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Aug 17

Ferrari on Fire

“I always loved the red Ferrari when I was a kid. My favorite race car driver drove a Ferrari and I also loved watching Magnum P.I. So, there was always the idea to do something with a Ferrari. When I finally found the right one, I started shooting a small series with it. I always knew it would be lit on fire as the final shot. When I originally had the idea for the photo, I had no idea I would end up shooting it on an IMAX camera. But, things always end up how they are supposed to. I cant thank IMAX, Kodak and Panavision enough, for their support on making this happen. This shoot truly was a total group effort, as it took nearly eight months of prep, for a shot that lasted only eight seconds!”- @thetylershields

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Aug 15

Nana del Riego is a photographer born in 1996 in Havana, Cuba. Educated at the National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro and the University of Fine with distinction in Cuba, she is now living in Mexico City. Although her background is in painting, she has transitioned into the field of digital photographer, preferring the immediacy and “reality” in it that echoes line with current times, where photography appears as king of social networks, advertisements, magazines, tabloids, etc.

Referencing Cindy Sherman, Annie Leibovitz, David LaChapelle, Alexander McQueen in addition to the influence received from social networks, which are endless galleries of human behavior. Working mostly with self-portraits, her photography works the presence of the female body.

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Artwork details: Nana Del Riego, Provisional Land

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Aug 12

After working in advertising for ten years, @maximilianwiedemann was left with the knowledge that art is a powerful and relevant medium with which to communicate to a modern world. Wiedemann carefully researched and created a special technique that allows him to combine graffiti-style art with the glossy images of corporate brands and popular culture on a traditional canvas.

As an artist he is known for subverting culturally iconic images by slyly and provocatively revealing truths belied by popular marketing and advertising. Max states, “I love to combine street context with fashion and luxury, I always felt that was a powerful combination as the rawness of street art and hip hop creates an edge in the high end fashion world and luxury market.”

Maximilian believes he, in turn, is reversing the Warholian principle of taking every day objects and turning them into art by, instead, taking art and placing it in advertising; and by this, he is hopefully shaping the future of how we view popular culture. The artist lives and works in London and Miami.

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Aug 10

@palo_paints is a London based artist who recently started painting on old boards and other finds around the streets of East London. Trained as an architect, he found and developed his passion for street art while furloughed in the pandemic. Palo looks forward to taking on big walls, and on discarded surfaces the streets have to offer.

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#palo #palopaints #imitatemodern #streetart

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Aug 7

Francesco Ideale Vullo was born in Palermo on April 20th 1994. In his artistic research, Vullo uses and reinterprets common objects to tell the different aspects of the human being and of modern society. Fascinated by the symbolic power that they can assume, the artist, investigates their ability to evoke sentiments and affective scenarios and to collect and transmit memories.

The research of materials plays a primary role in Vullo's work, especially in his sculptural practice, standing out for his formal and technical variety. Found objects, natural elements and waste materials become catalysts for his explorations.

Francesco Vullo is currently living and working in Milan, Italy.

Artwork details:
Francesco Vullo
Connect None, 2018
Wood and Acrylic
19 7/10 × 22 2/5 × 7 9/10 in
50 × 57 × 20 cm
Unique

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Aug 5

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Aug 1

@romerobritto is known for creating alternative pieces using many different mediums, including painting, sculpting and graffiti. His work is easily recognisable for his bold use of vibrant colours and bold brush strokes. The Romero Britto artworks often convey a sense of hope, happiness and wonder. Many of his works also have a theme of love or childhood joy.

Britto has evolved as an artist throughout his long-standing career, and now he has become one of the most famous alternative artists in the world. He was able to show his art publicly for the first time when he was just 14 years old. When this happened, he soon found himself travelling from Brazil to the United States to be a part of the pop art scene that was gaining traction in the Western world.

If you have any more questions about Romero or his work, please do not hesitate to contact our helpful and friendly team at the Imitate Modern gallery of London.

#romerobritto #imitatemodern

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Jul 29

Great to see this custom coloured Diva Las Vegas by @henryhatefineart at @kappagammatau and @saschaparmeggiani home in California.

