Our most popular Art posts this year tend toward the graphic in style, with clever shout outs to the social media realm as well as references to the historical. We’ve also included the crafty, like the insanely intricate cutting of leaves, the kitschy (hello My Little Pony), and some good, old-fashioned mixed media work. More than anything else, we find it’s a sense of humor that binds them.
The Positive Posters
Bisgràfic studio and The Positive Posters collaborated on a series of prints handsomely broadcasting optimistic phrases that can be downloaded from your own computer. There are iPhone and iPad wallpapers too.
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David Saunders, more commonly known as David David, began with a fine arts background and eventually moved into fashion in 2005. Well known for his geometric patterns and graphic prints, the London artist began his foray into fashion by hand-painting t-shirts for himself. People began to take notice and he eventually digitized his designs for production. In addition to his clothing, he features his designs on umbrellas, prints, notebooks, and scarves, just to name a few, and often collaborates with other designers and companies.
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Emily Dumas is a graphic designer that runs Flowers in May, a design company north of Boston. She has a series of fun and colorful prints that feature collective graphic illustrations of a particular theme. Each 11 x 14″ design is printed on high quality archival paper and is signed by Dumas.
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I’m drawn to these abstract maps by Cartoloji, a new company from Indian artist Bhaval Shah Bell. I really like how when you place multiples on one wall, it looks like different parts of a topographic map.
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Christopher Gray‘s simple graphic illustrations are just the pop of color my walls need. And they’re affordable starting at about $80. If you think you kinda recognize that top one, it’s Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss.”
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Jason Dean of The Best Part has done it again, releasing a creative new print that reminds me of a creepy movie I recently saw called The Orphan in which the little girl’s drawings dramatically changed when a blacklight was shown on them. Jason’s Day and Night poster looks like a pleasant town scene until you turn off the light. At night, the poster glows in the dark, revealing a completely different scene that includes zombies, robbers, and other seedy ongoings… what a fun idea!
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Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting has been remixed into 140 perfectly spaced dots. You know, for the Twitter generation.
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Ghostly International introduced me to the geometric digital work of Andy Gilmore and I am very grateful.
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*Updated with new posters!*
Who would you join up with to win the “war”?
Love these social media propaganda posters from Aaron Wood.
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k19studio is a new art studio based in Germany that creates affordable high-quality original modern paintings. Most of their abstract pieces are made of acrylic on canvas or acrylic on aluminium.
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