His digital work seems to be in constant metamorphosis, plunging the viewer into magical, poetic and very contemporary universes. “I like to create an immersive installation,” he explained in an interview with Visual Atelier 8. “Immersion is a central concept in my work because it gives the viewer new and unusual experiences in art and enriched the world of emotiveness. I am interested in developing multi-sensory creations that stimulate all the senses (sight, hearing, smell).”

The interactivity of his work also creates a playful dimension. “I exclusively employ sensors that physically involve one’s body and its mobility in space,” he says. “Either lived by a spectator on his own or by a group, always creates surprising and unexpected results.”

His work often references art history, reformulating it using computer tools. Through it, Chevalier investigates and explores recurrent themes such as nature and artifice, flows and networks, virtual cities and ornate designs. The result is images that are a rich source of insights into ourselves and our relationship with the world. Ideally experienced live, you can also capture a glimpse of his magical universes through Instagram:

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“My most vivid memories of childhood are based on light and color, not necessarily together but sometimes,” she explained in an interview with Nulty+. “These experiences would be in a car, my dad driving through Barnsley town center, which at the time was lit with incandescent and neon lights. The light was much warmer then, an enticing glow.”

“I was always very perceptive, even as a child, and I would pay attention to the reflections on the floor, particularly on the wet floor so common in the north of England,” she added. “I found it really alluring. I have a lot of memories of being driven about places and being in transit.”

West’s investigation into the relationship between color and light is often realized through an engagement between materiality and a given site. According to her, our understanding of color can only be realized through the presence of light. By playing and adjusting color, she brings out the intensity and composition of her spatial arrangements.

“I think we need to be taken out of the ordinary and put into the extraordinary,” she says. “I’m not professing here that my work is extraordinary but it is about giving people an experience that they might not have day-to-day.”

Enter her unordinary spaces of light and color:

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Her huge installations appear to be sprawling across walls and floors – a sort of alien creature made of paper. “Installation work is just drawing in space,” explained Wagner in an interview with Juxtapoz. “For me, it is important that I am comfortable with my visual vocabulary.”

But as opposed to drawing on paper, working on an installation is (quite naturally) a much more intense experience, usually with 12 hour days that span over a week. “Each installation and each drawing is a different conversation I am having,” she explains. “The gesture is the introduction, the first impression, and everything else tumbles out.”

Aside from her artistic work, Wagner also works commercially. Notable commissions include a large-scale installation for The Flaming Lips; a large-scale installation piece for NIKE; and two installations for Viacom, one of which is a 117 ft piece at their headquarters in Times Square.

“Every ink drawing I do helps me understand how I organize marks, situate shapes, and is an extension of the way I see,” she says. “The only difference I feel when I am working on large installations is that instead of alluding to space, I get to utilize it. Which to me… is awesome!”

Take a look at the incredible ways she utilizes space:

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1. Pip & Pop

Pip & Pop is what one would imagine finding at the very edge of the rainbow. A colorful blend of sculptures, paintings, and installations, it’s the brainchild of Australian artist Tanya Schultz. “My work seems to have gotten more and more intensely colorful over time” she shared with Hot ‘N’ Gold magazine. “Sometimes I step back and think… oh dear, what have I done!? So much color it could make you fall over.”

2. Gilles and Cecilie

Much like Pip & Pop, artistic duo Gilles and Cecilie like to keep things colorfully messy, with their art (both personal and commercial) spanning across different mediums. From illustrations and murals to animation and environmental design, the Norwegian and French designers don’t shy away from color, attracting brands like Nissan, Diet Pepsi, and the Guardian.

3. Velvet Spectrum

Luke Choice (aka Velvet Spectrum) also sticks to vibrant colors, with his digital illustrations the very meaning of eye-popping. Aside from his illustrations, the Los Angeles-based artist also incorporates animation and typography into his work, with the end result both playful and unique.

The post These Artists Draw Their Inspiration From ALL the Colors of the Rainbow appeared first on PlayJunkie.

In one of his more striking series, he makes what calls Portals/Icosahedrons – installations made of titanium, LED lights, and transparent mirrors. The historical cosmology of Plato is a primary inspiration for his Portals/Plutonic Solids. Referring to works in this series, James said, “The Icosahedron is the highest and most beautiful geometric shape of the five platonic bodies and is associated with the element water. Water is all about flow, movement, and unity.”

