The art world is changing and transforming at a dizzying pace. It’s more important than ever to stay updated on the latest trends and artists.
New York-based street artist KAWS works with a single character that he puts into different positions, scenes and dimensions. His feed is an impressive showcase of optical illusions, sculptures and digital art pieces!
1. JonOne
John ‘JonOne’ Perello was exposed to hip hop culture and graffiti art as a child in Harlem. Later he founded the 156 All Starz graffiti crew and attended Studio 54, rubbing shoulders with artists such as Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat.
Now a bestselling artist on Artsper, JonOne uses dynamic brushstrokes on canvas to capture movement. His multi-chromatic abstract compositions are inspired by street culture and modern painting.
2. Yaacov Agam
Yaacov Agam is an internationally acclaimed artist that inspires metaphysical reflection through his non-representational compositions. Born in 1928 in Rishon LeZion, Israel (then Mandate Palestine), he pursued artistic studies in Jerusalem at the Bezalel Academy and later in Zürich, Switzerland, under Johannes Itten.
Inspired by the sand dunes that constantly shift with the passing of wind, Agam developed prismatic compositions that transform from different angles and patterns that generate optical effects.
3. Ivan Tzonev
Born in Gabrovo (Bulgarie) in 1957, Ivan Tzonev has been navigating the artistic sphere for many years. After his art studies, he launched a career as a textile painter before turning to teaching. However, he never forgot the pleasure of contact between brush and canvas. He then decided to leave Bulgaria and move to Paris to devote himself to painting.
He has created impressive stage designs, notably for Petya i Vulkat (Peter and the Wolf), directed by Nikolina Georgieva and Atanas Ilkov.
4. Dongi Lee
A celebrated literary figure whose fiction earned accolades before his foray into cinema, Lee’s films probe the psyches of troubled characters. Drawing inspiration from a variety of visual and philosophical elements—cartoons, advertisements, the Internet, classical works, modernism paintings —Lee’s work depicts how these factors come together as complex layers within society.
With four films competing at Cannes, Lee’s acute presentation and themes of tragedy and psychological trauma have become his signature style. He also has a knack for casting breakout talents in lead roles.
5. Yoshimoto Nara
Yoshimoto Nara is a renowned artist who is best known for his paintings of children and animals. However, there is a dark side to his work that conveys deeper emotions such as loneliness in a rigid society and rage.
Growing up in northern Japan, Nara was exposed to Western culture from a young age. He was influenced by American comics and Western fables as well as Western rock music.
6. Pascal Marlin
Pascal Marlin reconstructs bodies from heterogeneous cut materials. Tracing paper, patterned paper, pieces of cloth and fragments of radiographs are the raw materials for his canvases. He assembles them, enhances them with science and offers his own vision of beauty.
Cannes Market premieres include Ramata Toulaye-Sy’s Senegal-set love story Banel & Adama (in Competition) and Rosine Mbakam’s Directors’ Fortnight title Stampede. The lineup also includes François Morellet’s geometric abstraction works.
7. Baptiste Laurent
Baptiste Laurent’s traditional medium is painting, but he also works with sculpture. His work has a strong literary, social and anthropological component.
His artistic practice focuses on geometric abstraction and simple compositions. His paintings have been featured in numerous exhibitions. His works have a whimsical touch, and his characters are elusive and spark the curiosity of the viewer. He has gained significant traffic over the past year.
8. Marble Balloon
Artist Dongi Lee uses images from pop culture to depict people and country landscapes in a style influenced by expressionist painting. His energetic-yet-controlled brushstrokes create a sense of movement and depth.
Louise Bourgeois’ Maman provokes both physical and psychological power through her massive size and stilt-like legs that seem to topple at any moment. This work is a great example of how the readymade can challenge the boundaries of art.
9. Francois Morellet
Francois Morellet is a self-taught painter, sculptor and light artist who brought a playful irreverence to his work. Inspired by a trip to Brazil in 1950, where he discovered Concrete art and the works of Max Bill, his work sought to dismantle traditional hierarchies and embrace elements of randomness and chance within pre-established systems.
Using simple materials like tape, fabric and most distinctively neon tube lighting, his work was radical in its approach to geometric abstraction.
10. Charlotte Abramow
Belgian photographer Charlotte Abramow is using her camera lens to desexualize the female body. Her latest works are reveries of young women’s bodies, and she’s also a director: she made her first videos for the Belgian rising star Angele in 2018, with the song La Loi de Murphy and Je veux tes yeux.
With geometry at the core of his practice, Francois Morellet combines figurative and abstract elements to create visually powerful works. He’s one of Artsper’s bestselling artists in 2022!