V.O.W N°48 // The 3.2 Million Ink Dots Portrait

Seo Young Deok's Incredible Chain Sculptures photo © Seo Young Deok The human body and its formation lie at the core of the Korean artist Seo Young Deok’s work who is preoccupied with the stories told through the human figure. His solo exhibition 'Dystopia' took place at the INSA/Arko Art Centre in Seoul from 26 October 2011 until 31 October 2011 and showed his nude sculptures made meticulously in welded metal chain links piece by piece.

List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - StumbleUpon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This incomplete list is not intended to be exhaustive. This list corrects erroneous beliefs that are currently widely held about notable topics. Floppy Portraits by Nick Gentry Image Courtesy of Nick Gentry I don't know about you but I grew up in an era when floppy disks, cassette and VHS tapes were carried about in everyone’s school bag at school. We used to share our music by borrowing handed out tapes swearing we would return it safely.

V.O.W N°32 // Gulp-The Making of The World's Largest stop Motion Animation Image Courtesy of Aardman Animations and Wieden + Kennedy V.O.W N°32 (8 - 14 August 2011) Our world is full of daring people. It is the passion and determination of these people that continue to inspire many of us by developing and implementing things that captivate our senses. The Embroidered Secrets of Maurizio Anzeri Angelo, Embroidery on printphoto © Maurizio Anzeri >> As long as something creates a reaction it’s alive << says Maurizio Anzeri, the Italian born artist from the city of Loano. Known for his series of eerie portraits or photo-sculptures, a term used by himself to describe his portraits, Maurizio’s work will be presented this month at the Baltic (25 June - 11 October 2011) and will mark his first solo show in a major UK institution. Yatzer caught up with Maurizio Anzeri and discovered the man behind the embroidered vintage photographs who is enjoying an extraordinary moment in his career. Bernard (left) and Giorgio (right), Embroidery on printphoto © Maurizio Anzeri

Noemie Goudal’s Journey Into The Familiar Unknown Haven her body was | Warren, Lightjet, 168 x 208, 2011 photo © Noemie Goudal Noemie Goudal is a young French artist/photographer, currently living and working in London, with such a particular view on art and artifice which cannot let anyone react to her with indifference. Through her work, she questions the limits between the real and the fantastic, often creating alternative landscapes by using the most ordinary elements. The Carved Book Landscapes of Guy Laramée Grand Larousse (2010)photo © Guy Laramée The human spirit transcends the known through the work of Guy Laramée the Montreal based artist who pushes the materiality of the common book to the limit. Continuing the lines drawn by Caspar Friedrich and Gerhard Richter, Laramée admits to his attraction to spirituality.

Deconstructed Wall Art by Alexandre Farto, aka VHILS name: Scratching the Surface Projectlocation: Colombiatechnique: mixyear: 2010photo © Angelo Milano Concrete, steel, brick and stone have long been the substrates that paint our architectural canvas but they have also been the substrates that allow graffiti artists to paint our surroundings. Both substrates, the architectural and the painted, articulate the dichotomy of destruction and construction. Melted Disco Balls by Rotganzen Quelle Fête I, photo © Rick Messemaker Disco makes a comeback where the object which represented it to the full arises from the dead to be revived by the artistic group known as ROTGANZEN. Based in Rotterdam/Schiedam, its three founders Robin Stam (1981), Joeri Horstink (1982) and Mark van Wijk (1984), all hail from the Willem de Kooning Academy of Art. Their artworks which they describe as, ‘melted disco balls’, consist of glittering blobs which are amorphously shaped.

Damien Hirst at Tate Modern Portrait of Damien Hirst Photography by Billie Scheepers © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2012 4 April - 9 September 2012 // TATE MODERN OPEN YOUR EYES // Roy Nachum Talks To Yatzer SOMEDAY, 2011, Oil On Canvas, 188.595x199.39 cmCourtesy of Roy Nachum It seems destined that Roy Nachum’s show 'Open Your Eyes' would be at the Joseph Nahmad Contemporary Gallery in downtown New York City (450 West 14th Street, NY). Rather than a traditional white box gallery, this is a complete raw space, with exposed brick and an empty warehouse vibe providing an unassuming backdrop for Nachum’s detailed pieces. Damien Blottière’s Fifth Element Photography photo © Damien Blottière You may have heard of him lately if you so happen to be a part of Paris’ fashion and photography circles. Through the unique photographic ‘cut and paste’ technique that he uses, this is the photography of the future through the lens and hands of the French born photographer, Damien Blottière. Paris, March 2012: The design issue of Out Magazine falls into our hands featuring a cover story of our 80’s ‘Enfant terrible’ of fashion, Jean-Paul Gaultier in an image that evokes an impression of the past blending with the future. Extremely modern, in its use of colors, graphics and ambiance, this photographic feature depicts the transition of an 80’s persona adapted perfectly to the present day thus eloquently transforming JPG from ‘L’Enfant Terrible’ of fashion to ‘Un Enfant Eternel’ of avant-gardism. Short film made for japanese magazine Commons & Sense Man.

Andrew Salgado Talks To Yatzer Andrew Salgado // The Bewildered Pursuit, 2012 Oil on canvas // 140x190cm The In Order to Rebuild exhibition at the Dosi Gallery in Korea (20 July /18 August 2012, 202-­2 Kwangan 2 dong, Suyoung-­gu, Busan, Korea) features the work of Andrew Salgado, the London based painter from Canada known for his eerie paintings that are preoccupied with universal themes such as identity, sexuality and convalescence. He considers himself a storyteller and admits to his attraction to faces. 'I am attracted to interesting faces and I am certainly no stranger to melodrama. I like dramatic lighting and faces that immediately grab my attention and the attention of the viewer,''he says. Salgado avoids subjects whose emotions are easily definable.

Measure by Fabrice Le Nezet The Measure series of metal and concrete sculptures from the London-based French artist Fabrice Le Nezet really caught my eye. All of the pieces are meant to represent “the idea of measure” in a physical way. The metal looks as if it’s being stretched and you can definitely feel the tension in each piece. As the artist says, “The objective was to ‘materialize’ tension in a sense, to make the notions of weight, distance and angle palpable.”