Henry Hate is a London based visual artist & tattoo artist whom works from both his tattoo studio Prick in Shoreditch East London est. 2003.

Viewing the world at large with a mixture of classic art, pop art, and contemporary urban art, his subjects range from religion, sexuality, identity, appropriation and iconoclasm from the outside perspective. His use of bold bright colours, grapple with a world engulfed by mass consumerism, human taboos, the misconceptions of the marginalised and the viciousness of mankind’s pursuit of power.

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#henryhate #sirhenryhate #imitatemodern

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Jul 27

Girls at the Beach by @thetylershields

Tyler Shields is a photographer, film director, and writer, best known for his images of Hollywood celebrities. Known for his controversial and violent images, and frequently drawing criticism from animal rights activists and women’s groups, his photographs capture much of the most over-the-top, brutal aspects of contemporary celebrity culture.

Girls at the Beach, 2017
C-Type photographic print
59 4/5 × 39 4/5 in
152 × 101 cm

Shot on a Hasselblad Beach
from the Indulgence series

#tylershields #tylershieldsphotography

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Jul 25

Thank you @artsy for featuring this incredible photograph by @thetylershields : Net (2022) Chromogenic print on Kodak endura

Tyler Shields is an American contemporary artist, filmmaker and photographer, once dubbed as “Hollywood’s favourite photographer,” and named one of the “100 Best Things In The World” by GQ. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, and currently based in LA, Shields is best known for his provocative photography that relates to the themes of consumerism, violence, and fantasy. In one of his most iconic series he had set a $100,000 crocodile-skin Hermes Birkin bag on fire. Tyler’s work derives from a history of directing music videos and working with the legendary skateboarding icon Tony Hawk. His images play with the notions of the gaze, power structures, hyperrealism, and cinematography. He has worked with a number of Hollywood celebrities, including Lindsay Lohan, Mischa Barton, Emma Roberts, Aaron Paul, Lydia Hearst, and more.

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#tylershields #artsy #artsyfeatured

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Jul 23

Born in 1995, Daniel Sachon is a British image maker and creative director.

Daniel’s multi disciplinary approach to his practice celebrates how a narrative is created art historically; the beauty and allure of fashion, and the psychological formation of advertising campaigns designed to subliminally inform our lives.

In the construction of his compositions, a considered approach and understanding of mis-en-scene allows Daniel to unlock our collective cultural consciousness. Referencing the aestheticized eras of the late 20th century, Daniel deconstructs fundamental elements of the image making process to engineer work that evokes a sense of timelessness and engages the familiarity of ‘golden age’ nostalgia.

Daniels interplay with these visual indicators points to the journey photography has taken to arrive at this point today; Photography as a medium, the image maker as the director, its role in the synergetic relationship of art and commerce, and how this has affected and continues to affect our fluid cultural consciousness.

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Jul 21

Remembering this iconic @cbhoyo exhibition from 2018 - were you there?

CB Hoyo creates work that playfully questions artistic authenticity and monetary value in an era defined by fake news and social media. ‘Keeping It Real’ was a solo exhibition presenting around 20 “new fakes” by the artist, inspired by the work of artists including Cy Twombly, Rene Magritte, Andy Warhol, Takashi Murakami, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.

CB Hoyo's paintings are both playful and provocative. "People forget that art is a way of expression, of having fun and that is should bring joy" he says, and his paintings satirise an art world that is often seen to celebrate monetary value about all else.

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#cbhoyo #banksy #streetart #urbanart #cytwombly #renemagritte #henrimatisse #andywarhol #popart #imitatemodern

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Jul 19

‘Liberty’ by @stik

@stik started painting unofficial, socially conscious murals in his hometown of Hackney, East London in 2001. His simple stick figures wordlessly tell the story of his community and he frequently collaborates with hospitals, charities and homeless organisations. Working from his East London studio, these projects are largely self-funded and he now creates monumental artworks with communities across the world.

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#stik #unionsquare #drone #aerialphotography #watertower #yellow #newyork #lowereastside #graffiti #streetart #urbanart

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Jul 16

@palo_paints is a London based artist who recently started painting on old boards and other finds around the streets of East London. Trained as an architect, he found and developed his passion for street art while furloughed in the pandemic. Palo looks forward to taking on big walls, and on discarded surfaces the streets have to offer.

