Constantinos Chaidalis is a Greek illustrator and designer based in Athens. For his self-initiated project “Thin Air,” he has created a series of subtle depictions of human fragility and nudity, with some delightful surreal flourishes thrown into the mix: headless bodies riding on the back of birds and faceless bodies adorned with antlers. Images © Constantinos […]
Tag: Europe
10 Scandinavian Movies of 2015
2015 is set to be a profitable year for Nordic and Scandinavian cinema, with films from the Northern countries making a strong show at the world’s biggest festivals, from Cannes to Tribeca. New releases from some of Scandinavian’s finest directors will be released this year, from the likes of Joachim Trier and Rúnar Rúnarsson. So in response we’ve […]
Selfies: Blue-Tinted Erotic Drawings
Note: Contains nudity. Armed with his trusty Bic pen, the Spanish hyperrealist artist Juan Francisco Casas has built up an impressive online base of loyal fans due to his sexually explicit drawings of young naked women. Controversial certainly, as only these kinds of artworks can be, but they do possess great skill and an eye […]
13 Surreal Photo Manipulations by European Artists
Note: Contains nudity. Great artists have been manipulating their canvases in surreal and exciting ways for hundreds of years. You only need to look back to the distorted visions dreamed up by Magritte and Dali to see that. You can trace this back to visionary pioneers like the great Dutch artist M.C Escher, who distorted […]
Infamous Erotic Moments in German Cinema
Note: Contains sexual references. German cinema may unfairly be defined, outside its borders anyway, by how it interprets the various atrocities that were perpetrated during the country’s turbulent twentieth century. This mood hangs over so much of their filmmaking, that when exploring noted erotic moments within this history, it is impossible to ignore the heavy weights […]
5 Superb Films from Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is more of a cultural and social sphere than a permanent geographical one. There is in fact no concrete line defining where it lies. Therefore, I have chosen to be liberal in selecting my films from this part of the world, not worrying too much about what countries fall within this territory. Lithuania, Romania […]
Pichi&Avo: Graffiti Art x Greek Mythology
Classical art lives on, even in graffiti. That might be a bit of a surprise, but characters from Greek Mythology are softly shaded with spray paints and traditional tagging added here and there to compose various murals. It’s all brilliantly done by Pichi&Avo, the duo from Spain who met in 2007 and since then became […]
Lego Minifigure Tattoos and More by Max Pniewski
There are portraits of people and animals, skulls, vampires, and a lot of Lego men. That’s right! Artist Max Pniewski gets many tattoo requests from clients for Lego Minifigures of DC Comics superheroes and Star Wars characters. This Polish tattooer working in Bristol (UK) has been inking for over 12 years, and in that time, […]
Infamous Erotic Moments in British Cinema
This may seem like a strange cinematic area for the British to be involved in. I mean we’re just so very repressed and uptight about nudity, are we not? Not like those liberated French across the channel with their constant parade of body parts for the world to see. While we are no longer living […]
Iwan Yug’s Photorealistic Tattoos
Whether in color or black-and-grey, Iwan Yug is able to create eye-catching photorealist art for his clients. This Ukraine-born artist living in Moscow began tattooing in 2005—exploring different techniques and styles until resuming to his favorites: realistic portraiture and wildlife. Often using a photo reference as he tattoos, some of his designs require editing and […]