Painting Provence

Painting Provence

American artist Patricia Clendening Buzzerio had her artistic spirit awakened when she lived in Provence. By taking up a paintbrush she was influenced by her mother, who was a gifted artist in stained glass, and this is evident in her use of colour and light in her work.
She describes her style as “letting the sketch [...]

December 26th, 2009 by Andy Carling 

Throwing Plastic Bricks At Torturers Because Words Bounce Off

Throwing Plastic Bricks At Torturers Because Words Bounce Off

Legofesto is a British artist who describes herself as “a politics-junkie and news-hound, with a obsession for lego” and “very, very pissed off about how this War on Terror is being prosecuted”.
In response to scenes of war and torture she works to recreate some of the most notorious images using Lego, based on photographs and [...]

May 19th, 2009 by Andy Carling 

Nika Belianina and the Creature

Nika Belianina and the Creature

Brussels’  Gallery Gabrichidze is hosting some talented young artists in their latest exhibition, Krakozjabra.
Nika Belianina is a petite, almost elfin young Moscow girl, now living in Toronto where she works as an artist and filmaker. I explain that it’s traditional in Brussels to interview people over a beer so we head to the Grand Place, [...]

March 2nd, 2009 by Andy Carling