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  BACKSTAGE PHOTO PASS: ELODIE CHAPUIS

  October 3, 2011

  Meet Elodie Chapuis, the newest member of the discosalt Artist Collective.  Since she began photography in 2006,  Elodie has contributed her music and fashion photography to a slew of culture magazines and fashion projects.  In 2007, she spent 4 days covering the Roskilde Festival in Denmark; the first step towards a personal artistic project to photograph live performances and off stage portraits.  Elodie’s work in music, has lead her to several solo and collective exhibitions and she is constantly

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  SNEAK PEAK: TOP SECRET SARA BLAKE PROJECT + 100 GIRLS

  August 15, 2011

  Before she heads over to Auckland, NZ to speak at the amazing We Can Create conference series, a 2 day conference for creatives, discosalt artist Sara Blake is sharing some new work.  Not only can you can see more of Sara in the new issue of DISCOSALT Magazine, but she has been busy preparing new work for a side event exhibition with several incredible local artists as well. The exhibition will be the first installment of a year long project called 100

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  URBAN ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: CT

  May 13, 2011

  For an urban artist, “CT” tells us that he didn’t grow up in a big metropolis. As a result,  he “wasn’t directly in contact with the more common writing dynamics, which at the beginning of 90′s established themselves in all European cities”.   CT’s environment took him in a different direction; influencing his way of thinking and  contributing to a different approach to “Graffiti” art. Without any stylistic references in his small town, he grew curious about the world of graffiti art in

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  BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED: POST-URBAN POP ART

  April 27, 2011

  Pam Glew’s forthcoming show features icons from the Roaring 20s, from silent movies to the golden age of cinema. The next generation post-urban pop artist uses her signature style of dyeing and bleaching vintage materials to create poignant portraits of the beautiful and the damned.
  ‘Beautiful and Damned’, the shows title, is of course taken from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1922 novel, which explores the listless lives of moneyed society during the Jazz Age. This captivating era, drenched in glamour yet tinged

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  FEATURED ARTIST PORTFOLIO: SARA BLAKE

  April 11, 2011

  Check out the work from the newest member of the Discosalt Artist Collective: Sara Blake aka ZSO.
  Sara is an illustrator and fine artist living and loving in New York City who mixes traditional illustration with digital techniques to create these amazing vivid and textured pieces.  After spending the last few years as an art director, graphic designer, and freelance illustrator, Sara is now a full-time illustrator, with some impressive projects under her belt; she has collaborated on campaigns with Marc Jacobs, Hurly, TedX

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  JEFFREY CAPOSSELA’S NEW WORK INSPIRED BY BOWERY BALLROOM

  March 14, 2011

  Discosalt artist Jeffrey Capossela recently added some finishing touches on a rowdy new four panel project which draws influence from the 2nd floor bar window at New York’s live music venue The Bowery Ballroom.  Channeling the work of post-impressionist artists, Jeff creates his familiar aesthetic images by building layer upon layer of acrylic paint in brilliant pure colors to create simplified structures of form, in a ‘dream like’ manner.
  Discosalt recently caught up with Jeff in Hells Kitchen to talk about

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  FEATURED ARTIST PORTFOLIO: JASON WOODSIDE

  February 8, 2011

  Discosalt Artist Jason Woodside has been hard at work making some new updates on his website which you can check out  HERE. You can watch a new video in the media section filmed by Philip Mansfield which shows some of his more recent work. Also, there’s a series of limited prints up online in the store. Each print is $100 and comes framed. They’re in the new line of work Jason has been doing and are cool if you want some of

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  FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO: ANA CABALEIRO

  January 31, 2011

  We are excited to welcome Ana Cabaleiro as a new member of  the Discosalt Artist Collective this month!
  Escape the city, to a washed out world of  never ending sunny days, clean air and overwhelming natural beauty. In these spaces there are things to smell other than car-exhaust and there are textures to feel other than concrete or brick. Being there, photographing these types of areas simultaneously engages all of Ana’s sense in a pleasurable way, something that happens infrequently in the

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  Q + A: PAM GLEW

  December 1, 2010

  Discosalt recently caught up with cult icon/flag obsessed UK based urban artist Pam Glew, to discuss her new show “Circus”, the glitter of celebrity, the joy of old cinema, future fashion collaborations and the cherry on the cake.
  DS: You use some amazing portraits in your work. Where do they come from and how do you select images that inspire you?
  PG:  I watch a lot of old movies, and as a result some of the images stem from screen stills of films,

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  PAM GLEW CIRCUS IS IN TOWN

  November 7, 2010

  Exciting news from Discosalt Artist Pam Glew. Her long awaited second London solo show is coming to town. Eddie Lock and Death by Daylight will present the ‘Circus’ exhibition at Red Bull Studios.
  The exhibition will showcase 15 brand new pieces. This is her most iconic series of work to date and includes European flags, a ‘love series’ made from deconstructed stars & stripes and new distinctive portraits of cult figures.

  Details:
  Where: Red Bull Studios • 155-171 Tooley Street • London • SE1 2JP
  Nearest

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  NEW WEBSITE: LEONIE MORSE PHOTOGRAPHY

  September 15, 2010

  Discosalt artist Leonie Morse has a new website up and running for you to check out.  
  http://www.leoniemorse.com
  “Leonie is a portrait and fashion photographer based in East London, UK. She had her first solo exhibition in London in September 2009. Entitled Rocker the project consisted of intimiate portraits and gritty documentary photographs, taken on the UK rockabily scene. Since her adolescence, Leonie has always been drawn to subcultures. once a die-hard mod, she then became fascinated by the colorful characters and

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  HOW DOPE IS VIKTOR TIMOFEEV?

  July 13, 2010

  Pretty dope.
  Here’s a little sneaky peeky at what the DISCOSALT artist / musician has been up to lately:

  Viktor received an award for his work that we showed you which he exhibited at shows in London and Germany back in January of this year.  For the prize he was awarded another showing in Cologne, Germany in November. The images above and below are an exclusive snap shot of what to expect for the upcoming show this fall.

  And the dopeness continues…
  Over the

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