Photographer Katja Rahlwes describes her images as “Cool Women, or better: Femme Intense.” She re-phrases the perception of the female gaze, with her own unfaltering approach to shooting women who are in command of every shot. Her glamazonian subjects often subvert the idea of the classic pinup. Katja has contributed to independent publications such as [...]
Author Archives: Natasha Arnold
In Conversation with Phoebe Collings-James
January 13, 2012 – 2:34 pm
Born and bred in London, Phoebe Collings-James creates multidisciplinary works in sculpture, illustration, photography and video. Her art is thought-provoking, provocative and demands a reaction from the viewer. The twenty-something artist has exhibited in London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Milan, Beirut, Mexico, New York and most recently at the Miami Art Basel RiffRaff show. Phoebe was recently featured [...]
In Conversation with Richard Kern
October 17, 2011 – 11:10 am
Richard Kern is difficult to pin down. He has shot for some of the most well-known publications in contemporary culture, including GQ, Hustler, and Playboy, as well as independent magazines such as Purple and V Magazine, but it is his work for the subversive cult publication Vice with which his style is most affiliated. Kern has used Vice as [...]
In Conversation with Peter Miles
October 10, 2011 – 5:10 pm
Peter Miles is behind some of today’s finest contemporary art direction and design. His work can be identified by immaculate spacing, tight cropping and striking fonts. Peter established himself in London, graduating from Royal College of Art before co-founding Fuel,an agency set up to dismantle the design industry. He then moved on to New York [...]
The Still House
September 15, 2011 – 3:48 pm
After a nomadic period following their eight month stay at an abandoned Department of Transportation office in TriBeCa, The Still House Group has now landed in a new space in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The space consists of a gallery in the front with studios in the back, for the artists to both create and display [...]
Young Guns
May 4, 2011 – 9:23 am
Where is a better place to find the talent of tomorrow than in the art schools of New York City? We sat down with artist Lucien Smith, who graduates from Cooper Union in a few weeks, to talk about his senior show Imagined Nostalgia opening this week at The Cooper Gallery. The video provided for [...]
Jonathan Zawada
April 26, 2011 – 11:25 am
Artist and Graphic Designer Jonathan Zawada is famous for his bold, conceptual works that have been used in music, publishing, fashion and corporate industries. Regularly teaming up with Modular record label, Jonathan has been quick to put his succinct stamp onto the collective. Jonathan has since created work for the likes of Nike, Warp records [...]
