Photography by Elise
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           Jeff Zimmerman        
 
        
          
    
        
           Jeff Zimmermann is a Chicago based artist. Born in Kentucky, Zimmerman spent his childhood among nat...        
 
       
    
       
           Home Patterns        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Home Patterns” is a new series of patterns by Longstory, designed for printing on textiles, wal...        
 
       
    
       
           The Menu        
 
        
          
    
        
           The food menu as we know it today is an invention of the 19th century. Traditionally, during a meal ...        
 
       
    
       
           American Food        
 
        
          
    
        
           Davide Luciano is a New York based conceptual food and beverage photographer and motion artist. His ...        
 
       
    
       
           Franz De Lacroix        
 
        
          
    
        
           Model: Franz De Lacroix / Average is Boring
Photographer: Paulina Wyszynska        
 
       
    
       
           Brazil Modernism        
 
        
          
    
        
           20th century architecture in Brazil, including work by Lina Bo Bardi, Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, O...        
 
       
    
       
           E=C=L=I=P=S=E        
 
        
          
    
        
           Cerith Wyn Evans is a Welsh sculptor and filmmaker. He worked as an assistant to Derek Jarman, at th...        
 
       
    
       
           Struth: Nature & Politics        
 
        
          
    
        
           Thomas Struth´s work shows us highly complex equipment, structures and constructions. His pictures ...        
 
       
    
       
           Heartbeat, Heartseat        
 
        
          
    
        
           Heartbeat consists of a massive heart glowing to the rhythm of a strong, deep and low frequency hear...        
 
       
    
       
           Swarm fabrication: Kokkugia / Roland Snooks        
 
        
          
    
        
           We have a fascination with the impact of new technologies on architecture and construction. We are f...        
 
       
    
       
           This City        
 
        
          
    
        
           This City is an audio-visual piece performed as musical alter-ego Mark Eats. It explores what happen...        
 
       
    
       
           Obsolete Distinction        
 
        
          
    
        
           In contemporary society, the digital world pervades the physical to such an extent that any distinct...        
 
       
    
       
           Liqen        
 
        
          
    
        
           Liqen was born in 1980, in Vigo, a port and industrial city of Galicia, in Spain. Since very little,...        
 
       
    
       
           L’ITALIA CI GUARDIA        
 
        
          
    
        
           On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, 40 masters of photogra...        
 
       
    
       
           Design & Politics        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photo series "design and politics" by Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, born in 1982 i...        
 
       
    
       
           Julius Shulman: Visual Drama        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Julius had an eye for visual drama. With modernist buildings, he loved capturing the strong lines s...        
 
       
    
       
           Memories of Ruins: Rebecca Bathory        
 
        
          
    
        
           Finding beauty in darkness, poetry and meaning in the forgotten and surreal, imaginary worlds amongs...        
 
       
    
       
           Standing wave Sculpture        
 
        
          
    
        
           Standing wave morphology by Gabriel Kelemen 1995        
 
       
    
       
           Jewelry Design Art        
 
        
          
    
        
           Jewelry Art design pattern inspired from nonlinear dynamics.
Drawings collection about  fluid flows...        
 
       
    
       
           Toshio Onda        
 
        
          
    
        
           Japanese Fashion photographer Toshio Onda studied at the University of West England. He lives in Par...        
 
       
    
       
           Rayan Ayash        
 
        
          
    
        
           Rayan Ayash is a Fashion Photographer based in New York & Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Palmyra, End of March, 2016        
 
        
          
    
        
           Palmyra. City of Mesopotamia, city of the Phoenicians, of the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Persians, a...        
 
       
    
       
           Small Buildings        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Eric Tabuchi, born 1959, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           The end of history - La fin de l´histoire        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Belief in progress is irresistible. In flattering the eye it blinds us. Standing in the middle of t...        
 
       
    
       
           Raymundo Colares        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raymundo Colares (1944 in Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais - 1986 in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais) was a Bra...        
 
