white punks on dope

m.i.a.

caro emerald

been to caro's concert last week and was lovin' it!

r.i.p.

... sigmar polke!

megumi ishibashi, megumi ohguri

during my visit at the cité in paris i got to know two artists from japan, both named megumi.

at first glance megumi ishibashi's sculptures reminded me of niki de saint-phalles' but probably my european perspective might be the reason for this. unlike in japan we - or maybe better: i - don't know too many sculptors working in such a colorful/comic-related way. megumi ishibashi's work has a very positive attitude, her works in public space brighten up the area e.g. abandoned playgrounds, hospitals or landscapes spoilt by concrete. she loves the colors of the rainbow. her favorite medium is some traditional plastic-like material which is made from a japanase tree - unfortunately i can't remember what it's called.



megumi ohguri's photography is both very surrealistic and poetic. it's all analog and mostly black and white but very experimental. ghosts, shadows and colorly reduced overpaintings serve as her means of expression but she also uses projections in a black box to combine two photos. megumi ohguri has made a beautiful book called 'a make believe diary' combining her photographic work with self-written poems.

interview

last year i was interviewed by the federal employment agency for their info-brochures which are supposed to help kids in finding the right job. they asked me what it's like to be an artist. the brochures are out now in job centers nationwide.

overview

grzegorz wnęk

grzegorz is a colleague of mine from cracow. we got to know each other during my studies in poland in 2005. born in frysztak in 1974 he studied at the asp cracow from 1994-1999 in the class of prof. rodziński and is now taking care of the first-year students' drawing class. he is also co-founder of the group "kontrapost". grzegorz already had many solo and group exhibitions (also with wilhelm sasnal in former years) and last year he won the "young poland"-scholarship which also enabled him to make a nice catalogue of his work. his always realistic and mostly figurative paintings can be divided in different series, having been becoming more photo-realistic in the last two years. they can be found in many private collections but in museums as well e. g. the frissiras museum in athens. he is working like a madman, tearing down one huge format after the next. you can see some of his paintings here.




in grzegorz's studio: rafał pacześniak, grzegorz wnęk, jacek pasieczny and me

julian turner

on the web i got to know julian turner, a young artist studying at the academy in vienna. i like his photographic work very much. the pictures are always well composed and in their different atmospheres they are very intense and on point. Browse through his flickr photostream to find great pictures ranging from urban scenes to ironic statements. hope we will meet in real life soon.

talin lopez

talin lopez is a soon-to-be-famous actor. i've been knowing him for half of my life now. he already appeared in commercials, short films and feature films. take a look at his showreel:



all the best bro!!

marek pasieczny

marek pasieczny is the brother of my partner jacek pasieczny. he's a famous guitar player and composer. here you can see him play with some chinese orchestra:



the video below shows a friend of his, playing a composition of marek pasieczny. is it just me or does this guy look somehow similar to me?!