Category: Artworks

Ken Reid’s “World-Wide Weirdies” plunges straight into a hot, surreal landscape where the dunes themselves glare back with clenched teeth and bulging eyes. The bold title framing the scene—“The Sa’Horror Desert”—sets the tone for a comic-horror travelogue, turning a seemingly familiar desert vista into a living, hostile expanse. A rocky outcrop, a few spindly palms,…

Electric red dominates this Moulin Rouge music-hall programme cover, where the famous windmill becomes a bold stage set for a languid, modern figure. The title lettering sits high like a marquee, while strings of pearl-like dots and a stark black background suggest nightlife glamour and the sparkle of Paris entertainment. A pale, circular lantern-face at…

Rain runs down the windowpanes behind a solemn, familiar sacred scene, while the foreground is crowded with a tangle of closed umbrellas laid across a white surface. The contrast is playful and slightly unsettling: halos and gestures of blessing share space with everyday commuter clutter, turning a simple “lost and found” moment into something closer…

October 1978 places Marcel Marceau in a moment of poised theatricality, his iconic white face and dark-lined eyes turning a simple stance into a complete narrative. Draped in a loose, luminous costume, he lifts one arm as if catching an invisible current, while the other hand frames the space beside him with the precision of…

November’s theme of “Exposure” feels especially apt in Ren Wicks’ artwork, where a lone figure stands with her back turned, caught in a quiet moment between dressing and departure. Bare shoulders and a loosely held garment suggest intimacy without spectacle, while the pose keeps the subject anonymous, inviting viewers to read mood and era through…

Soft color washes and delicate linework give this circa-1920s artwork the dreamy calm of an illustrated postcard. A young woman with short, curling hair sits among leafy greenery, her patterned dress draping in flowing folds while she turns her gaze toward a small burst of motion overhead. The palette—warm browns, gentle greens, and rosy accents—echoes…

Across the pale, misted ground of this silk painting, a single festival performer commands attention in a blaze of red and jewel-toned patterning. The figure’s mask-like face, padded sleeves, and richly ornamented chest piece evoke the theatrical splendor associated with Kyoto’s Miyako Odori tradition, while the airy negative space keeps the scene poised and ceremonial.…

Over a sketched horizon of hills and small houses, a formation of airplanes fills the sky, their blunt wings and simple bodies drawn with the directness of a child’s hand. Dashed lines arc between the aircraft like hurried trails, turning the empty space into a web of motion and threat. Below, a walled building with…

José Bernabe’s drawing, identified in the title as made at age 11 in Perpignan’s Spanish Center, turns the terror of Madrid under aerial attack into a child’s blunt, unforgettable language. Across a pale sky, airplanes crowd the page in rough formation while small parachutes drift downward, and the scene below is anchored by two simple…

A child’s pencil lines turn the Spanish Civil War of 1936 into a stark little drama: a uniformed figure stands with an arm raised beneath the word “GREBEL,” while a rough map-like shape stretches across the page and a strange, spider-like creature hovers nearby. The simple shading, oversized symbols, and bold lettering feel less like…