Henning M. Lederer - Animations

Henning M. Lederer's Animations on Vimeo

Browsing the internet, as I am sometimes prone to do,

I stumbled upon the sublime animations of 

Henning M. Lederer 

on Vimeo.

The meticulous work and the beautifully created images,

with an overtone of steampunk in places,

drew me in and I stayed for a lot longer than planned.

The above image was what pulled me in,
I have done a couple of cross section human skulls

with curious interiors and am beguilled by Henning's interpretation of
 Fritz Kahn's 1927 poster 'Der Mensch als Industriepalast (Man as Industrial Palace)'.
(image above).

I hope you too enjoy watching some of Henning's creations.

Thanks Henning for letting me link to your images :)

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How COOL are these!
Mesmerising.

Check out more at

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Once again, brought to many peoples attention by

www.thisiscolossal.com/

Famous Artists Dissected

How cool are these ads for MASP Art School (Sao Paulo)

created by DDB Ad Agency Brazil.

Three of the most recognisable artists of our time,

dissected to show what made them tick.

My personal favourite would have to be the Dali image.

Sir William Dobell

Sir William Dobell (1899-1970)

In 1985 my only Uncle, Len Alexander,

took me, as a young art student, to view the
William Dobell retrospective exhibition

"The Painting of a Portrait"

at Lake Macquarie Community Gallery (NSW Australia).

After viewing the exhibition we drove around

to Wangi Wangi to walk through Dobell's house, 

which had been preserved as a monument to the artist.

I have kept the small publication from the exhibition 

(choc full of Max Dupain photographs of Dobell's works),

I bought a copy of Brian Adam's 1983 biography
"Portrait of an Artist" 

also Elizabeth Donaldson's 2010 book
William Dobell - "An Artist's Life".

I finally found a copy of the out of print 1964 James Gleeson tome
on Dobell a few

months ago at a second hand book shop
in Kingscliffe NSW.

I have seen many, many paintings and exhibitions by other artists since,

but funnily enough, it is the Lake Macquarie exhibition
which resonates as my all time favourite,

 not least for the associated memories of my dear Uncle.

I visit "The Cypriot" each time I go to the Queensland Art Gallery,

reinforcing the connections made at that first viewing almost 30 years ago.
(my growing children are even now making it a habit to drop in on "our old friend")

I would be interested to hear of artworks, artists & art experiences that resonate for you.

William Dobell  The Cypriot 1940 | Oil on canvas ( Collection: Queensland Art Gallery)

A few links to articles about Dobell:

Sir William Dobell - biography
Dobell House
Art & Architecture blog - post on William Dobell 2009

TERUHIDE KATO & HIROSHIGE PRINTS

"The Old Temple at Sagano" - Teruhide Kato

 "Sagano" - Teruhide Kato

Signed prints of the above two works by Japanese artist 

Teruhide Kato

hang on my bedroom wall 

(along with reproductions of 2 of Hokusai's 100 views of Mt Fuji).

Kato's images transport me to places I have

visited in and around Kyoto -

"The Old Temple at Sagano" reminds me of our

visit to the temple at Riyoanji

and the "Sagano" image conjures memories

of our night time visit to the Bamboo Forest

of Arashiyama during the light festival held

there each November.

Evocative images for me to fall asleep and awaken to.

I also have a Hiroshige print purchased on our

last trip to Gion which is awaiting framing.

Okabe - Hoeido (53 Stations on the Tokaido Road) -  Hiroshige

Can't wait until it's up on my wall as well!

Daniel Lai - Kenjio Art Studio (altered book art)

 Above images are works by 

altered book artist Daniel Lai.

You can find a little bit more about him here:

destructive testing - artist of the day - Daniel Lai

Shaun Tan

Shaun Tan

is a well known Australian artist & illustrator with extremely quirky and original concepts which have an edge of pathos to them.  

Many of his books have been made into short films and theatre productions.  

(A little bit like Brian Selznick ("Hugo"), 

in that his books are celebrations of story telling through illustration, 

although Tan seems to be living/working in/with 

much more fantastical worlds).

Some of my favourite of his books would have to be 

"The Lost Thing", 

"The Arrival" 

and 

"What Miscellaneous Abnormality is that?- a field guide"

If you haven't seen his work before 

head over to his website at  

Shaun Tan 

to discover a little bit about him.

Riusuke Fukahori

   

Riusuke Fukahori is an extremely talented Japanese artist

doing wonderful, amazing things with paint and resin,

take a look at some of his work 

 in a recent post on the also fabulous Colossal art & design blog

this is colossal - riusuke fukahori

I dare you not to be amazed!