artwork by Michael Burges

Born in Germany in the mid-fifties, Michael Burges paints two-dimensional landscapes where the horizontal and the vertical seem to meet and bleed onto each other. Not miles away from some paintings by another German painter, Gerhard Richter, Burges's works are sometimes reminiscent of a birdview snapshot of the swell on its way to the shore - except in a sea of motley colours.

Visit Michael Burges's website to discover other aspects of his output.

artwork by Il Lee

Il Lee was born in Korea but lives in the USA. He creates some amazing artwork using apparently as his main tool the ballpoint pens used by students on a daily basis all over the world. He undoubtedly takes much more time to cover a single page than they probably do though. It is hard to imagine how many lines and curves were necessary to complete any of these works.

Visit this page for more information and to view more of his output.

artwork by The Pathological Puppy

When introducing a few of my own pieces some time ago, I mentioned The Pathological Puppy, also known as K-Mart, The Bug, or more officially Kevin Martin. If you don't know who this prolific, multi-talented artist is, look him up with any of his aliases at discogs.com and you should be impressed by the amount of musical productions he has been involved with since the late 1980's.
What follows is a selection of artwork he produced as The Pathological Puppy in the 1990's.

artwork by Eric Freeman

Some amazing artwork by Eric Freeman. Even though you could sometimes believe at first sight that they are more or less heavily treated photographs of neon bulbs, all of them are actually 'oil on canvas' pieces in which hues merge into each other beautifully.

artwork by Chloe Evans

Two nice series of pieces by Chloe Evans, a young British artist.

The first two are 'paint and resin on aluminium' pieces, the next three are photographs. Visit her website for more information and to view other pieces and media used by Chloe Evans.

artwork by Pat Rosenmeier

Born in Germany in 1981 but having spent most of her life in North America, Pat Rosenmeier gets inspiration from flowers, namely magnolias, and experiments with colours and contrast in order to offer different perspectives on a single subject. More information there.

artwork by Hush

In his most recent works - best experienced when viewed hanging from the ceiling of a gallery and reaching down to the floor, or spray-painted on a wall -, Hush offers his view on a clash between western and eastern cultures on the one side and between street art and more academic means of expression on the other side.

These inventive and colourful compositions, featuring far-eastern figures or manga characters ornate with graffiti-like scribblings and drawings, often have an intriguing cartoonish quality.

Visit Hush's website for additional information and to view more photographs of his creations in the context of a gallery.

untitled series 3

A couple more examples of my personal output that owe a great deal to the Pathological Puppy's post-modern digital tapestry.

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Under the influence of the Pathological Puppy? Well, this looks more than likely to me now, over 10 years after making these pieces at a time when almost every other record I got my hands on featured artwork designed by this very Pathological Puppy a.k.a. Kevin Martin a.k.a. The Bug. Think the 'Routes from the Jungle', 'Macro Dub Infection' and 'Ambient 4 - Isolationism' compilations, think most releases by God and Techno Animal from the mid-90's, and so many others, all of them worth checking out for both the visual and sonic contents.

artwork by Juan Saló

Juan Saló's bio (which can be found there) informs us that he is a young Spanish artist - real name Juan Saló Armengol - who shares his time between Barcelona and Berlin.

When he is not busy carving clay, wood or more unusual materials such as masking tape, he uses pen on canvas to painstakingly draw original and complex colour patterns.

artwork by Philipp Haager

Here are a few abstract works by German artist Philipp Haager (more information available there).

His dimly-lit paintings seem to reveal overcast skies and watery landscapes, at times ominous, at others glowing with hope.

Picture these on your wall in their actual sizes (some are over 2m long) and try not to be in awe…

artwork by Olivier Jallet

In 2000, Shambala Records out of Paris issued Liquid Sphere's first proper release, 'skull & bones'. For Boris Cabeza and Gregory - respectively one of the two label managers and the company's graphic designer - to work on the artwork, I sent them some photographs of a dozen or so paintings by my friend Olivier Jallet (OLV).

They used a few of them, but either printed in black and white, or so blurred - on purpose - that you couldn't make them out for what they were in the first place. Which doesn't mean that I don't like the artwork for 'skull & bones', but Olivier's fantastic paintings really deserve more than this poor representation.

Here is a sample of his colourful, lush and tempestuous output. These five pieces date back from the late 1990's.

Hypocracy series

These photographs are part of the 'hypocracy' series of Liquid Sphere releases.

It all started with a photograph I took in New Orleans in December 2001. I noticed a graffiti scribbled on a wall and decided it would be appropriate for the artwork of the upcoming Liquid Sphere 3" CDR 'hypocracy' put out by Taalem in 2002. Some variations were found on the 'hypocracy 2 & 3' CDR. More may one day be included in the artwork for the unreleased 'hypocracy 4' EP.

artwork by Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat (شیرین نشاط) is a renowned US-based Iranian artist whose multimedia works often comment on the relationship between women and Islam. Some of her photographs have graced the covers of albums by British artist Muslimgauze (a one-man band led by the late Bryn Jones). 
Shirin Neshat has also produced a handful of films, among which the breathtaking short 'Turbulent' which can be seen here.
You can also view more pictures by Shirin Neshat on this page or on that one.