Posted by Ross Rosenberg


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Russ Mills’s art is a frenetic display of barely contained energy. His figures twist and contort, their edges blurring into scratchy wisps of nothingness, their faces the only features to appear untouched by the kinetic atmosphere that pervades each piece. His store is, unsurprisingly, desolate; the prints having been snapped up in short order. Perhaps an out pouring of desire will convince him to restock.
byroglyphics [Artist’s Site] : Drawn!
Categories: Prints, Skull, Animals, Illustration, Artists, Art
Posted at 9:45 am on October 3, 2008
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Posted by Ross Rosenberg

Wayne Martin Belger makes pinhole cameras using a variety of materials including precious stones, metals, human organs, and bone. This piece, entitled Third Eye, features many of these materials, all constructed around the 150 year-old skull of a 13 year-old girl. The film is exposed to light through titular ocular cavity making a Polaroid memento mori. The photos taken with this camera (one of which is after the jump) stay with the theme, their blurriness and patina making them look as if they were snatched from the memories of the dead.
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Categories: Rail, Skull, Photographs, Artists, Photography, Art
Posted at 12:45 pm on September 22, 2008
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