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November 19, 2018
Andy Smith

Felix Dolah’s Diluted Charcoal Drawings

Felix Dolah uses diluted charcoal to craft his minimalist, ghostly drawings. These figures, often gangly and dilapidated, come in sparse singular or as heaps of crowded, writhing characters. Elsewhere, he applies the same material to photographs, adding grim accents to archival images. He's said that although early in life, he drew knights and monsters, "now I draw more monsters than knights."

Felix Dolah uses diluted charcoal to craft his minimalist, ghostly drawings. These figures, often gangly and dilapidated, come in sparse singular or as heaps of crowded, writhing characters. Elsewhere, he applies the same material to photographs, adding grim accents to archival images. He’s said that although early in life, he drew knights and monsters, “now I draw more monsters than knights.”

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“Executed in charcoal, water and often bearing their maker’s fingerprints, Felix Dolah’s waif-like individuals express potent sensations through exaggerated posture,” a statement says. “Though the result is minimalist, Dolah’s works are durational, often taking months of contemplation and considered mark-making to complete.”

See more of Dolah’s work below.

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Charcoal, drawing, Felix Dolah, Hi-Fructose Magazine

Christo Dagorov, drawing

December 8, 2014

Self-taught artist Christo Dagorov creates multi-layered drawings in which scenes appear to melt into one another. In his "Skylines" series, translucent urban landscapes manifest in spirit-like ways over placid beach scenes. The interplay between nature and urbanity asks viewers to image a place's current state and what could have been. Dagorov's use of acute gradients gives his work a nearly sculptural level of depth. His series of monochromatic drawings titled "Lips" also melds various images, this time constructing surreal, hellish visions in the shape of human mouths.

Allison Sommers Exhibits Grossly Beautiful Mixed Media Works in “What Passing Bells”

Allison Sommers, drawing, Wilfred Owen

January 14, 2016

Brooklyn based artist Allison Sommers mixes elements that are grotesque with natural beauty in her organic mixed media portrayals of animals and figures. Yet despite their disproportions and seemingly exposed internal organs, up close, her works reveal a certain charm and expressiveness. Featured on our blog over the years, she once told us, "I was always trying to draw existing animals as best I could, and once I knew I could draw them, they would start getting a little less realistic", describing them as naughty creatures, tired beasts, delicious sausages, and exotic feasts. Opening on January 23rd at Last Rites Gallery in New York, Sommers will exhibit a new series of graphite on paper and gouache with mixed media on paper work in "What Passing Bells".

Yasuto Sasada’s Drawings of Machine-Inspired Creatures

drawing, Japanese art, Pen and Ink, pop art, Yasuto Sasada

January 2, 2015

Japanese artist Yasuto Sasada, just 27 years old, has already made a name for himself in the modern art and fashion world, through his collaborations with Yohji Yamamoto. Sasada has his own visual language that combines cultural traditions with the future. His detailed pen drawings of creatures mix motifs from modern technology and religion. Their black and white tonality, achieved with a thin 0.3mm pen, is harshly contrasted against bright pink, blue, and green backgrounds. He's created a new form of painting that juxtaposes old and contemporary ideas, taking us into an entirely new dimension.

David Álvarez’s ‘I Dreamed I Was the Night’ Illustrations

Charcoal, David Álvarez, illustration

November 28, 2018

In illustrator David Álvarez’s recent charcoal works, the night is a character that walks the countryside. “I Dreamed I Was the Night” is the name of that latest series, a collection that will presumably comprise another story for the Mexico-based artist.

Felix Dolah’s Diluted Charcoal Drawings

Christo Dagorov’s Multi-Layered Drawings Overlap Surreal Imagery

Allison Sommers Exhibits Grossly Beautiful Mixed Media Works in “What Passing Bells”

Yasuto Sasada’s Drawings of Machine-Inspired Creatures

David Álvarez’s ‘I Dreamed I Was the Night’ Illustrations

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