The Patternbank team cant wait to get their hands on Olaf Hajek’s new book, Black Antoinette. A collection of Hajek’s most recent editorial contracts and commercial portraits. Olaf Hajek, who was born in 1965 in Rendsburg, Germany and is now based in Berlin, is currently one of the worlds most successful and well-known illustrative artists.
If you happen to be in Berlin this week, check out Gestalten Space, which is exhibiting some of the works to celebrate the book launch. July 5-29th
With painterly print effects still trending on recent catwalks and print shows, Patternbank saw these incredible artworks. Chris Trueman lives and works in the Los Angeles area and is graduate from the San Francisco Art Institute. His paintings are a explosion of colour , linear forms and abstract texture. In his latest dynamic collection, entitled ‘Stripes’, Trueman explores geometric form and fluid movement to create a visual feast. See more of his work at his portfolio site christrueman.com
These amazing digital patterns are the latest offerings by Vienna based design studio Atelier Olschinsky. City Transformer is a set of digitally rendered cityscapes, that take on a futuristic abstract vibe. Patternbank love the sci-fi fantasy metropolis that Olschinsky have created in these amazing abstract cityscape patterns. Check out more of their work at olschinsky.at
Cliff Briggie wants us to see the see the extraordinary in the ordinary, he is inspired by a line from Rilke’s poem – The Way In: Whoever you are, some evening take a step out of your house, which you know so well, enormous space is near… Rilke wants us to see that infinite space is right in the midst of our ordinary, day-to-day life. Briggie’s photographs are a transient moment in time capturing the hidden energies in everyday objects. Check out more of his mesmerising photographs on his Flickr Page.
We are forever tracking new forms of pattern, and recently saw these stunning computer-generated art statements by German artist Holger Lippmann. His intricate digital patterns still look more hand crafted than electronically mastered. Lippmann, who studied Sculpture at the Art Academy Dresden before continuing his studies in Stuttgart, Paris and New York. Check out more of Holger Lippmann’s experimental digital painting on his new site and Behance.
Patternbank have been tracking Michael Mew’s work for some time now and thought we’d share to those who have not seen his stunning visuals. We love the energy of Mew’s mixed collage paintings, that layer antique flea market finds with pictorial flower studies. Vintage type collides beautifully with hand drawn botanical florals. Check out more of Mew’s work on his portfolio site michaelstudio.com
Abstract floral shapes and unknown objects take on new forms and textures in these experimental pieces by Elena Kulikova. Using the copier / scanner as a creative tool she has made the ordinary instantly more engaging. Check out more of her enchanting, surreal photographs on her Flickr page or her own site elenakulikova.com
