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The realities that Hattie Stewart manifests have a carnival quality—gleaming, trashy fun with a slightly sinister undertone like golden midway tokens that rust and then jingle in your hand like they are laughing at you for believing the gold was real anyway. “Nothing brings me more joy,” Stewart says, “than taking a clean blank page and filling every inch of it with colors and imagined worlds.” Read Clayton Schuster's full article on the artist by clicking above.
The towering behemoths that saunter and wage war through Mu Pan’s paintings are rooted in several aspects of the Brooklyn artist’s psyche. Read the full article by Andy Smith on the artist, his controversial work and perspective by clicking above.
In his latest “Trash Talking” exhibition, staged in a converted gas station now art space, Leavitt takes on American brans, consumer culture and crafts them out of packaging from other branded products. We interviewed the artist for a hifructose.com exclusive. Click above to read it.
With a two-headed, dozen-eyed Mona Lisa, a disjointed Frida Kahlo exploding like tiny little pieces of glass, and a tiny Napoleon in Egypt sitting on a gargantuan, long-limbed horse, collage artist and illustrator Lola Dupre proves that there’s art to be done after art is… well… done. Click above to read the full article by Liana Aghajanian.
“I'm not even sure I have an imagination anymore,” Toor says. “Or maybe my process of imagining became fully visual: I need to draw and see things in order to imagine new things. Things happen on the canvas and not in my head so much. It's really important for me to stay surprised. I don't see much point in making anything that I can predict..." Read the full article on Ori Tor by clicking above.
With their color palettes like rare, tropical birds, Erik Jones’ paintings present beauty as it might exist in a vacuum. Or at least that’s the illusion. Read the entire article by Nastia Voynovskaya by clicking above...
Their presence is implied. They’ve built gravity-defying structures from shopping carts, stacked newspapers, and plywood. They’ve hung laundry and left crushed beer cans scattered across surfaces, and yet the real subjects of Alvaro Naddeo’s paintings are never seen. Read the full article on the artist by clicking above!
With works that simultaneously convey the awe of nature and the whimsy of fairy tales, Clémentine Bal sculpts a world full of wonder and imagination. Read Liz Ohanesian's full article on the Hf 63 cover artist by clicking above.
Scott Teplin gets his artistic kicks by turning things inside out, by mangling and mashing and cohabitating the objects of his obsession.Read the full article on the artist by clicking above.
James Lipnickas has used horror tropes for a long time. But his works were once much more linear. That used to mean monsters, aliens, and isolated landscapes that had something haunted about them. A giant worm pouring its effluence into a cabin. A force within exploding the cabin. The horror has changed. Click above to read the full article.
Wayne White’s pictures start with thrift store paintings... White seizes on a startup surface that was a middle class decorator staple in the ‘50s and ‘60s.. read Mat Gleason's article on the artist by clicking above!
Uninspired by the lack of public art in their home town of Aalborg, a mid-sized Danish city, Lars Bonde and Mads Mulvad curated We AArt, the first art festival focused exclusively on murals in Denmark. The fest brought out many diverse talents from different corners of Europe. In our first update, you'll find a large-scale mural by Aryz, who is known for expressing his illustrative style on monumental walls. Also hailing from Spain, Kenor created an abstract wall alive with neon colors and Escif painted a mural with neatly compartmentalized depictions of people and objects that evoke's a traveler's sketchbook. Stay tuned for more murals from Interesni Kazki, Alexis Diaz, Don John and Jaz, whose walls are still in progress as we speak.
Paolo Del Toro has been quickly gaining recognition for his large, felt sculptures of faces that come alive with exaggerated features caught in active poses.Click above to read all about his unique approach to creating large-scale felted sculptures.
In galleries, churches, museums, on walls, and the streets, Okuda San Miguel lights up spaces with his faceted surrealism. Read the full article on the artist by James Charisma by clicking above.
Based in Japan’s western countryside, Ozabu merges reality and fantasy with impeccably precise and highly detailed narrative drawings. Read Liz Ohanesian's full article on the artist by clicking above.
Our next issue features a plethora of issue exclusive articles, printed on fine art papers, Hi-Fructose 71 features a cover feature on the sculptures of En Iwamura, the paintings of Michael Koehler, Bjorn Lie's ultra bright botanical paintings, Ana Barriga's fascination with kitty objects, Jack Kenna's Milk Crate paintings, A special insert section dedicated to the work of James Linickas printed on sketchbook paper, Vickie Vainionpaa's Gaze paintings, Bella Ormseth's anthropomorphized mushroom paintings, Andrea Koch's deeply moody rural portraits. Plus multi-page reviews of the new Geoff McFetridge film, and Gena Marvin's movie Queendom. and more! Click above to see a few previews.
Brooklyn-based, Michigan-raised artist Gary Mellon crafts wood sculptures that are conceived first in his sketchbook. Mellon adds pops of color with acrylic paint, though in much of his work, the natural poplar tones dominate the figures, faces, and totems constructed by the artist. Mellon’s ornate busts seem to blend notes from art history, from Roman influences to contemporary, pop style.

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