James began his Portals Series back in 2011 and his portals will next be exhibited in October 2019 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. “Anthony James’ work takes up the concepts of the universal and transcendental in order to demonstrate the impossibility of their representation,” art historian Rachel Baum said of this series. “The historical cosmology of Plato is a primary inspiration, both for the sculptures of icosahedrons and for the silhouette of Baroque architecture Francesco Borromini’s dome for Sant’Ivo in Rome.”

Whatever the explanation behind it, the result is simply stunning. Catch a glimpse of his work in the gallery below.

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“I don’t like calling what I do a style,” she told Creative Boom. “I have an approach to my work that I have developed over many years in response to doing things I have not enjoyed and want to get more fulfillment from what I do.”

Adding a colorful touch to places like hospital wards and playgrounds,
she explores the many ways that color, pattern, and words can change urban environments.

“I will artwork every piece of pattern and text,” she shared. “With the large structures, I often collaborate with Luke Morgan on the structures, furniture, and interactions. I work with structural engineers, building contractors, scaffolders, tilers, clients or project managers, depending on the requirements for the project.”

“When I am painting a large-scale project I will call on a team of painters who I have shown my way of painting and they are paid and come and help me in the studio,” she added. “I am very particular and disciplined with the painting as it is often very complex, like a massive jigsaw.”

Take a look!

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“Sweetness and innocence from childhood regularly contrasts with the chaotic environments I choose to put them in,” he says.

He connects books with children’s creativity so he often uses them in his work. “We read less and less with the proliferation of screen habits,” Malland explains. “While reading we create our own images suggested by words. The screen makes us lazy and spoils our imagination.”

See some of his portraits below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj1435cFBZ/

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His digital work seems to be in constant metamorphosis, plunging the viewer into magical, poetic and very contemporary universes. “I like to create an immersive installation,” he explained in an interview with Visual Atelier 8. “Immersion is a central concept in my work because it gives the viewer new and unusual experiences in art and enriched the world of emotiveness. I am interested in developing multi-sensory creations that stimulate all the senses (sight, hearing, smell).”

The interactivity of his work also creates a playful dimension. “I exclusively employ sensors that physically involve one’s body and its mobility in space,” he says. “Either lived by a spectator on his own or by a group, always creates surprising and unexpected results.”

His work often references art history, reformulating it using computer tools. Through it, Chevalier investigates and explores recurrent themes such as nature and artifice, flows and networks, virtual cities and ornate designs. The result is images that are a rich source of insights into ourselves and our relationship with the world. Ideally experienced live, you can also capture a glimpse of his magical universes through Instagram:

The post Miguel Chevalier’s Installations Are Absolutely Mind-Blowing appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“My most vivid memories of childhood are based on light and color, not necessarily together but sometimes,” she explained in an interview with Nulty+. “These experiences would be in a car, my dad driving through Barnsley town center, which at the time was lit with incandescent and neon lights. The light was much warmer then, an enticing glow.”

“I was always very perceptive, even as a child, and I would pay attention to the reflections on the floor, particularly on the wet floor so common in the north of England,” she added. “I found it really alluring. I have a lot of memories of being driven about places and being in transit.”

West’s investigation into the relationship between color and light is often realized through an engagement between materiality and a given site. According to her, our understanding of color can only be realized through the presence of light. By playing and adjusting color, she brings out the intensity and composition of her spatial arrangements.

“I think we need to be taken out of the ordinary and put into the extraordinary,” she says. “I’m not professing here that my work is extraordinary but it is about giving people an experience that they might not have day-to-day.”

Enter her unordinary spaces of light and color:

The post Liz West’s Installations Are Made of Light and Color appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Her huge installations appear to be sprawling across walls and floors – a sort of alien creature made of paper. “Installation work is just drawing in space,” explained Wagner in an interview with Juxtapoz. “For me, it is important that I am comfortable with my visual vocabulary.”

But as opposed to drawing on paper, working on an installation is (quite naturally) a much more intense experience, usually with 12 hour days that span over a week. “Each installation and each drawing is a different conversation I am having,” she explains. “The gesture is the introduction, the first impression, and everything else tumbles out.”

