Sometimes you just feel instantly connected with a piece of art, maybe because of its aesthetic, maybe because of it’s meaning, but most of the time for a reason that is simply bigger than you. During my studies I was always more relating to conceptual art than attracted by the beauty that a work of art could liberate. With the time my sense of aesthetic surely matured and evolved, I like edgy, I like pop culture, I like pure lines, I like art connected with its surrounding, I like it experimental and committed, but I also like it naive and ironic.
I discovered Guy Criden few months ago at the ZIZ Art Space, and I don’t know if it’s my recent fascination for collages, or if it’s his very smart way to recreate a new story with found pictures that attracted me, but I completely adore his work. It’s full of paradox, his sometimes surrealistic combinations give a powerful aesthetic to his pictures. He is surely playing with the pop cultures codes and sex, but brings a depth into it. There is beauty in his artworks.
This morning I felt like sharing with you his works, note that all the images are coming from the ZIZ Art Space Website.
Some of his works are available for purchase at the ArtSetters‘s pop-up shop at the Brown Hotel, until November 20th.
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