Samantha Hahn a talented illustrator, surface pattern designer, crafter, blogger and art teacher who resides in Brooklyn, NY with her husband David Moldawer (book editor). Samantha is a soon to be mother in October! Samantha just released her Valentines Day book, the LOVE book, earlier this year in which she had collaborated with several brilliant artists to create this 40 page art book with a mixture of pieces portraying "love"! A few of the joined artists include: Hannah Stouffer, Aaron Hogg, Jessica Gonacha, and Dan Funderburgh.
Don't forget to check out Samantha's website and blog for an additional glimpse of her work!
Mona Superhero from Portland, Oregon suggests that she was stoned and in a hardware store when she smoked up her Duct Tape talents and brought us "pop"-tape art much like those of the sixties silk-screed pop art!
Her X-Acto knife layered cuts of duct tape revile dangerous, sexy and thought provoking images! Mona's work has been featured in several galleries and on the front of many labels including that of Hillstomp, which The Willamette Week raved about Mona's cover calling it 'gut-wrenching'!
And I thought I was cool for having a duct taped wallet.. Pssh!
This is the studio of Zeny Fuentes (Zenen Fuentes Mendez), the famous Oaxacan wood carver and painter!
Growing up in Oaxaca surrounded by the vibrant trade of woodcarving, Zeny himself became a noble wood carver with the help of his famous father, Epifanio Fuentes. The family tradition prevailed over the years and to this day Zeny keeps that family custom alive in spirit of his parents and for the inspiration of his siblings. Zeny hand carves and paints thousands of wooden animals year round and is highly known and appreciated by collectors all over the world.
Zeny takes pride in his knack, therefore he travels to the USA working with museums, schools and universities teaching and displaying his devotion of the Oaxacan craftsmanship.
You can purchase Zeny's work through his online store, ZenyFuentes.com.
Robert Mapplethorpe Grace Jones (1984) Gelatin Silver Print Sean Kelly Gallery, New York '07
This piece by Robert Mapplethorpe was part of the contentious show "Primitivism Revisited" back in 2007 at the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York. This show not only showed the so called "erratic" "relationships between Western Modernism and the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas", but illustrated compensation to cultural meaning with relegation to non-Western art which supports the role in the story of Western Modernism.
In the 1980's, Multiculturalist thinking was to redefine the simple terms: "art," "African," "Modernism," and "universal." Currently these ideas and expressions are still being re-invented and embellished.
The show consisted of mixed contemporary art with Western and African-born artists, along with traditional and tourist art. The show also examined "authenticity, spiritual utility and cross-cultural perception."
Installation view of Ron Arad: No Discipline at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Jason Mandella
Ron Arad, a fascinating Israeli designer, studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Art and at London's Architectural Association. With his versatile work and his intrusiveness with technology and material, Arad has created some of the most impressive pieces in the past twenty-five years, exemplifying everything that modern art has to offer. From carbon fiber armchairs to plastic and tactile spaces, Arad is colorful and eye-stopping in his forte.
Arad's work holds hands with today's technology, making it easy to send and receive SMS and Bluetooth messages straight to the armrest! His designs are novel, absorbing, and elegant!
You can catch Ron Arad: No Discipline at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art, NY) now through October 19, 2009. And if you can't make it, Ron himself will take you through his garden of "groovy" designs! Enjoy!
January 2008 German Vogue Photos: Alexi Lubomirski Set Design: Mark Chandler for Art Department Fashion Editors:Christiane Arp and Nicola Knels
Welcome to The Modern Craft blog! In today's world across the globe, there are women, men, and children who have dreams of becoming famous artists, and there are those who have already climbed that ladder of success. People from all different walks of life-- culture, religion and history bring prospective and imagination from far places one has never humanly encountered with their unique thought processes and minds of imagination. These works are brought together in spectacular mediums, shapes and sizes. These are the works of today's and yesterday's modern artists.
I'm 24 years old. College Senior with a hopeful BA in Arts; Sign Language Studies Major, Art History Minor! I speak my mind with God's given power of humor, in hopes for good fortune! Caffeine is my best friend, deadlines mean motivation, late nights somehow make my brain more creative, and people amuse me like naked barbies amuse children! I love art in any way, shape or form. I am a sucker for conversation; you learn so much from those you hover upon! It's time for equality, but I will not bore you with my shpiel. I am truly a kind and gentle person who feeds on learning new insights day after day!
