Innocent Portraits

What does these images mean to you? Are these innocent children portraying their image of our society? Seen here is part of a series of children's portrait, "The Birthday Party" from Vee Speers, who was inspired by an imaginary birthday party and the way children express their creativity. Her concept began with her three daughters playing dress up at home which lead to Vee's curiosity in capturing the childhood's imagination.

Vee Speers is from Australia living in Paris.  Her art has been exhibited and published globally. She is currently inaugurating the Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm on May 20 with Annie Liebovitz and Joel Peter Witkins.  Check out the website to view additional photographs of series.

Dissection Of Microbotics

From spiders, insects, and mechanical hands and heads, these jaw dropping sculptures have blown me away. The anatomy looks precise and the work projects a sense of realism with a stylized and compelling vision. For the passion of biomechanics, anatomy, and robotics, Christopher Conte began working in the prosthetics field making artificial limbs for amputees for 16 years as a Certified Prosthetist. He left the field to become a full-time artist as a Biomechanical Sculptor.

Christopher Conte's statement to Monzuki, "I usually have a solid image in my head and set out to find (or make) the parts required to capture the aesthetics I'm looking for. On average, my pieces take several weeks to a month to create although some larger pieces have taken several months."

Upon Christopher's first exhibition at the Last Rites Gallery, one of his sculptures was inducted to display at the National Museum in Washington, DC. His work has appeared on The Discovery Channel, Discover Magazine, Wired Magazine, MTV Networks and Popular Science Magazine.

Christopher Conte graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He is currently living in New York. On average, his pieces sell in the $3,000-$5,000 range.

Japan, Vintage, Victorian

Graduated from Art Center College of Design with honors, Alex Gross is an amazing visual artist with compelling themes. His illustration style is heavily influenced by the Japanese culture during his first vacation to Japan. With an admiration of the Japanese culture, movie posters, medicine packaging and commercial art history, Alex was inspired to incorporate these imagery to his paintings. The featured collection of his work are mainly oil on large canvas, but he also creates smaller pieces through mixed media.

You could purchase a beautiful limited edition of The Art of Alex Gross through his website, a monograph released by Chronicle Books. He is currently working on his solo exhibition at Jonathan Levine Gallery opening on September 11, 2010, as well as working on his second book which contains all of his work from the last four years.