Victor Hugo once said that, in contrast to the sublime, the grotesque is the richest material that nature can offer art. Iva Gueorguieva heeds Hugo's words, fashioning wall-sized paintings laden with thickly rendered, sickly hued detail. Gueorguieva's works embody the hybridized and occasionally terr

Architectural, Cartoonish, Ecstatic, Euphoric, Expansive, Fantastic, Kinetic, Layered, Monumental

Ever since the Belgian artist Arne Quinze joined the debate on design and launched his Primary Pouf in 1999, a seating object that could easily be interpreted as a raised middle finger to the design world because of its simplicity, material and delirious colors, all of which are only exceeded by its

Architectural, Cool

Alec Soth (b. 1969) is a photographer born and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the recipient of several major fellowships from the McKnight and Jerome Foundations and was awarded the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography. His work is represented in major public and private collections, including

Architectural, Documentary photography, Figurative, Representational

Architectural, Figurative, Representational, Tranquil