Monthly Archives: November 2012

Walking into a dream, in Athens

Posted in: Exhibitions, Illustrations, Posters | November 27, 2012 at 9:31 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

Walking into a dream, in Athens “Συν-οικία Πιττάκη” Have you ever felt like the line between reality and fantasy is extremely thin? If not, we’re sure you’ll reconsider… Imagine how you’d feel if, while walking Athens’ downtown hazy alleys, you found yourself surrounded by hundreds of lamps and lanterns....

Magical Surrealism Photography

Posted in: Photography | November 16, 2012 at 9:15 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Ronen Goldman, is an Artist and Conceptual Photographer from the lovely city of Tel Aviv, Israel. He is specialized in creating “Photo-Dreams” – conceptually constructed photographs, illustrating his various dream states. A Series of his photos has been part of the “World Press Photo” Exhibition held at the’Eretz Israel...

World-A-Reggae | International Reggae Poster Exhibition in Athens, Greece

Posted in: Articles, Exhibitions, Posters | November 15, 2012 at 10:37 am , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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The founders of the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC), Michael Thompson and Maria Papaefstathiou, are pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of art, on Thursday, 22 November, at the renown AKTO art and design college in Athens. This one-month exhibition, follows, by two months, the first exhibition...

Richard Maitland | Photographs of the Human Spirit

Posted in: Photography | November 13, 2012 at 4:20 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Richard Maitland, is a Jamaican photographer, with love for people and his own country. His photography, convey this love passionately. Strong expressions, bold statements, deep emotions, travel to viewer’s mind. Despair, search, query perhaps the same artist has, or I, the viewer, have, arises from the soul and reaches...

The Poster Art Of Chinese Propaganda | 1949-1990

Posted in: Posters | November 12, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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The Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Center features a private collection of about 300 brightly colored, Mao-era propaganda posters stretching from the founding of Communist China in 1949 to 1990, which includes some of China’s darkest political days. The museum, which has been open for a number of years but...

“Contemporary Graphics of Iran” Poster Competition – Call for entries (Deadline: 20 November)

Posted in: Competitions, Posters | November 12, 2012 at 11:59 am , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Poster Competition Poster Designed by Mohammad Ardalani

retrieved from Rene Wanner’s Call for entry Exhibition and book of the history of one hundred years of “Contemporary Graphics of Iran” Vol. 1- POSTER The research and writing of this book is now being done by Arash Tanhaei with co-authoring of Mohammad Ardalani. Aydin Aghdashloo and Ebrahim Haghighi...

Malala Yousufzai – I am Afraid of No One! | A Wonderful Poster Commemorating this Fearless Girl

Posted in: Posters | November 11, 2012 at 10:15 am , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Activist artist Michael Thompson aka Freestylee-Artist Without Borders, willing to support this amazingly fearless girl, Malālah Yūsafzay, designed this awesome poster/portrait below. United Nations: With the world commemorating November 10 as ‘Malala Day’ in honour of Pakistani child activist Malala Yousafzai, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon extended his support...

Spectacular Street Photography by Anthony Kurtz

Posted in: Photography | November 8, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Anthony Kurtz is an award-winning, Euro-American, commercial, editorial and art photographer based in San Francisco. He specializes in environmental portraiture and strives to create beautiful and unexpected photographs of people and the spaces they occupy. Combining both natural light and studio strobes, he sculpt light to create a mood,...

Fantastic Decorative Items Designed to Give Color, Optimism and Good Humor In Our Everyday Life

Posted in: Graphic Design / Miscellaneous | November 7, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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“‘Everything can go well.’ This phrase that had stuck in our minds, made us to say that 2012 is a good year to start a new venture, even if it seemed otherwise. The moment for us is not appropriate for what’s happening around us but about what should happen, what...

The Art of Silk Screen Printing

Posted in: Posters | November 6, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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TIND is a full service screen printing studio and design operation located in Athens, Greece. TIND takes the art of screen printing to the highest level of artistic excellence. The print shop and studio is founded by Chrysanthos Angelakis back in the seventies and today he works with his...

Francis Bacon | Five Decades of Controversial and Unforgettable Paintings

Posted in: Art, Articles, Exhibitions | November 4, 2012 at 11:19 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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Art is almost like a long affair with objects and images and sensations, and what you can call the passions - Francis Bacon His images arrive straight through the nervous system and hijack the soul – The Times, UK Francis Bacon A painter with bold, strong paintings, a figure...

When Black and White Photography meets the Art…

Posted in: Photography | November 2, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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… what masterpieces we can get! Amazing captivating images, light and lines, contrasts, driving your eye deep into the endless horizon, into the infinity of life and the glory of soul resurrection. I was captivated by those photographs that belong to the award winning fine art photographer Joel Tjintjelaar...

25 Amazing Japanese Illustrations! This Yuko did NOT create Hello Kitty

Posted in: Illustrations | November 1, 2012 at 3:00 pm , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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YUKO SHIMIZU (清水裕子) is a Japanese illustrator based in New York City and instructor at School of Visual Arts. Newsweek Japanhas chosen Yuko as one of “100 Japanese People The World Respects（世界が尊敬する日本人100)” in 2009. Her first self-titled monograph was released world-wide from German publisher Gestalten in 2011. The first childrens book...

Final Week: I Have a Dream, an exhibition by Luba Lukova

Posted in: Articles, Exhibitions | November 1, 2012 at 10:07 am , by Maria Papaefstathiou

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The UAB Visual Arts Gallery is dedicated to the exploration and presentation of culturally significant contemporary and historical artistic disciplines. Luba Lukova is no exception to the Gallery’s resolve to present work that progresses the dialogue of social and cultural issues through contemporary art. As an image-maker, Lukova is...