Mercedes Helnwein – Dark Surreal Art

Posted on October 22, 2021 by marikokoda under Art, paintings, portraits, vintage

I am super intrigued by the aesthetic of the Austrian artist Mercedes Helnwein. Her talents move around different disciplines as writing, paintings, photography and film making. In this post I will focus on her fab portraits, where each piece seems to suggest us a story.

I enjoy the fact that each character on her paintings seems to hide a mysterious and somewhat dark secret and of course, the vintage look makes the whole creative project even better.

You can also find her on Instagram.

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Inspired – Julie Liger Belair

Posted on August 6, 2021 by marikokoda under abstract, Art, collage, vintage

Enjoy the enchanted works by the Canadian artist Julie Liger Belair. I love the way she also combines paper cuts with sculptural compositions made with polymer clay.

These are few words about how she describes her art practice: Fairy tales, legends, dreams and the surreal worlds they evoke have always been a part of the human experience; a way to make sense of our surroundings and explain our fears. As a child these captured my imagination, weaving themselves into the fabric of my personality. Because of this I am today a collector at heart, constantly collecting fragments of ideas and objects, each with their own little stories to tell. Combining them in different ways in my work, they form new narratives and meanings.

You can find her pieces available on Saatchi Art.

Agrume Noir Art

Posted on January 2, 2019 by marikokoda under Art, Illustration, public art

Amazing!

Enjoy the incredible street art interventions by the French illustrator Alban Rotival, aka Agrume Noir.

You can also find Alban on Instagram.

Man portrait that is covering his face with a leaf.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Masked kids holding hands illustration.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Two masked men illustration.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Man portrait that is covering his face with a leaf.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Masked boy playing with a toy train.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Illustration of a hand holding an apple and birds.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Masked man portrait.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Portrait of a man covering half of his face with a blanket.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Masked subject holding a teapot.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Masked man scared by his shadow illustration.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Mural on a wall of a masked man surrounded by flowers.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Masked man playing with Chinese shadows using his hands.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Illustratino over a yellow wallpaper of a boy surrounded by crows.

Mixed media street art interventions.

Inspired – Rozenn Le Gall

Posted on December 24, 2018 by marikokoda under Art, collage, surrealism, vintage

Inspiring!

Enjoy the elegant surreal collages by Rozenn Le Gall.

Headless female bust.

Minimal surreal collages.

Female dancer with half body covered with plastic.

Minimal surreal collages.

Female body with an aloe plant coming out from her head.

Minimal surreal collages.

Female arm coming out from a piece of paper.

Minimal surreal collages.

Female body parts collage.

Minimal surreal collages.

Female head and arm hiding behind a piece of paper.

Minimal surreal collages.

Female body collaged with a plant.

Minimal surreal collages.

Car collage connected with a body.

Minimal surreal collages.

Female face covered partially by a full female body.

Minimal surreal collages.

Collage of a female hand and a flower.

Minimal surreal collages.

Half female body collaged with a living room still life photo.

Minimal surreal collages.

Female legs covering a female face.

Minimal surreal collages.

Female body with the face covered with plants.

Minimal surreal collages.

Half female face covered with plants.

Minimal surreal collages.

Inspired – Rhed Fawell

Posted on December 3, 2018 by marikokoda under collage, surrealism, vintage

Inspiring!

Enjoy the beautiful collage pieces by Rhed Fawell, that is also the founder of the Edinburgh Collage Collective.

You can find Rhed also on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr.

Woman lying on the floor collage.

Vintage style collages.

Smiling woman collage.

Vintage style collages.

Child seen from his back collage.

Vintage style collages.

Group of women collage.

Vintage style collages.

Child collage.

Vintage style collages.

Defaced woman collage.

Vintage style collages.

Group of women at the lake collage.

Vintage style collages.

Group of people at the mountain collage.

Vintage style collages.

Men running without head collage.

Vintage style collages.

Couple kissing collage.

Vintage style collages.

Inspired – Philipp Igumnov

Posted on July 23, 2018 by marikokoda under collage, surrealism

Inspiring!

Enjoy the pop surrealist collages by the Russian artist Philipp Igumnov.

