The latest project by photographer Ashley Markle (previously featured here) is a collaboration between Markle and her father, as they attempt to get to know each other after a ten-year absence. Last having seen her father when she was ten years old, the two reconnected when Markle graduated college, and in 2020 they began making these pictures together. “In some […]
Born in Zhongshan, China, artist Leon Xu was raised in San Francisco, California, and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Attentive to what he describes as “brain tingles”—instinctual cues nudging him to capture a particular moment so he can reflect on it later through the act of painting—Xu finds a meditative solace in his creative practice. This past year […]
A selection of images from “A Season for Reward,” the latest series by Portland, Oregon-based photographer Clayton Cotterell (previously featured here). Made over the course of the last two winters, the ongoing project is a meditative portrait of a season, as seen through its details. “Dictating a series of images based on the season in which they were created is […]
Artist Erin Milez captures the entangled dance of cohabitation in her recent body of work. Working from her home studio in Bayonne, New Jersey, where she lives with her husband and daughter, Milez relates the couples in her paintings to her own experience with the clumsy and humorous realities of sharing and creating a home. “I see them as duet […]
September 7, 2022 Artists One may not know what name the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) would give to Ben Frost’s obsession with pharmaceutical boxes. Indeed, there is surely a medication proscribed for something like this. Ben Frost. Bart On Ritalin. Corey Helford Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. (photo courtesy of the gallery) Frost’s view is a subversive […]
This installment of the Interview with an Artist features our very own Valeriia Tereshchenko aka @Shidzaku. A concept artist here at Displate, she pays homage to the neon-lit imagery of Japanese cyberpunk with her remarkable new art designed for a limited drop series that hit our site earlier today. Come read about her creative process and how she stays inspired. How did you […]
One of the exciting book releases this fall drops today in stores across the country – which is appropriate with a name like Spray Nation. Martha Cooper. SPRAY NATION 1980s Graffiti Photographs. Edited by Roger Gastman. Prestel. Germany, 2022. A companion single hardcover to the full boxed set released this spring, the thick brick of graffiti tricks will end up […]
Photographer Whitney Hayes (previously featured here) spent her summer working with The Highlands Natural Pool in Ringwood, New Jersey, documenting what she describes as “truly a magical place.” The pool is an unexpected oasis in the middle of a forest — run by a non-profit, it is largely maintained by a dedicated group of board members who volunteer their time. […]
Self-taught painter Josie Morway’s (previously featured here) hyperrealistic oil paintings are intended to be both reverent and darkly comic. Exploring the simultaneous fragility and fortitude of the natural world, she envisions the sanctity of wildlife and wilderness in the face of human degradation and seeks to challenge the assumptions and projections we bring to our interactions with the wild. She […]
Organized by tone and color from day to night, “Montage” is the beautifully designed, self-published first monograph by Vancouver-based photographer Jeremy Jude Lee (previously featured here). Featuring a vibrant collection of photographs captured between 2017 and 2022 on Kodak film, the book is a captivating showcase of Lee’s best images. Thanks to his generosity, we’ve got two copies to give […]