Cool Hunting

Luke Feldman: The Whimsical World of Skaffs
Australian artist Luke Feldman's exhibition of visual and audio artworks, "The Whimsical World of Skaffs," opens at Seattle's Bluebottle Art Gallery today, 2 October 2007 and runs through 30 October 2007. Combining visual works with atmospheric music (also composed by Feldman), the world of Skaffs is an AV experience, evidently. With illustrations composed of simple bold lines, vibrant colors give Feldman's compositions movement and...

Matthew Woodson
Matthew Woodson's illustration style doesn't exactly break new ground, but it's his rotoscoping-like technique we like most. Overriding themes include half-nude woman, tattoos, skeletons, violence and mystery, all of which we like and seek out. Check out more of his work on his website, ghostco, blog, with hands and hair (and eyes and bones and knees). You can also see his work in some...

Ron Mueck: In Bed
The London-based hyper-realist sculptor Ron Mueck's recent intriguing work, "In Bed", is hard to resist. Commentary on scale in architecture is common in a spatial sense, with much of our education revolving around it. Yet as humans, the scale between ourselves seems to be ever increasing. In our own office there is a 50 cm difference in height between the tallest and shortest, a...

Sex In Art
We love the way Australian-based website Sex In Art takes a healthy peek at all things arty and well…sexual. There's some beautiful illustration work up there and some evocative photography. Heck, we're getting a little hot under the collar just thinking about it. While most of the work they feature is work friendly, some of it isn't. Still, it's worth more than a casual...

Ben Backhouse
Australian artist Ben Backhouse creates artwork across a number of mediums and channels, with his portfolio spanning illustration, paintings and typography, along with various cover designs for CDs, books and magazines. Diverse skills. Nice creations.[Eds. note: To learn more about some of Backhouse's source material pictured in the above images see CH's Jill Greenberg video.]...

Sarah Hankinson
Melbourne illustrator Sarah Hankinson creates distinctly feminine yet bold and dramatic works which play off broken lines and occasional splashes of colour. She uses a variety of mediums, from ink to pencil, fabric to cut paper. Some of her illustration work is currently exhibited at Design A Space Retail Gallery, on Chapel St, Windsor in Melbourne....