mainly malaysia

all that malaysian music....

william mortensn

welcome to the strange world of william mortenson. not loved by ansel admas. not boring!

qubeka bead studio

maybe not what i'd normally look at when browsing textile art but - wow! frightening amounts of work!

manners maketh man

mutesite

jungjin lee

i'm planning a bit of a photography fest sometime soon as well as moving away from korea and the surrounds but i couldn't resist the work of jungjin lee as a precursor. beautiful

johnny mafia

hard to come in from work and not be happy when listening to johnny mafia

the endleaves

jamie johnson

no idea what these are about but more here

deepset

valeria nascimento

i know almost nothing about porcelain but i'd be proper happy to get a closer look at these

moi last von

pesawat

jiyen lee

you can look at jiyen lee's works as big images up on a wall. but that's not all there is to them. i'm no big fan of video work but i'd look at these

they will kill us all

kobina nyarko

there's not a whole lot of info going on about kobina nyarko but i can't get away from the colours and dynamism of all these fish. if the january darkness is getting you down check some of these out

free deserters

kim ji min

i can't find a website for kim ji min which is a shame as it would be great to see more about his work. he's stretching the definition of textile art with this. see detail here

ferns

enterprise

the impatient sisters

masoyuki kojo

am loving seeing star wars figures integrated into different tradtions. check masayuki kojo's work at his website. lots of videos of him at work.

tenderfist

lee jaehyo

hard to choose just one image by lee jaehyo so here's a couple. go and browse. no really - go!

icelandic sagas

this is a rather lovely film about sagas, and naming, and much else besides

bittersweet

citizens of ice cream

oh chentaku

lillian bassman

while it's true that the internet has ruined me for figurative photography it doesn't mean i don't look at it. and i was struggling to pick just one picture by lillian bassman so here's a bunch of them. i love the light in these.

modescape

rock out

a.c.a.b.

malaysian skins. who knew?

beatriz milhazes

and seeing as we're in the january darkness what better way to brighten the day than beatriz milhazes

bong chae son

first image of the year? bong chae son - that'll do nicely

oag