       
    
       
           Blast        
 
        
          
    
        
           Naoya Hatakeyama was born in 1958 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Hatakeyama, a student of Kiyoji Otsuji...        
 
       
    
       
           Man. Kiki. Lee.        
 
        
          
    
        
           The muses of Emmanuel Radnitzky (Man Ray)
"All I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of ...        
 
       
    
       
           Conformity        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Modern man has become a cog in a very complex society. We live in a society that praises individu...        
 
       
    
       
           Uncanny Bodies        
 
        
          
    
        
           There is a space of imagination stretching between brain, lens and body: Photography by Ariana Molly...        
 
       
    
       
           Trees in Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           A series utilizing random patterns in nature to reveal mathematical beauty, by Ansen Seale.        
 
       
    
       
           Observatoires        
 
        
          
    
        
           Noémie Goudal is a French artist who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010 with an MA in ...        
 
       
    
       
           Tribe        
 
        
          
    
        
           Research on shapes variations to create minimalist iconic structures inspired by sports wear and typ...        
 
       
    
       
           Nauru        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nauru was first inhabited at least 3,000 years ago. Inhabitants caught ibija fish, acclimatised them...        
 
       
    
       
           SCHNAPPVIECHER        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Krampus in Salzburg, Austria was the first beast Charles Fréger  encountered during his two-yea...        
 
       
    
       
           Principles Of Motion        
 
        
          
    
        
           A temporary installation of phase paintings accompanied by an abstracted, shifting cinematic landsca...        
 
       
    
       
           Opie        
 
        
          
    
        
           Julian Opie studied at Goldsmiths´ College (1979-82) under Michael Craig-Martin, for whom he briefl...        
 
       
    
       
           German Painting after the 1960s        
 
        
          
    
        
           What is so 'German' about the art made by German painters and sculptors after the 1960s to now? The ...        
 
       
    
       
           The contemporary condition        
 
        
          
    
        
           Fred Guillaud (France, 1973) is photographer, architect and teacher. He lives and works  in Barcelon...        
 
       
    
       
           Orange mecanique        
 
        
          
    
        
           Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, was born in 1982 in France. He graduated from ECAL  ...        
 
       
    
       
           "I’m an outsider"        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in New York City in 1928, William Klein studied sociology while enrolled at City College of New...        
 
       
    
       
           Spacecraft        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raised in Maryland, Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended Art Center College ...        
 
       
    
       
           Josef Sudek        
 
        
          
    
        
           Josef Sudek (b. March 17, 1896, Kolin, Bohemia – d. September 15, 1976) was a Czech photographer, ...        
 
       
    
       
           Mirrors        
 
        
          
    
        
           Jeannette Montgomery Barron was born in 1956 in Atlanta and studied at the International Center of P...        
 
       
    
       
           Charles Negre        
 
        
          
    
        
           Charles Negre is an independent studio photographer living and working in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Pareidolia        
 
        
          
    
        
           Pareidolia's narrative is based on the events surrounding the creation of Eugen Herrigel's book Zen ...        
 
       
    
       
           constructing meaning in 3 steps        
 
        
          
    
        
           Frank Hülsbömer was born 1968 in Münster/Germany.        
 
       
    
       
           Iraq        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photojournalist Luke Wolagiewicz lives in London. Over the last 15 years he has worked across the Mi...        
 
       
    
       
           The Way Of The Light        
 
        
          
    
        
           Vasa Mihich studied at the Academy of Applied Arts, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Mihich has l...        
 
       
    
       
           Wonderland        
 
        
          
    
        
           Anna Lomax is a maker and collector, working within the field of Creative Direction and Set Design f...        
 
       
    
       
           The 2015 best of penccil        
 
        
          
    
        
           This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...        
 
       
    
       
           The Other Side        
 
        
          
    
        
           There's always another side, other stories and new faces behind the glamorous curtains of the fashio...        
 
       
    
       
           Pencil Factory        
 
        
          
    
        
           Pictures from the Caran D´ache pencil factory by Greg White. Born in East Yorkshire in 1978, Greg...        
 
