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Todd Schorr

The work of Todd Schorr is both eclectic and surreal, and at all times, rooted in the fantastic. The work is incredibly intricate, and almost painstaking, and many cite Todd Schorr to be one of the staples of modern comic art and illustration.

Natural Typographic Alphabet

An alphabet created from tree branches and leaves. The letter forms were photographed on a winter’s day with a clear, almost a white sky which creates a very graphic black and white contrast. Each letter is unique with a different thickness of branch and background.

Françoise Vergier

The work of Françoise Vergier is currently on show at the Musée Réattu. Vergier specialises in objective sculpture, drawing and illustration, and other varying forms of art.

Stefano Cianci

The above image is taken from La Vite Lambrusca, an organic photographic study by the artist, Stefano Cianci.

John Gormsen

John Gormsen, based in Avignon, France, is an expressionist of emerging stature. Building on his Danish heritage, adopting what he cites as a ‘cosmopolitan’ style, Gormsen has developed a strong usage of the acrylic medium.

Nature and Cultures Gallery, Arles

This image shows a warrior from the Hamer tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia. Many anthropologists consider the Lower Omo Valley, in Ethiopia, to be the cradle of Mankind. Several ethnic groups currently inhabit the region, living in surroundings that seem nearly unchanged from the Bronze Age. This concept is depicted perfectly by Remi Benali, [...]

Echo Chambers at the Musée Réattu

The Musée Réattu, situated on the banks of the Rhône in the former Grand Priory of the Order of Malta, presents old works (17th-19th centuries), drawings and paintings by Picasso, and contemporary art, sculpture and photography.

Yang Yongliang

Yang Yongliang, a young artist from Shanghai, had work featured recently as part of Les Recontres d’Arles 2009. A yearly collection of photography shown at numerous galleries and museum throughout the city of Arles in the South of France, Yongliang’s work stands strong amongst the photographic glitterati of Nan Goldin and Martin Parr.