“Nobody’s Fool is the first major New York exhibition of the Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959), and features more than one hundred works ranging from his early career in the 1980s to his most recent paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, and large-scale installations. As one of the leading artists of Japan’s influential Neo Pop art […]
Grant Wood: 1891-1942
Born on February 13, 1891, in Anamosa, Iowa, Grant Wood was an American artist best known for his paintings of the rural American Midwest. Wood studied at the State University of Iowa, the Minneapolis School of Design, and the Academie Julian in Paris. Aside from painting, he worked in a variety of media, including lithography, […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 165
Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of contemporary artworks and/or art related videos chosen from artist and gallery submissions and from our own search for new and interesting works. This week, we feature the work of Spencer Tunick, Amose, Alessandro Gallo, Alex Martinez (aka SHINE), Randy Olson, Chiharu Shiota, Moki Mioke, Nick Lamia […]
Simón Prades: Illustration
Simón Prades is a young illustrator studying graphic design at the University of Applied Sciences in Trier, Germany. His main interest lies in illustration and book design. “The old technique of etching is a rising passion, as it combines the sensibility of drawing with an exhausting handcraft.” Whenever possible, Prades works in analog techniques, mainly […]
Mary Jane Ansell: Painting
This wonderful portrait is by UK artist Mary Jane Ansell. Ansell graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and currently works from her studio in Brighton’s North Laine. She has exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and has won numerous awards. Ansell was also a finalist for the BP Portrait Award in 2004 and […]
Mario Gomez: Painting
Born in 1968, Chilean painter Mario Gomez was raised by his father, an engineer, and his mother, an art teacher. Gomez originally wanted to be an architect, but his love for the arts and creative spirit led him to study fine arts at the School of Art at Pontificial Catholic University of Chile. The sources […]
Simon Birch: Painting
Born in the UK in 1969, Simon Birch began painting at a very early age with no formal training until his recent Masters in Fine Arts with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He has been a resident in Hong Kong since 1997. “Birch is interested in universal ideas of transition, the ambiguous moment between […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 179
Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of contemporary art and/or art related videos chosen from artist and gallery submissions and from our own search for new and interesting works. This week, we feature the work of Lisa Occhipinti, Aaron Kinnane, Claudio Fuente, Diane Cooper, Henrik Uldalen, Michal Lukasiewi, Crystal Wagner, and Felipe […]
Joey Monsoon: Painting
The latest work from one of DAF’s favourites Joey Monsoon. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Monsoon fell in love with drawing heroes and characters as a child and has never stopped. Monsoon’s work is influenced by the work of Egon Schiele, Barry McGee, and Doze Green, among others. “My figures and portraits hover somewhere between reality […]
Caia Koopman: Painting/Illustration
Sunday’s Pic is by California based artist and snowboarder Caia Koopman. Koopman’s paintings have been used commercially as graphics for snowboards, skateboards and wakeboards for major companies such as K2, Morrow, and Hyperlite. She has also been featured on MTV, “mtv sports” as an athlete/artist for her snowboarding and painting. Caia has shown her paintings […]
Video: Marina Abramović – ‘Brilliant Ideas’ (Bloomberg)
Born in Belgrade, Serbia on November 30, 1946, Marina Abramović is one of the most acclaimed, remarkable and influential performance artists in the world today. From her shocking early work in the 1970s to her blockbuster 2010 show “The Artist is Present”, she has redefined what art can be and brought performance into the mainstream. Her latest […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 176
Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of contemporary art and/or art related videos chosen from artist and gallery submissions and from our own search for new and interesting works. This week, we feature the work of Kate MccGuire, Herakut, David Alexander, Gonzalo Garcia Calvo, Jessica Eve Rattner, Rick Berry, Sergey Kalinin, Zemer […]
