Pause in the daily hustle and bustle. What exactly are you chasing? Maybe you just got the reflection that it is too late for you? This is the voice of Paweł Marcinkowski, talking through his photography. ANIA & MACIEK It…
Charms in the Stone
THE STONE IS HARD, COMPACT, DENSE, INSOLUBLE, IMPENETRABLE, FIREPROOF. ABOVE ALL, IT WAS A SYMBOL OF THE PRINCIPLE OF INVARIABILITY FOREIGN TO THE ORDINARY WORLD, THE STABILITY OF A FORM THAT LASTS. Stone is often an epiphany – an object…
Sex, drugs, Lempicka. Boundary- Breaking female iconoclasts of our time.
A Polish woman from St. Petersburg, a painter from Paris, an American by choice, a great scandalist and extraordinary personality, a difficult character and great imagination, extravagance, and crazy temperament. Nobody really knows who Tamara was. The femme fatale of…
Philosophical search in the art of living.
Answers to this question can be found in art by the Italian painter Mario Malacrino. The aestheticization of life is conducive to the emergence of light spirits who try to replace the seriousness of existence itself within the life of…
Existence, Woman and …
Emotions, accompany us throughout our lives. Regardless of the times, people have experienced fear, sadness, joy, anxiety, uncertainty, or melancholy. In most cases, we can recognise the direct cause of the emotions that accompany us. Sometimes, however, the reason for…
His fairy-tale world
An artist who can resurrect the Minotaur, summon from the pages of legends, myths and fairy tales, filigree dryads or bloodthirsty strigoi comes from eastern Poland. He is a man who shows kings and queens dethroned by pop culture, but…
A source for Gustave Courbet’s famous The Painter’s Studio
In 1849, the popular illustrated magazine Le Magasin Pittoresque published an etching by Henri Valentin entitled Intérieur de l’atelier d’un artiste au dix-neuvième siècle (“Interior of the studio of an artist in the nineteenth century”), without further details. In his…
Johanna Van Parijs – a contemporary Flemish artist establishes her life and creative universe in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Belgian-born Johanna Van Parijs is an artist, interior designer, and energy healer based in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. We met at her art gallery and healing-practice studio in late February, during my short vacation stay in the village. Working in…
Explore with Julina
Hey! This is Justin and Karolina from @julinaexplores, and we’re here to share with you our tips and recommendations from our adventures around the world! As our first spot, we would love to introduce you to Jordan, a beautiful country…
Evaluation
Nika Danielska is an alternative fashion designer living in Wroclaw, Poland. She creates wearable artistic objects based mainly on skeletal designs. She is currently part of the impressive new work coming out of Eastern Europe. Nika creates sculptural costumes and…