       
    
       
           Spatial Objects        
 
        
          
    
        
           Spatial Objects is the result of Dan Holdsworth’s ongoing enquiry into contemporary photographic p...        
 
       
    
       
           Hello Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hello winter . A small selection of landscape photography made in the Atlantic islands of Azores dur...        
 
       
    
       
           Mark Fast        
 
        
          
    
        
           Mark Fast moved to London in 2002 to study at Central Saint Martins. He completed his BA there and w...        
 
       
    
       
           The Slave Ship        
 
        
          
    
        
           But, I think, the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and, if so, the noblest certainly ever p...        
 
       
    
       
           Ankara: From pioneering modernism to revivalist mimicry        
 
        
          
    
        
           Ankara: Öncü modernizmden öykünmeci mimesise
Murat Germen is an artist using photography as an ...        
 
       
    
       
           The Sea by Emil Nolde        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in the village of Nolde in 1902, Emil Hansen came from a family of peasants. Nolde completed an...        
 
       
    
       
           UN_NATURAL BESTIARY        
 
        
          
    
        
           In this work Andrea Alessio collects, as in an ancient bestiary, a series of animal images. The fore...        
 
       
    
       
           ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN        
 
        
          
    
        
           I would like to introduce this new series of photos by Andrea Alessio by appealing to an axiom that ...        
 
       
    
       
           Behind the walls        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Lo Zuavo Scomparso        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Spin it        
 
        
          
    
        
           Posters by London-based graphic design studio Spin.        
 
       
    
       
           Ink kisses paper        
 
        
          
    
        
           Grant Dickson, born in Belfast, 1974, studied Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University (1994-97...        
 
       
    
       
           RGB Studio        
 
        
          
    
        
           RGB Studio is Rob Brearley, a graphic designer & art director based in Leeds UK. He continues to dev...        
 
       
    
       
           Dinu Bodiciu: Monsters        
 
        
          
    
        
           Dinu Bodiciu is a London based fashion and accessories designer. He was born in Romania and studied ...        
 
       
    
       
           Technological Exaptation        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images by photographer and set designer Maxime Guyon, currently living and working between Lyon (Fra...        
 
       
    
       
           Parisian Still Lifes        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Romain Bernardie James, born 1980, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Versuchsaufbau A        
 
        
          
    
        
           Die Grundidee des Versuchsaufbaus–A beruht auf dem System der astronomischen Sonnenuhr. Sonnenuhre...        
 
       
    
       
           Volkswagen Jetta        
 
        
          
    
        
           Herla King,2010-2012. Mirror and colored vinyls & spray-paint on 1984 Volkswagen Jetta. Etienne Bard...        
 
       
also:
 Night Stories        
 
        
  
 (C) Mario Gagliardi 2014        
      
        
       
 
 Eden        
 
        
  
 Paper sculpture        
      
        
       
 
 Choreography of pictorial fetishes        
 
        
  
 Afterword by WM Hunt
These are photographs.
These exist uniquely as photographs. The artist, Manuel ...        
      
        
       
 
 SALTO        
 
        
  
 Sculpture        
      
        
       
 
 HISTORIA DE UN HUEVO        
 
        
  
 Sculpture        
      
        
       
 
 EL CAMINO MÁS LARGO        
 
        
  
 Sculpture        
      
        
       
 
 COMECOCOS        
 
        
  
 Sculpture        
      
        
       
 
 ADELA        
 
        
  
 Sculpture        
      
        
       
 
 SÚBER        
 
        
  
 Sculpture        
      
        
       
 
 EQUILIBRIOS        
 
        
  
 Escultura        
      
        
       
 
 briller par son absence        
 
        
  
 burn wood        
      
        
       
 
 Bus station        
 
        
  
 Photos captured as a part of incomplete project looking to be completed.        
      
        
       
 
 Twenty Twentyone        
 
        
  
 Impressions from Vienna in the latter half of 2021. Images by Mario Gagliardi.        
      
