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Dreams, Memory, and Abstraction: The Psychological Worlds of Qiu Xiaofei

Dreams, Memory, and Abstraction: The Psychological Worlds of Qiu Xiaofei

Artist Portrait • Aug 4, 2025 • 5 minutes read
Qiu Xiaofei is a contemporary Chinese artist known for his introspective paintings that blend figuration and abstraction to explore memory, the subconscious, and psychological landscapes. His work captivates audiences with its emotional depth, layered textures, and evocative visual language.
Myths, Landscapes, and Surreal Disruptions: The Enigmatic World of Ged Quinn

Myths, Landscapes, and Surreal Disruptions: The Enigmatic World of Ged Quinn

Artist Portrait • Aug 1, 2025 • 6 minutes read
Ged Quinn is a British contemporary artist known for merging classical landscape painting with surreal, political, and historical disruptions that challenge traditional narratives. His richly detailed works explore themes of memory, ideology, and decay, earning him international recognition and a place in major collections and exhibitions.
Farhad Moshiri: Pop Culture, Tradition, and the Glitter of Iranian Identity

Farhad Moshiri: Pop Culture, Tradition, and the Glitter of Iranian Identity

Artist Portrait • Jul 28, 2025 • 6 minutes read
Farhad Moshiri is a pioneering Iranian contemporary artist known for blending traditional Persian aesthetics with Western pop culture to explore themes of identity, consumerism, and cultural contrast. Through his use of materials like glitter, embroidery, and found objects, he creates visually striking, ironic works that have earned him international acclaim and a prominent place in global art discourse.
Nyoman Masriadi: Power, Satire, and the Indonesian Contemporary Voice

Nyoman Masriadi: Power, Satire, and the Indonesian Contemporary Voice

Artist Portrait • Jul 21, 2025 • 5 minutes read
Nyoman Masriadi is a leading contemporary Indonesian artist known for his powerful figurative paintings that fuse satire, social commentary, and pop culture. Through his bold visual language and use of text, he critiques political and cultural issues while reflecting the complexities of modern Southeast Asian life.
Glenn Ligon: Language, Identity, and the Power of Representation

Glenn Ligon: Language, Identity, and the Power of Representation

Artist Portrait • Jul 15, 2025 • 7 minutes read
Glenn Ligon is a groundbreaking conceptual artist whose work uses text and language to explore themes of race, identity, and cultural memory, transforming literature and history into powerful visual statements. Through paintings, neon, and installations, he challenges viewers to confront issues of visibility, erasure, and representation in contemporary America.
Interview | Rafał Labijak: My paintings are a prayer

Interview | Rafał Labijak: My paintings are a prayer

Meet and discover • Jul 11, 2025 • 8 minutes read
"My paintings are a prayer, a conversation with the creator. The image is just a mirror reflecting light. Light in its dual particle-wave character, in its massless form, in its speed of propagation regardless of the reference system and subject to probability calculation according to the principles of quantum mechanics is unpredictable for me."...
Alfredo Brusorio – A work between geometric rigor and cosmic energy

Alfredo Brusorio – A work between geometric rigor and cosmic energy

Artist Portrait • Jul 9, 2025 • 4 minutes read
At the crossroads of European heritage and a North American breath, the work of Brusorio explores a world where geometric forms come alive with a vital energy. A discreet yet demanding painter, trained by the great masters of abstraction, he has been deploying for over 40 years a deeply coherent aesthetic, between rigor and poetry. Discover why his works, as meditative as they are powerful, deserve your full attention today.
Interview | Paolo Castagna: Art has always been a constant presence in my life

Interview | Paolo Castagna: Art has always been a constant presence in my life

Artist portrait • 8 minutes read
"Curiosity has always driven me to go further, to seek new challenges and push my limits. Creating unique pieces, the result of a handcrafted process and ongoing research, has become my greatest satisfaction. Each work is a part of me—a fragment of my story and emotions."....
Interview | Hervé Gergaud: I have worked with some of the greatest photographers in the world

Interview | Hervé Gergaud: I have worked with some of the greatest photographers in the world

Artist portraits • 6 minutes read
"I have had the chance to collaborate with some of the greatest photographers in the world of photography, having worked for 13 years at the prestigious Magnum agency, primarily as an image retoucher."...
Valentina Bardakhanova : calligraphy, memory and spiritual beauty from Siberia

Valentina Bardakhanova : calligraphy, memory and spiritual beauty from Siberia

Artist Portrait • 4 minutes read
Born in Siberia in 1966, Valentina Bardakhanova is a calligraphy artist whose work draws from the ancient Mongolian tradition to convey messages imbued with wisdom, identity, and spirituality. A former mathematics teacher, she passionately transitioned into the art of vertical writing.

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