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.

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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…