Man in bath suit touching a moon over him.

Pop Surrealist Collages

Double landscape collage divided by a slip-knot in the middle.

Pop Surrealist Collages

Couple into a natural landscape staring at a giant middle finger.

Pop Surrealist Collages

Woman holding an ufo kite.

Pop Surrealist Collages

Man sit on a sofa floating into a mountain landscape.

Pop Surrealist Collages

Soccer player that is trying to reach a falling star into the universe.

Pop Surrealist Collages

Man portrait with windows on fire as his eyes.

Pop Surrealist Collages

Baby sit on a Berlin monument.

Pop Surrealist Collages

Geometric building floating over a natural landscape.

Pop Surrealist Collages

Giant hand using a falling building as its wallet.

Pop Surrealist Collages

Inspired – Jake Lee

Posted on December 18, 2017 by marikokoda under Art, collage, surrealism, vintage

Inspired!

The South Korean artist Jake Lee creates beautiful surreal collages using 50’s magazine paper cuts.

You can also follow him on Instagram.

Surreal landscape.

Surreal collages realised using 50’s magazines.

Surreal landscape

Surreal collages realised using 50’s magazines.

Surreal landscape.

Surreal collages realised using 50’s magazines.

Surreal landscape.

Surreal collages realised using 50’s magazines.

Surreal landscape.

Surreal collages realised using 50’s magazines.

Underwater surreal seascape.

Surreal collages realised using 50’s magazines.

Surreal landscape.

Surreal collages realised using 50’s magazines.

Car with women legs.

Surreal collages realised using 50’s magazines.

Group of people looking at a giant moon.

Surreal collages realised using 50’s magazines.

Some Of My Works 58

Posted on August 31, 2017 by marikokoda under Art, collage, Photography, portraits, saatchi art, vintage

New pieces!

This is a new batch of contemporary collages that you can find available on my Saatchi Art gallery.

Enjoy 🙂

Vintage young girl portrait manipulated with neon colours.

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Vintage girl portrait altered with mixed media materials.

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Vintage group portrait of men altered using posca pens and stickers.

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Young man vintage photo altered with pens and stickers.

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Vintage woman portrait manipulated with handmade technique.

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Vintage group of men portrait altered with stickers and washi tape.

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Vintage group photo altered with pens and stickers.

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Vintage baby boy portrait altered using uni posca pens.

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Vintage baby photography manipulated using stickers, pens and washi tape.

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Vintage group of men photo altered with

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Vintage wedding group photo manipulated with washi tape, stickers and pens.

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Inspired – Tyler Varsell

Posted on July 17, 2017 by marikokoda under Art, collage, surrealism, vintage

Inspired!

Enjoy the pop surrealist paper collages by the American artist Tyler Varsell.

Giant kid awlking on the grass with the face covered by flying balloons.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Giant open hand that is touching yellow flowers putted over a cactus.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Couple of baby girls holding a lightning.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Giant baby girl body surrounded by a winter landscape and dressed in pink and holding a pink balloon.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Woman head with veil and a fan surrounded by a natural landscape with birds flying.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Headless baby girl body putted over a mountain view.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Group of baby girls holding hands and creating a circle, floating into the air.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Headless baby girl body sitting over a giant floating shell.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Baby girl headless body putted over a galaxy image.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Woman seen from the back that is watching a storm.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Baby girl body walking over giant pink flowers.

Pop surrealist style paper collages.

Inspired – øjeRum

Posted on June 12, 2017 by marikokoda under Art, collage, paintings, Photography, portraits, surrealism, vintage

Inspired!

Enjoy the surreal hand cut collages by the Danish artist øjeRum.

Defaced woman collage portrait with a mountain landscape covering her face.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.

Defaced classic woman painting.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.

Defaced surreal portrait of a woman with a galaxy covering half of her face.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.

Defaced woman painting.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.

Defaced woman portrait surrounded by a monumental landscape.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.

Partially defaced classic man painting.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.

Man portrait with the head covered by a mountain view.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.

Classic rounded female portrait defaced.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.

Defaced classic man portrait covered by a galaxy photo.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.

Defaced portrait of a female sculpture.

Hand cut surreal portrait collages.