PHOTO: WHISKEY 'N ROSES

ARTIST: HOFFINE, JOSHUA

Well done, sir. Well done. Joshua Hoffine is really bringin' the creeps. Bravo.

ARTIST: SIMONS, BERT

Bert Simons is a totally rad Dutch artist that makes these surreal paper portrait sculptures. He uses fancy hi-tech computer scan mapping of peoples heads and recreates their likeness in these shockingly realistic 3-d paper sculptures. Some are even full body. These vaguely sub-human simulacra are sort of haunting. If I witnessed one in person I would constantly be expecting one to turn its eyes toward me and start talking backwards.

PUBLICATION: ILOVEFAKE MAGAZINE

So yesterday when I was skulking around on the interwebs I came across ilovefake Magazine. It describes itself as a collision of fashion, art, and culture. Tasty. And it's produced in Holland. Extra tasty. You know what that means? Hot European boys like the ones down below. And girls too (if you're into that sort of thing). With a general lack any real writing, save for a few titles and captions, it reads like a stranger's photo album. A stranger who knows lots of really sexy people and, who you want to be friends with.

Via Rakk and Ruin

ARTIST: GOICOLEA, ANTHONY

Anthony Goicolea is one of the few artists that, when I look at their work, it inspires me to want to make more of my own. Not only are his pieces engaging to look at, they evoke feelings and inspire narratives to begin in my head. His figures seem so real to me, as if they actually exist and have a whole story that I really want to know.

I particularly love his drawings, but his photo work is amazing as well. He uses himself in his photographs to play the role of multiple figures, creating unspoken dialogue and ambiguous, and at times slightly awkward, situations.

Check out his website. Look at ALL of his work and be sure to read the accompanying statements in the info section. Do it! http://www.anthonygoicolea.com/