I want to start of my blog with my biggest hero Ray Caesar. I ran into his work many years ago in a magazine my grandmother showed me. I loved his dark touch immediately. But I lost his name and the magazine, it was a tragedy because the image was still in my head but I couldn't find the matching artist. Then, two years ago, my boyfriend and I were buying shoes in a skaterstore. There were some books lying around about art and stuff (more as part of the shops decor than for reading). Being curious me, I browsed trought one of the books on the pile hoping to find some nice artwork. And there he was again. Ray Ceasar. I was gobsmacked and extremely excited about my find. I kept repeating his name in my head all the way home. I googled his name, found his website and fell in love all over again. This guy is a genius! Some say he's grazy, but a good artist must be a little crazy I think. His work is really unconventional but it inspires me so much. He has the guts to do stuff that is not necessarily liked by everyone. It is a matter of taste. I love the darkness and how it gives you this weird feeling when looking at it. I'm following his website ever since, hoping he will return to Holland for an exposition. This is his website by the way: http://www.raycaesar.com/ You can read all about him and browse through his artwork. I wonder how it does it and I'm hoping to meet him one day. I have so many questions for him. Fingers crossed I get his book for christmas!
Ray Caesar Mark Ryden Tara McPherson Hiroshi Nonami Ruven Afanador Elizabeth McGrath Kenichi Murata Niba Marion Peck Atsushi Toni Takato Yamamoto
Kurt Schwitters
Liechtenstein
Nestor de la Torre Pip Studio
El Lissitzky Mark Rothko Pixar
Andy Warhol
Gustav Klimt Frank Dicksee
Hundertwasser
M.C. Escher Kandinsky
Must-have Books
Pop-Art, a continuing History Grafisch Design in Nederland Art since 1900 El Lissitzky 1890-1941 Meisterwerke der Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere Advanced Photoshop (magazine) iCreate Magazine Letterfontijn (book about type)
De wereld die op je wacht (story about a piece of Marc Chagall)
Thinking with type by Ellen Lupton
Handy Soft&Hardware
transparant sketching paper
Bridge
Canon 400D
iMac
Bamboo drawing pad
Flash
Autodesk
Illustrator
InDesign
Photoshop CS4
Must see!
Museums: Mondo Bizarro Gallary, Rome Biënnale, Venice
Dali Museum, Figueras Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau, Hannover
Graphic Design Museum, Breda
Museum Meermanno, The Hague Escher in het Paleis, The Hague
The Belvedere, Vienna Tate Modern, London The Rothko Chapel, Houston Guggenheim, New York Movies: Factory Girl Documentaries: Power of Art by Simon Schama