shapes 2

I really enjoy recently experimenting with different shapes, so much fun

colors

shapes

just playing around with some ideas on sunny day

Topor

My reading list is recently getting longer and longer and I think I'll need some holidays to get around all those books I have to read. One of my recent picks is is Alphabet by Roland Topor which is French artists with Polish roots. His work is very surrealistic and contains very specific type of humour. His is not very well known in England however it is some one to look at for sure.

Visiting Saatchi gallery

It's the last chance now to see Newspeak part 2 and Confessions of dangerous minds - contemporary art from Turkey at Saatchi Gallery. I have to admit that Saatchi is my favorite gallery in London and the first part of Newspeak was a bit disappointing however this one was much better and definitely worth to go.

Easter reads

I'm so happy as the Easters started with a nice weather and finally I have some time to catch up with reading so on my reading list I have

The New Age of Feminine Drawing by Ginko Press

Frankie magazine which is now also available in UK

Flamingo new UK art magazine

Illustration Play 2 by Victionary

Water Paper Paint by Quarry

London Book Fair

This year was a first time I was attending London Book Fair it was a good opportunity to see books from other countries and find some really interesting books and illustrators. However I was little bit disappointed with the whole fair as most of the books in children's section were looking exactly the same with very bright colors and cartoony drawings apart new talent in children's book illustration it looks like other countries had much more better selection for kinds then Britain. Unfortunately battery in my camera died quite quickly and I wasn't able to take to much photos but here are some of my picks from this year.

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Published in Romenia very interesting and unusual version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Violeta Zabulica - Diordiev and published by Cartier. One of the illustration in the book has and image of Einstein so if you are Alice lover this is the book you should have in your collection.

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My next discovery is Slovakian illustrator Martina Matlovicova and her book And then it happend about kids who don't care about cleaning, higiene and all other things and something unexpected happends to them. More illustration by Martina here

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I'm not sure how to describe this book as I could really get a proper translation but I think I'm sure is that this book is about love. I'm also not sure if illustration are also targeted to kids or rather/only adults as there is lots of nudity in the book however at the same time is quite cute and funny. The book was published in Finland and illustrated by Tiina Pystynen you can find more of her work here