La Monna Lisa di Afghanistan

Lo sguardo enigmatico della Ragazza Afgana [The Afghan Girl] dagli occhi verde ghiaccio, considerata La Monna Lisa dell'Afghanistan, è diventata l'icona della condizione dei profughi in tutto il mondo.
Facente parte del celeberrimo reportage di Steve McCurry, questa fotografia è stata scattata nel 1984 al campo profughi Nasir Bagh in Pakistan, vicino alla città di Peshawar, campo che ospitava i rifugiati fuggiti dall'Afghanistan occupato dai sovietici.

Peihang Huang, 1984 | Pop Art

Peihang Huang / 黃沛涵 was born in Taipei, Taiwan and is a full time artist.

Huang uses vibrant oil paints to create these dreamy, saccharine, and occasionally morbid portraits inspired by Barbie Dolls.

Taiwanese young artist Peihang Huang, as a young generation of the land in chaotic situation both cultural and political, her painting tap aim to Taiwan’s history while linking it to global culture by referencing Western Pop culture to portray her feeling about being Taiwanese.

Paul Boswijk, 1959 ~ Figurative painter

Paul Boswijk, Hollandaise painter, studied at the Art Academy Minerva in Groningen. Everything is in the paintings of Paul to the light. Whether in broad strips through a window enters or filtered through leaves on a face schijnt.Interieurs, hotel rooms, café terraces and in recent years also gardens and landscape, are the environments where Paul's models are. Because there are always people in his paintings. They are not portraits in the sense that only the person depicted is but the model is still an essential part of the schilderij. Paul paints a picture and tries here with no story to tell. Symbolism, deep meanings and high thoughts are with him not to be sought, and he is thus a real realist. De last time he works as many wet-on-wet, where previously a more layered technique was gehanteerd. Dit to as directly as possible result to obtain, though without much form and suggestion from losing.

Bec Winnel | Fashion illustrator

Bec Winnel is an accomplished Australian illustrator and artist. Winnel’s portraiture combines the illustrative precision of a graphic artist with the sophistication and emotiveness of a painter.

The ethereal quality of the her work is the result of carefully accreted layers of pencil, pastel and washes of paint.

Winnel’s work is delicate and otherworldly, and seems to border on the immaterial. Her imagery emerges from the surface like a dream state: soft, plush, and seemingly on the brink of dissolving into thin air.

Richard MacDonald, 1946 | Figurative sculptor | Cirque du Soleil

A native Californian, Richard MacDonald - American sculptor**, was educated at the prestigious Art Center College of Design and received a Bachelor of Professional Arts, Cum Laude.
In the 30 years of his artistic career, Richard MacDonald has achieved international distinction for his sculpture, paintings, and drawings, and has been the recipient of many national and international awards**.
He has also held numerous one-man shows and exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe and the Orient.
His fascination with the human figure and human emotions has led MacDonald to focus on sculpting figures of mimes, dancers and athletes, each of which conveys a sense of joy and pays tribute to the beauty of the human form.