Showing posts with label illustration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illustration. Show all posts

A World of Posters

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There's a very rich and interesting subculture dedicated to the collecting of Movie, TV Show, Comics, Books and Gig posters. Although it is mainly US-centric I've been digging around the entrails of this world for a couple of months (and spending a bunch of dollars myself) and these are just some of my favourite things.

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All of these prints are sold out but you can still purchase them, with varying degree of difficulty/expense from eBay or the Expresso Beans community forum.

Most of these prints have been released by Mondo, the pioneer in this terrain, but other galleries worth following include Gallery1988 (who recently signed a deal with the Academy to release a series of Oscar nominated flims' official prints), Dark City Gallery, Bottleneck Gallery, Dark Hall Mansion and more.

I am by no means an expert so feel free to suggest other links to galleries and artists in the comments.

I've tried to restrict this post to the major artists in the "poster scene" (I know). It is perhaps more interesting to go around unearthing artists who are not as hyped and as a result have much less exposure, despite their obvious talent.

Early Experimental Animation

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cropped cycle

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"Iela Mari: The World Through a Lens, Babalibri, Milano, 2010 (Italian and English language). Catalogue for the first Italian survey exhibition of Iela Mari's work, held as part of The Bologna Children's Book Fair. An overdue study of her children's books, including sketches, prototypes, and edition variations, beginning with her first book from 1960 (in collaboration with her then husband, Enzo Mari). She currently lives in Milan."

via stopping off place

Santería

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Santería may be a load of old bollocks, but these illustrations of Orichas by Alberto del Pozo are an absolute joy to look at.

background & thoughtful analysis, as always, is readily available over at BibliOddysey

metamorphosen

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Mirai Mizue

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CHAOTIC ORDER from MIRAI_MIZUE on Vimeo.



robotmafia tells us: "Mirai Mizue is a representative figure of the new generation of abstract animation in Japan. His films have been shown in more than 100 festivals in about 20 countries. His strong obsession towards cells forces him to draw every frame with surprising density. His rhythmical animation overwhelms viewers."

you can see a few more of his videos and follow his progress here

Tadanori Yokoo

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Illustration by Tadanori Yokoo

Umi-bōzu

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"Umi-bōzu are giant black bulbous beings that live in the sea. Sometimes they have glowing eyes and a beak, and other times they have no facial features at all. To survive an umi-bōzu encounter at sea, one should remain quiet and look in the opposite direction. Speaking or looking at the creature may send it into a rage — and that usually ends in tragedy." link

Botanical Beasties

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"The illustrations in 'Arzneipflanzenbuch' (Medicinal herb book) incorporate elements from folklore (...), witchcraft and alchemy (the traditional anthropomorphic Mandragora* - mandrake - and zoomorphic root forms)."

See more, read more, at the always excellent BibliOdyssey

Aztec Codex

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Codex Fejérváry-Mayer is a 15th or early 16th century Aztec (or Mixtec) manuscript on deer skin from Veracruz in central Mexico. Link.





Loving the comic book feel of these.

via BibliOdyssey.

Manta Ray

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"Known as 'Bertuch's Bilderbuch für Kinder', this rather enlightened 12-volume natural history / science / enthnographic encyclopedia for children was published in instalments between 1790 and 1830."

more images and info at BibliOdyssey

Zanis Waldheims Art Gallery

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Zanis Waldheims Art Gallery