Land of the Free by Jeff Soto
Winston Smith
October 26, 2009
Scientist by Winston Smith
Smith has released three bound collections of his work including Act Like Nothing’s Wrong and Artcrime. Both of these books were released in the mid and late 1990’s and feature Smith’s solo work from 1978. However, both stylistically and thematically his work squarely belongs in the 21st century.
Martin Krusche
October 2, 2009
Luxuria by Martin Krusche
Martin Krusche, born 1982 in Osterzell, Bavaria Germany, is a 26-year-old illustrator that began with graffiti as a kid in 1995. After graduating from the FTW (University of Applied Sciences) in Berlin with a degree in Graphic Design he’s been active in Design and Fine Art. Martin is beginning to gain more exposure as an artist within group shows in Berlin and Hannover as recently 2008.
His latest work is visually influenced by Robert Johnson, Chuck Burns and Sheppard Fairey with enough of his own voice and style to combine the influences into a personal look at media’s influence upon the individual.
Michael Maschka
May 6, 2009
Air and Earth by Michael Maschka
Michael Maschka, born in 1962 in Augsburg in southern Bavaria, Germany, creates altered, but nearly photo-realistic, portraits of demi-goddesses who further embody the power and the pain of the the world around them.
Deborah Poynton
May 6, 2009
Fest by Deborah Poynton
Born in 1970 in Durban, South Africa, Deborah Poynton grew up in England, America and South Africa. She now divides her time between Cape Town and the countryside near Cologne.
Alan Rath
April 8, 2009 Little Running Man VII by Alan Rath |
| Alan Rath, born in 1959 in Cincinnati, graduated from MIT in 1982 and has been making strange robots every since. His machines interact based on subtleties in sound or movement that viewers in museums make.
During an exhibition at CAM, I was surrounded by 30 or so 3′ tall iron-clad robots. As I walked around and through them they began to walk – responding to the sounds of my steps. Clapping, stomping, talking…all produced a direct response in the group of small robots. His robotic work features often tv screens mounted on motorized robots. These screens usually feature a disembodied human face, or a mouth or an eye covered in red or yellow video tone. Rath uses technology to set them loose as “free-willed” robots so they can move or respond based on interactions with their viewers. He also utilizes “Throbbers” – small speakers with large amplifiers that vibrate until they literally throb. They are sometimes encased in plexiglass creating a throbbing pulse inside the glass or mounted to walls. |
Kris Kuksi
April 7, 2009
Apparatus by Kris Kuksi
Re-printed from Kris Kuksi’s Official Site:
Born March 2nd, 1973 in Springfield, Missouri and growing up in neighboring Kansas, Kris spent his youth in rural seclusion and isolation along with a blue-collar, working mother, two much-older brothers and an absent father. Open country, sparse trees, and alcoholic stepfather, perhaps paved the way for an individual saturated in imagination and introversion.
