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In Plain Sight: Isaac Cordal Creates Tiny Worlds Which Mirror Our own

“When I look for places in the city to locate my sculptures, or take photographs, it is a bit similar to [mushroom hunting]. I like to observe the city with that gaze for little details.”Read the full article by Silke Tudor by clicking above.

Child’s Play: The Paintings of Kayla Mahaffey

One Second After: The Art of Lola Dupre

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.

The Price of Everything: The Art of Alvarro Naddeo

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!

F. Scott Hess: Art History & The Dreams of a Reluctant Realist

Art history, in Hess' painting, is comprised of tiny renditions of famed works that are patch-worked together. They appear like reams of unfurled toilet paper that form vortices. One spiral extends into the past. Another spiral contains the twenty-first century... Read the full article on the artist by clicking above!

Antiquity In the Faux: The Sculptures of Kris Kuksi

"I think I was born to be a composer," says Kuksi by phone from Lawrence, Kansas, "maybe, secondarily, an artist." Kuksi is certainly an artist, but his great talent is taking careful consideration of every small part—some so tiny that they could easily fall into a crack—as he constructs much larger arrangements. Read the full article by Liz Ohanesian, by clicking above.

Employee of The Month: Felt Artist Lucy Sparrow Re-Creates Chip Shops, Bodegas, Porn Shops, With All The Inconvenient Details

From a distance, the storefront appears as a nondescript convenience mart, tucked underneath the Standard, High Line hotel in New York City's Meatpacking District. Yet close inspection reveals something else entirely: hundreds of felt sculptures, all emulating the products often sold in corner stores across the city. This is the work of Lucy Sparrow, self-described “feltist” and installation artist... Read the entire article by Andy Smith by clicking above.

Long Way From Home: The Art of Swoon

Whether floating on open water to an international art fair , or within the bounds of a white cube gallery , the artist known as Swoon has creating immersive, intuitive and thought-provoking work since 1999 in the public space. Read Silk Tudor's full article on the artist by clicking above.

Gil Bruvel explores the Interconnectedness of Everything with his Wooden Sculptures

Gil Bruvel’s work seems to be both modern and craft movement inspired at the same time. They are made of hundreds of parts; intricate, yet, when those parts are viewed from a distance, are smooth and cohesive. We’ve asked the artist to delve into his process and themes and a bit of his background as an artist. Click the image above to read our Hi-Fructose exclusive with the artist

Have No Fear, It’s Just a “Mild Apocolypse”: An Interview with Bub

With a mix of dark humor and an impressive skill at creating inviting, yet dangerous worlds, the artist known as Bub has caught our eye. Click above to read our new interview with the artist and his new body of work, before it's too late.

The Immersive Hairy Worlds of Shoplifter

Amy Casey: All The World Is Green

Tetsunori Tawaraya’s Fierce & Hypnotizing World Will Air-Fry Your Retinas

You will want to find a way back to the sideways world, the dirty world, the alien world of Tetsunori Tawaraya. Click above!

The Embodieries of Michelle Kingdom Capture the murky tangle of our interior world

Life & Death: The Skull Flower Paintings of Dark Artist Chet Zar

In Blob We Trust: The Art of KRK Ryden

KRK Ryden's latest solo show "Wet Bread" is now on view at Brassworks Gallery in Portland. Read an interview on the pop surrealist from our archives by clicking above!

Uncanny Valley: The Oil Paintings of the Late Eyvind Earle Still Have A Resounding Influence on Artists & Viewers Today

SHOHEI Ochiai Flattens consumer products into Surrealistic Childlike paintings

Half Boy: Stuart Pearson Wright Moves From portraits To Probing His Own History

Shadow Work: How Sasha Gordon Processes Trauma With Colorful, Yet Intimate Art Works

Cayce Zavaglia & The Haphazard Beauty Found behind Her Fiber Portraits

“A line is a line, whether it’s wool or oil,” says Zavaglia, who was trained as a painter. “The art world is finally embracing it. They're breaking down this hierarchy of art and craft.” Read the full article on the artist by clicking above.

Accepting Their Strangeness: the Sculptures of Clementine Bal

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.

The Disconcertingly Honest Self-Portrait Sculptures of Monica Piloni

Classics of Rock: Adam Parker Smith’s Whimsical Approach Squeezes The Satire Out of Classical Sculpture

Adam Parker Smith takes famed—perhaps infamous—sculptures from Greco-Roman antiquity and squishes them. It’s in their squashing that new meanings, and new questions, rise to the surface. Read Michelle Robertson's full article by clicking the above image.

Adam Friedman Exhibits Psychedelic New Paintings in “Into the Aether”

Portland based artist Adam Friedman (covered here) has an ongoing fascination with our universe which he explores in his psychedelic works. His art expands on broad themes centered on time and space and other natural phenomenon. Friedman goes "Into the Aether" with his latest solo exhibition, now on view at Mirus Gallery in San Francisco. His show presents a new series of acrylic and acrylic aerosol pieces on canvas, 3D paintings, and a new mural inside the gallery.

From the Archives: An Interview with Jessica Joslin by J.L. Schnabel

Jessica Joslin is the creatrix of a curious menagerie of hybird creatures, composed of a varied anatomy of bone, glass, leather and metal, meticulously assembled to look like real specimens. Her work recalls a sense of the Victorian era's obsession with detail and death and yet retains a playfulness attributed to circus shows of trained animals performing gravity defying feats. Hi-Fructose was recently able to interview the artist, take a look at her intriguing responses after the jump.

Mi Ju’s Wild, New Mixed-Media Paintings

South Korea-born, Brooklyn-based artist Mi Ju creates wild, intricate works crafted from acrylic paint, cut paper, and thread. In each corner of these pieces are small landscapes and scenes, each worthy of its own observation. The artist's work has been shown in Denmark, across the U.S., and her native South Korea.

Kelly Denato’s Transformative Acrylic Paintings

Though dipping into the otherworldly, Kelly Denato's acrylic paintings represent the prism of human emotions. At once optimistic and sullen, the figures in her work appear to be constantly in a state of transition. The New York City artist's gallery work is a complement to her illustrative jobs with the likes of Nickelodeon, Timex, and other major clients.

Light is Everything: An Interview with Seth Haverkamp

Using a limited palette, oil painter Seth Haverkamp conjures up glowing portraits that glow with magic and mystery. We  interviewed the portrait artist about his latest exhibition of light infused paintings at Bender Gallery in North Carolina. Click the above image to read the interview!

Can a Hotel Be a Contemporary Art Museum, Too? An Interview with 21c Curator Alice Gray Stites

Ever want to sleep at a museum? Neither did we, until we went to 21c. We recently stayed at the 21c Art Museum Hotel in St.Louis as well as the 21c in Bentonville, Arkansas and had the best time. 21c locations combine actual contemporary art museum gallery exhibitions which are free and open to the general public. Read our hifructos.ecom exclusive interview with 21c's curator Alice Gray Stites by clicking above.
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