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#palo #palopaints #imitatemodern #streetart

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Jul 14

Contemporary artist Sara Pope is best known for her bold, seductive paintings of voluptuous lips. Taking inspiration from a successful career in the fashion industry as a shoe designer for brands such as Paul Smith, and also her work in magazines as a designer and art director, Sara aims to capture the sensuality and seductive power conveyed by the lips and mouth. Interested in questions of beauty, communication, and the notion of perfection, Sara uses the perspective of her commercial experience to explore these themes.

The starting point is a makeup brush and a lipstick. She paints the models’ lips, then, using tricks and techniques of makeup and lighting, she begins the process of creating the perfect lips. She asks the model, to express different emotions which she captures photographically. Using these shots as inspiration she begins the artwork. The painting process involves several layers of thin oil-diluted paint being overlaid, blending and smoothing the colours extensively at every stage, sometimes also mixing lipstick into the paint.

Emulating the stylistic slickness of advertising, the result is glossy, perfect and irresistible.

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Jul 12

“Shields has produced images that play with notions of the gaze, power structures, hyper-realism, iconoclastic-tendencies and cinematographic practice”.

Internationally, Tyler Shields exhibitions attract record-breaking attendance, while his limited edition prints are some of the most sought after images in the world. In his ten-year career Shields has photographed all manner of celebrity-- Hollywood legends like Bruce Willis to tech giants like Elon Musk. Shields’ earliest work chronicles young Hollywood glitterati doing what every magazine told him could not be done, such as Lindsey Lohan running wild through Los Angeles and Emma Roberts jumping off of buildings.

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Artwork details:
Tyler Shields
Heir to the throne, 2015
C-type photographic print

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#tylershields #tylershieldsphotography @thetylershields

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Jul 10

Get to know … @lucwaring 🔥🔥

British artist Luc Waring, formerly known as Artmani, is recognised for elegantly playing with our obsession with branding, advertisement and consumerism. He explores the trends and pressures adopted by our modern society, whilst satirically examining the mechanics of capitalism and so-called ‘democracy’. This depth, and move from a focus on the ‘craft’ came about when Waring explored the notion of identity. He sees this as a turning point for him as an artist, from being concerned with aesthetics to a new awareness of the socio-political concepts that his artwork portrays today.

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Artwork details:
Luc Waring
Firing Back, 2016
Newspaper 1990, print, charcoal, oil paint and resin on canvas
37 2/5 × 47 1/5 in
95 × 120 cm

#imitatemodern #lucwaring

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Jul 5

Proud to be working with the incredible @thetylershields 🔥

“Shields has produced images that play with notions of the gaze, power structures, hyper-realism, iconoclastic-tendencies and cinematographic practice”.

Internationally, Tyler Shields exhibitions attract record-breaking attendance, while his limited edition prints are some of the most sought after images in the world. In his ten-year career Shields has photographed all manner of celebrity-- Hollywood legends like Bruce Willis to tech giants like Elon Musk. Shields’ earliest work chronicles young Hollywood glitterati doing what every magazine told him could not be done, such as Lindsey Lohan running wild through Los Angeles and Emma Roberts jumping off of buildings.

#tylershields #tylershieldsphotography #photography #photooftheday #photographer #fashionphotography #artphotography

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Jul 2

Remembering this iconic @bailey_studio moment on the occasion of his @sothebys exhibition ‘Bailey’s Parade’ earlier this year

“She always knew where the light was.” The legendary photographer David Bailey on his favorite model Jean Shrimpton.

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Jun 30

@stik started painting unofficial, socially conscious murals in his hometown of Hackney, East London in 2001. His simple stick figures wordlessly tell the story of his community and he frequently collaborates with hospitals, charities and homeless organisations. Working from his East London studio, these projects are largely self-funded and he now creates monumental artworks with communities across the world.

'Union' by Stik in Union Square New York. Standing in solidarity with people around the world.

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#stik #unionsquare #drone #aerialphotography #watertower #yellow #newyork #lowereastside #graffiti #streetart #urbanart

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