        
       
 
 Parallel Universe        
 
        
  
 Sometimes, you can catch one of these scenes when things seem less real, as if another version of re...        
      
        
       
 
 Surface N° 2        
 
        
  
 Arctic Paper presents Surface N° 2 – a second edition featuring a specially curated selection of ...        
      
        
       
 
 expansion series        
 
        
  
 “Chaos and Catastrophe unbound,
 worlds formed thrust together,
 Colour and light rebounded,
befor...        
      
        
       
 
 All the Colour Drained Away        
 
        
  
 On days that the wind blows hard the leaves all seem to align the same way, the clouds roll in and t...        
      
        
       
 
 Looking West        
 
        
  
 Glimpses at sunset,
Snapshots of beauty,
How deep the sea,
Cliffs that soar away.
Imaginings of the ...        
      
        
       
 
 Discs and Plates        
 
        
  
 Swirls of colour, lines, spots, imaginary layers of depth brought out into the light by transparency...        
      
        
       
 
 Gin is the Thing        
 
        
  
 While searching for inspiration for sculpture, a friend was talking about the ideal glass for drinki...        
      
        
       
 
 PYROLYSIS        
 
        
  
 Artwork Statement: "PYROLYSIS"
What is it about fire?
So attractive, So lovely, desirable, reaching ...        
      
        
       
 
 Francesco Vezzoli: Antique not Antique        
 
        
  
 Francesco Vezzoli at MUSEO MUSEION.        
      
        
       
 
 Paris        
 
        
  
 Paris 2019. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Rudolf Belling        
 
        
  
 Rudolf Belling was sculptor, designer, architect and stage designer. In 1908, he founded a studio fo...        
      
        
       
 
 Calatrava : Sculptures        
 
        
  
 Sculptures by architect Santiago Calatrava.        
      
        
       
 
 Street Life        
 
        
  
 Photographic impressions in the streets of Tokyo and Kyoto. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Energy        
 
        
  
 Every photo has an energy, a direction, and a story. I do not own this story.        
      
        
       
 
 Bones, Stones, Sticks, & Stones        
 
        
  
 Digital photography and manipulation on paper.        
      
        
       
 
 Dawson        
 
        
  
 Yukon Territory, Canada        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Romantic Modern: The California Architecture of Harwell Hamilton Harris. Writer and Designer, Ted We...        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Casting Shadows, Auguste Rodin. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Hoi An        
 
        
  
 Ancient Town in Vietnam and South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century
2...        
      
        
       
 
 worlds of planet earth        
 
        
  
 A set of photos from different places on Earth.
2018        
      
        
       
 
 The shape of clouds        
 
        
  
 "Outside, the land stretches, empty, to the horizon; the sky opens, with speeding clouds. In the sha...        
      
        
       
 
 Painted by Time        
 
        
  
 Inricate patterns created by lichens, made over time around the tiny cracks of ceramic tiles. (C) Ma...        
      
        
       
 
 penccil: This was 2017        
 
        
  
 The penccil year in review is a project selection for 2017, this year curated by Mario Gagliardi. Se...        
      
        
       
 
 serpentine 2017        
 
        
  
 exhibition, schauspiel köln, cologne. steelobjects, ceramic reliefs.        
      
        
       
 
 BS1        
 
        
  
 temporary accessible sculpture.        
      
        
       
 
 Wayne Sorce:  Urban Color        
 
        
  
 "Wayne Sorce: Urban Color" is on view from October 21st through November 30th at Joseph Bellows Gall...        
      
        
       
 
 Maurice Binder        
 
        
  
 Maurice Binder was a film title designer best known for his work on 14 James Bond films including th...        
      
        
       
 
 The wall        
 
        
  
 photography and theoretical  project about the The seperation wall between Israel and the west bank        
      
        
       
 
 Swiernalis        
 
        
  
 Polish alternative musician Swiernalis        
      
        
       
 
      
      
    
      
      
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