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Sebastian Krüger
You may have already come across Sebastian Kruger's caricature illustrations of celebrities, but he also paints some damn serious detailed celebrity portraiture too. "In the early 1980's Krüger studied painting and graphic arts, and…
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If Life Was A Bond Movie – Caleb Brown
Whatever your taste in art you have to admit NY artist Caleb Brown's paintings are damn exciting. I wouldn't want to live it for real, but I can just imagine this highly accomplished painter waking…
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Scott LeFavor
The flavour of LeFavor is most definitely Pop, a Bostonian-born artist with a Roy Lichtenstein slant and a 21st Century edge. His paintings and prints are as punchy as they come, sprinkled with the…
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Linnea Strid
Yes, more photorealistic paintings, this time by Swedish painter Linnea Strid. Perhaps I am just pandering to popularity here, but "hyperreal seems to be the new real these days" (if Coke use that one in their next ad…
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Wes Magyar
It's all about the subtext with Wes Magyar. I discovered this Denver-based painter's work via a rather fascinating interview at Syntax and I have to admit it I'm hooked. I'm not usually a fan…
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Richard Colman – Keep Out The Light
Richard Colman’s solo exhibition opens this weekend at New Image Art, it's his first LA solo in 3 years and if you're in the Santa Monica Boulevard area on the 21st of July pop in…
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James Hance – The Force Is Strong
James Hance is a relentlessly cheerful painter with a superb eye for celebrity portraits, a twisted view on TV and movie fuelled contemporary culture, and a passion for Star Wars. What more could you ask for? Don't go…
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Information Overload
Dale Grimshaw's urban art is not only cool it also brings up all sorts of fascinating ideas about the speed of life and the pace of change and the psychological damage it can inflict. When we watch TV, movies…
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Hyper Hyper Realism
There's a new breed of artist around these days, in fact humans in general, the kind that makes the rest of us ask ourselves why we bother to do anything. Sometimes good is just too good. It's as if…