Cecile Plaisance “If I had a religion, my divinity without a doubt would be a woman!” Yves Saint Laurent The contemporary French artist Cécile Plaisance acknowledges and accepts the same divinity as Yves Saint Laurent throughout her body of work, using the means of hologram and photography in order to do so. She continuously explores …

Zhuang Hong Yi Zhuang Hong Yi brings together two seemingly discordant traditions- the Western and the Eastern. As a globally renowned artist from a Chinese background, but one who has established himself in the West, particularly in the Netherlands, Zhuang is in a unique position to unite the two cultures. The artist has managed to …

Shintaro Ohata Shintaro Ohata’s creations step beyond the borders of a two-dimensional canvas. The Hiroshima-born artist became known for his lifelike scenes combining traditional 3D and 2D objects. By placing eloquent sculptures in front of his paintings, the artist draws the viewer into a visual game based on the intersection of artistic forms. Every piece …

Porkchop Although he is an inter-disciplinary artist, Porkchop has a tendency to focus on large-scale sculptures. Artistically expanding on several mediums alongside sculpture, such as painting, illustration and text, Porkchop manages to evade an attribution to a particular artistic movement or grouping; allowing him to bridge the various forms of art in a highly sophisticated …

Nick Veasey Nick Veasey’s oeuvre is typically described as ‘Forensic investigation as an art form,’ as the artist has chosen the X-ray as the focus of his inspiration. Although he actually works with X‑rays for the majority of his works, he also integrates photomanipulations and Photoshop in order to create a seamless image. Veasey came …

Willem Van Wheeghel Every one of van Weeghel’s compositions is a complex CAD (computer-aided design) based mobile work, which is characterised by a series of elements placed at the forefront of a large canvas and frame. The elements are typically metal and are attached to a mechanism at the back of the construction, which allow …

Liu Bolin The artist’s oeuvre is a combination of artistic genres and techniques encompassing sculpture, performance art and photography, whilst also simultaneously addressing important issues in today’s society as well as the various political controversies in China and world-wide. At first glance, the photographs seem to be merely of an unusual landscape, sometimes easily unidentifiable, …