William Arnold is a photographer influenced by the first pioneers of the medium and perhaps of the theory that has pervaded photography since its birth. Sir William Newton, the academic painter, declared in 1853 that photography could never capture the ‘atmospheric veil’ which nature throws across the world, and yet Arnold seems to both refute […]

The play between myth and reality is explored with a political edge in the work of Oliver Bragg. Materialism, capitalism and globalization are explored in relation to technology’s export of humanity from its natural environment. Bragg’s work suggests a turn towards simplicity and the folk tradition of myth to develop our sense, once again, of […]

Pastel shades and complementary hues are brought into play with loose circular forms in the paintings and drawings of Sylwia Kaden. The work explores the dynamics of shape and colour and is certainly testament to Man Ray’s theory, that the ‘creative force’ within painting must ‘reside materially in the colour and texture of pigment’ and […]

It is hard for me to define what exactly influences me – it is rather a sum of many separate elements that are around me and with whom I come into contact. The nature is very important though. When it comes to art, it is the cave paintings and antique frescoes, but also the poster […]