle versus portraiture and the weirdly wonderful styling in her ‘Anonymous’ collection. There is clearly a strong connection between Grannan and her subjects which is shown through the quality of her photographs.
Other than the Saatchi, the 43 year old has had her work exhibited at the Guggenheim Bilbao, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Orange County Museum of Art and a few others.
Usually when something interests me I save the name on my phone. Ray Massey’s name was saved (spelt wrong) and I forgot why, so I decided to research him again. I think it’s cos he made the Comfort ad.
He specialises in still life photography, as well as retouching and film making.
Here are some of his photos:
If you were thinking about spending over £100 on a pair of Jeffrey Campbell’s that everyone already has, there is no need (and no, the pair with studs on aren’t that great either).
If you are clever enough, much like Igor Dewe, then you can make your own shoes. Unconventional materials only of course. See sand, candle wax and fruit.
As everyone is poor and miserable maybe some tropical fruit will lighten up your life and gross feet.
Dewe has been featured in Madame Figaro, VICE, the Guardian and GQ. At barely 22 he has made a name for himself. He lives in Paris and performs, as well as designing.
I am sorry if your houses have been collapsing recently. This is because 3 hungry menswear designers have resorted to using bricks instead of material as the recession has hit hard.
Bon appetit.
Moschino
Jeremy Scott
Jean Paul Gaultier
The Autumn/Winter ’12 collections showed an array of stylish yet crazy hats, which was the icing on top of the cake for a lot of the collections:
Armani
Kinder
Marc Jacobs
Louise Grey
Louis Vuitton
