Françoise Vergier

Françoise Vergier - Les jeux de Il et de Elle
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

Stefano Cianci

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

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John Gormsen

Matières by 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.

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Nature and Cultures Gallery, Arles

The Omo Valley
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, the owner of the Nature and Cultures Gallery in Arles, France.

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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.

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Yang Yongliang

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. Continue reading»

Andrew Niblett and Raku Pottery

The Raku form of pottery, Japanese in origin, though holding its’ heritage in 16th Century Japan, is seen as a resurging art form in ceramic circles. Characterized ostensibly by the molding of the clay in the hands rather than on the wheel, and the removal of the pieces from the kiln whilst still glowing hot, the Raku-ware approach provides an avenue to originality with ‘one-of-a-kind’ results.

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Art in Clay

The 15th National Pottery and Ceramics Festival, Art in Clay, took place at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, UK between the 7th and the 9th of August 2009, and was a veritable feast of highly-skilled ceramic art and utilities from around the UK, Europe and the rest of the World.

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