Aside from her artistic work, Wagner also works commercially. Notable commissions include a large-scale installation for The Flaming Lips; a large-scale installation piece for NIKE; and two installations for Viacom, one of which is a 117 ft piece at their headquarters in Times Square.

“Every ink drawing I do helps me understand how I organize marks, situate shapes, and is an extension of the way I see,” she says. “The only difference I feel when I am working on large installations is that instead of alluding to space, I get to utilize it. Which to me… is awesome!”

Take a look at the incredible ways she utilizes space:

The post Crystal Wagner Treats Her Art as a Drawing in Space appeared first on PlayJunkie.

1. Pip & Pop

Pip & Pop is what one would imagine finding at the very edge of the rainbow. A colorful blend of sculptures, paintings, and installations, it’s the brainchild of Australian artist Tanya Schultz. “My work seems to have gotten more and more intensely colorful over time” she shared with Hot ‘N’ Gold magazine. “Sometimes I step back and think… oh dear, what have I done!? So much color it could make you fall over.”

2. Gilles and Cecilie

Much like Pip & Pop, artistic duo Gilles and Cecilie like to keep things colorfully messy, with their art (both personal and commercial) spanning across different mediums. From illustrations and murals to animation and environmental design, the Norwegian and French designers don’t shy away from color, attracting brands like Nissan, Diet Pepsi, and the Guardian.

3. Velvet Spectrum

Luke Choice (aka Velvet Spectrum) also sticks to vibrant colors, with his digital illustrations the very meaning of eye-popping. Aside from his illustrations, the Los Angeles-based artist also incorporates animation and typography into his work, with the end result both playful and unique.

The post These Artists Draw Their Inspiration From ALL the Colors of the Rainbow appeared first on PlayJunkie.

In one of his more striking series, he makes what calls Portals/Icosahedrons – installations made of titanium, LED lights, and transparent mirrors. The historical cosmology of Plato is a primary inspiration for his Portals/Plutonic Solids. Referring to works in this series, James said, “The Icosahedron is the highest and most beautiful geometric shape of the five platonic bodies and is associated with the element water. Water is all about flow, movement, and unity.”

James began his Portals Series back in 2011 and his portals will next be exhibited in October 2019 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. “Anthony James’ work takes up the concepts of the universal and transcendental in order to demonstrate the impossibility of their representation,” art historian Rachel Baum said of this series. “The historical cosmology of Plato is a primary inspiration, both for the sculptures of icosahedrons and for the silhouette of Baroque architecture Francesco Borromini’s dome for Sant’Ivo in Rome.”

Whatever the explanation behind it, the result is simply stunning. Catch a glimpse of his work in the gallery below.

The post Enter Anthony James’ Magical Portals appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“I don’t like calling what I do a style,” she told Creative Boom. “I have an approach to my work that I have developed over many years in response to doing things I have not enjoyed and want to get more fulfillment from what I do.”

Adding a colorful touch to places like hospital wards and playgrounds,
she explores the many ways that color, pattern, and words can change urban environments.

“I will artwork every piece of pattern and text,” she shared. “With the large structures, I often collaborate with Luke Morgan on the structures, furniture, and interactions. I work with structural engineers, building contractors, scaffolders, tilers, clients or project managers, depending on the requirements for the project.”

“When I am painting a large-scale project I will call on a team of painters who I have shown my way of painting and they are paid and come and help me in the studio,” she added. “I am very particular and disciplined with the painting as it is often very complex, like a massive jigsaw.”

Take a look!

The post Add a Splash of Color to Your Life with Morag Myerscough’s Art appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“Sweetness and innocence from childhood regularly contrasts with the chaotic environments I choose to put them in,” he says.

He connects books with children’s creativity so he often uses them in his work. “We read less and less with the proliferation of screen habits,” Malland explains. “While reading we create our own images suggested by words. The screen makes us lazy and spoils our imagination.”

See some of his portraits below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj1435cFBZ/

The post Explore the Innocence and Wonder of Childhood Through Seth Globepainter’s Illustrations appeared first on PlayJunkie.