STREET ART UTOPIA » We declare the world as our canvasSTREET ART UTOPIA » We declare the world as our canvas. A Home For Media Artists. Zhou Fan by okmarzo November 30, 2016 Feast your eyes on mind melting landscapes from Zhou Fan aka Chou Fan.
The artist is based out of Shanghai, China, who typically paints with acrylics. We previously featured another one his bizarre yet beautiful illustrated series back in May 2010. Shaun Ferguson Artist. Olly Moss. Charmaine Olivia. Agnes-cecile. Agnes-cecile on deviantART. House Pardee. Marco Mazzoni - Buy fine art and original limited editions from Coates and Scarry.
Mazzoni weaves a world based on Italian folklore of mystical women who seduce, bewitch, curse and cure.
His work is a homage to the hidden craft and history of healing women and every drawing is infused with metaphors that tell their story. From flora and foliage that is either curative or hypnotic, butterflies and birds that drink the energising and nourishing nectar to the circular compositions alluding to the cyclical nature of life and finally the semi - hidden faces hinting at the enforced obscurity of women obliged by prevailing religious beliefs to conceal their knowledge, power and practice.
He often chooses not to paint the eyes, as they are a distraction and with eyes, the faces would then become portraiture, which he emphatically avoids, preferring to present to the viewer a ‘still life’ image, capturing a ‘moment when a woman takes control of all, in harmony with nature’.