Enchanting illustrations from Femke Hiemstra

Joyce de Gruiter Reader Find

By Joyce de Gruiter in New Illustration on Thursday 28 March 2013

Femke Hiemstra paints on paper but sometimes it finds its way into little prayer books, small scouting vanes or antique tobacco cans. In these paintings and drawings, Hiemstra’s shapes and objects come to life playing with animals, fantasy creatures and typographics. Her rich imagination tells us a story of a drop dead cute world, but [...]

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Sunny mixed media work by Sebastiaan Bremer

Annie Churdar Contributor

By Annie Churdar in New Photography on Monday 25 February 2013

Dutch artist Sebastiaan Bremer specializes in collage photos. His dreamy imagery is bathed in sunshine and ink designs that resemble confetti. These warm, sunny photo pieces feel like the best memories of yesteryear. Bremer has been using this unique mixed media technique since 1999. It seems like he’s mastered the technique over that period of [...]

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Bar Rectum: an anatomically correct drinking space

Rani Nugraha Reader Find

By Rani Nugraha in New Design on Friday 22 July 2011

At sixteen metres long and four metres wide, Bar Rectum is a giant fiberglass sculpture that has all the amenities of a working bar. Dutch artist Joep van Lieshout’s anatomically correct drinking space starts at the tongue and concludes at the complete opposite orifice.

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Hoodies made from recycled sex dolls

Zolton Contributor

By Zolton in New Eco on Thursday 20 January 2011

Dutch artist Sander Reijgers creates awesome hoodies, coats and tracksuits from recycled sex dolls. Let’s hope they’ve been well washed before he gets his hands on them.

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Wild Animals by Rop van Mierlo

Gerry Mak Reader Find

By Gerry Mak in New Art on Tuesday 4 January 2011

Wild Animals by Dutch artist Rop van Mierlo is a collection of his amazing wash paintings of animals. Allowing the inks and watercolors to soak and spread on the paper as it wants to, Mierlo’s animals are wild in their formation, without hard lines or angles to confine them.

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Lobke van Aar

Gerry Mak Reader Find

By Gerry Mak in New Art on Wednesday 22 December 2010

Dutch artist Lobke van Aar’s portraits remind me of Devo character Booji Boy. They creep me out just a little bit, but in a good way.

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Ron van der Ende

Gerry Mak Reader Find

By Gerry Mak in New Art on Monday 5 October 2009

Dutch artist Ron van der Ende makes unbelievable basrelief sculptures from scrap wood that confound the viewer’s sense of space. While the big ones such as the jetliner are attention-grabbers, van der Ende’s genius truly shines with smaller pieces such as a rock installed next to a radiator.

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