Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?

In both 1956 and 1992, artist Richard Hamilton attempted to answer that question with two collages, the original effectively creating the Pop Art genre.

The Weeping Woman

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In 1937 France, Pablo Picasso created an oil painting entitled The Weeping Woman. It was influenced in some part by Germany’s bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War also in 1937, which is considered by most to be the first bombing of a defenceless population by an air force. To further understand The Weeping Woman and it’s creation we must also look at the destruction of Guernica and the subsequent creativity this gave Picasso.

Christopher Marley

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Christopher Marley is an artist, designer, photographer and author who was born in Southern California with an ironic fear of bugs considering what he would later go on to do with his life. He spent much of his youth in Oregon and pursued a career in modelling before entering the art world and I can’t  help getting the impression that money was never an issue for this man.

Karl Blossfeldt

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Karl Blossfeldt was a pioneering German photographer born June 13, 1865.  Recognised for his extensive and unique collection of photographic plant portraits, detailing their intricate tactile qualities and revealing the unusual characteristics found therein.