Peter Christian Johnson

Peter Christian Johnson currently lives and works in La Grande, Oregon. His art looks like artifacts from a far away lost civilisation. Big, massive pieces you don't usually see in ceramics, P. C. Johnson's series give you a clear hint of what to expect; 'Deconstruction' - 'Relics' - 'Construction' - Grapple' - 'Industrial artefacts'.

 

Peter Christian Johnson; "Much of My work is meant to be dislocated in time, seemingly a remnant of the past oran artifact from the distant future. Each piece is a reflection on the passing of time, and a monument to labor. They catalogue the act of making, of constructing, of inventing, and reinventing, and speak to the never ending flow of both time and human attempts at progress."

 

 

Jee Young Lee

Somewhere in Seoul, in the tiny little space of her 3 by 6 metre studio, Jee Young Lee materializes fantasy worlds over and over again. Everything is handmade, filling the room can take weeks, even months. All these weird universes are born from a fantasy without boundaries.
"Whereas traditional photography submits extracts of reality to our eyes, the artist offers excerpts from her heart, her memory, or her dreams. Restrained by the inherent limits of the conventional
photographic medium, she adds plastic creativity and theatrical performance to it, in order to blow life into her immense needs of expression, and interrogation."
Jee Young Lee's work is as much installation as it is photography. A self-portrait in a strange universe, her quest for an identity,  her desires and a frame of mind.

Alexander Ekman

The Contradiction of Silence

A short film for the Bolon Company by Alexander Ekman. Is it a commercial or not, up to you to judge. It's exciting, entertaining and fun to watch. Choreographer Alexander Ekman is most famous for his modern interpretations of classic dance, trying to create work which the majority can connect to, finding subjects that we can all relate to. He regularly designs the set, composes the music and creates the costumes. Alexander Ekman was born in Stockholm in 1984, Sweden.

The Contradiction of Silence from Bolon on Vimeo.

Alexander Ekman; ”The most important question I always ask myself before I begin creating a new work is, Why do we need this piece?”

 

All pictures ‘The Contradiction of Silence’, photo © BOLON.

David Ellingsen

Canadian David Ellingsen is more than a well-regarded commercial photographer. His artwork has been shown all over the world, and he has been awarded on several occasions.
Born into a small rural community on Cortes Island, surrounded by forest and  ocean, Elligsen himself says his photography is rooted in his rural upbringing. David Elligsen uses the discontinued 55PN Polaroid film, his solarized images are of great tonal range.
David; "I am a photographer and environmental artist creating images of site-specific installations, landscapes and object studies that speak to the natural world and Man’s impact upon it."

Tim Mara

Tim Mara (1948-1997) professor and printmaker, born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. His screen prints could take up to three months to finish.
One of Tim quotes says a lot about his work or the way he approaches printmaking in general; ‘In the hierarchy of fine art, printmaking is usually associated with craft skills – with technique. And that gets in the way. My work was always about the ideas more than the medium‘.
Colourful multi layered screen prints, a bit like pop art, but still feeling up to date. Most of his work was accomplished using the (photo)screen printing technique, sometimes combined with lithography or intaglio printing. Repeating patterns and loads of colour, Tim's legacy to the world of printmaking.

...And sometime a little less colour....

Herbert Ponting & Salto Ulbeek Publishers

'Thanks to a collaboration between Salto Ulbeek publishers and the Scott Polar Research Institute, a selection of Ponting’s Antarctic photographs are presented for the first time using the platinum printing process, a photographic technique renowned for its exceptional aesthetic and archival properties.'
The Herbert Ponting glass negatives were scanned an digitalised by the Belgian Salto Ulbeek team, lead by George Charlier. A selection was reproduced as platinum prints. I was able to see them at Salto's headquarters, and they are just amazing.
You can have a look at them over here.

There are five thematic sections:

- Explorers:

- Man and Sledge:

- Terre Nova:

- Cape Evans:

- Antarctica: