Hi-Fructose Issue 73 is Coming. Here Is a Sneak Peek.
This issue features a plethora of issue exclusive articles, printed on fine art papers, HF 73 features a cover feature on Chet Zar, Amy Sherald’s American Sublime, the cardboard installations of NONAMEY, surrealistic painter Benjamin Spiers, the glitch filled landscapes of Alexis Mata, Marylou Faure’s brightly colored world, the deeply personal work of painter Celine Ducrot, the imaginative sculpted creatures of Brett Douglas Hunter, and a 16 page Special Insert Section on the work of outsider artist Stephane Blanquet. Plus a review of the new monograph of punk photographer Murray Bowles!
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Minneapolis-based artist and designer John Foster makes sparkling glass objects that look well-suited for the homes of fairies and mermaids. Interested in the geometric structures that govern various natural phenomena, Foster creates iridescent prisms that, when grouped together, cast brilliant reflections in the surrounding space. The artist works in a variety of media, including sculpture, painting, and installation, and seeks to use geometry as a way to change the ways viewers interact with the spaces around them.
Maximo Reira has a background in painting, photography, and sculpture, the latter of which he applies to his innovative, functional furniture designs. For his new "Animal Chairs" series, he sculpted large, realistic animals such as octopi, rhinos, and whales, using part of their bodies to create a throne-like seat. Mostly monochromatic with a natural color palette, the chairs have an elegant and otherworldly quality to them.
Using careful arrangements of mirrors, lights, and negative space, James Nizam takes analog photographs that capture his ephemeral interventions. His simple arrangements of light beams evoke the Minimalist sculptures of the 1960s, yet Nizam's work is tangible only in the form of the resulting photo. With his geometric arrangements, he alters the way his audience views architectural spaces and draws connections between photography, design, and sculpture.
Michael Jantzen's "Mysterious Monuments" series of public art proposals have no actual meaning behind them, but are designed "to inspire stories in the minds of the visitors about the meaning behind the construction." The designer is known for blending elements of architecture with sustainable design and fine art. The status of this series, in particular, is unfortunately “unbuilt.”