Now available at ARTFLAKES: Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte

Modigliani, Monet und Cezanne: art lovers will prick up their ears, because these are among the absolute classics of art history.

Almost 10.000 pictures out of the Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte (archive of art and history) are now availabe for sale at ARTFLAKES.

So you can buy the seemingly coquettish Jeanne Hebuterne by Amedeo Modigliani (on the left) for example as GalleryPrint or framed art print.

But we were not only allowed to take all those classics of art history, but several overwhelming photographies from the turn of the 19th century as well as fragile flower drawings and still lifes (e.g. “The bowl of cherries” by G. Garzoni, see below) were among the treasure. It’s worth taking a virtual stroll around the Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte!

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Get to know… aka-aki

Day by day we’re walking around town without really looking at the people around us. But wouldn’t it be interesting to know who’s that guy next to you in the tram? Or the girl that is standing next to the traffic light? The free mobile app aka-aki does make this possible!

We spoke to founder Roman Hänsler for our series “Get to know…” about the idea of aka-aki, the funny name and the advantages of the app.

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Find: A chair made of sugar

It might be pure coincidence that Pieter Brenner – top hat and all – somewhat looks like Willi Wonka. But it is no secret that he shares a passion for sugar and sweets with the literary character: He has created a chair entirely made out of multi-coloured sugar.

If you order it custom made, it comes in a usual chair shape, of course. But then you can literally lick it in form: Why not eat up the back or one of the chair legs? Everything is possible with this funny furniture!

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Interview with Tessa Hulls

Tessa Hulls is a big fan of all kinds folcloric – which you can see if you take only one simple look at her work. She usually lives in Seattle, USA, but is currently riding her bike across the country, looking for inspiration.

For our interview she stopped cycling for a minute and told us about her work, her favourite artists and her passion for chocolate milkshakes.

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Interview with Anna Emilia Laitinen

Anna Emilia Laitinen, whom we want to introduce you to today with a little interview, was born in a small town in Finland in 1983. She spent her childhood strolling around strawberry fields and wild forest and swimming in icey blue lakes.

These experiences clearly have found their way into her lacy paintings you can see on her portfolio or at her blog and with which we fell in love instantly. Who didn’t like building burrows made of blankets, scarfs and cushions?

We have kindly asked her to take some time answering some questions about her inspiration and her work – and here is what she told us…

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Interview with Aëla Labbé

Please welcome Aëla Labbé,photographer and dancer from Nantes, France. Her tender, often a bit blurry pictures radiate a dreamy atmosphere you can find in old fairy tales. Flower wreaths, soft colours, forests and lakes are among her main motifs.

Where does  Aëla take her inspiration from and how did it happen she is now working as an artist? We have “sounded her out” with a short interview.

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Interview with Stacey Rozich

Stacey Rozich, a Seattle based artist, is our favourite guest this week in our virtual coffeehouse.

She studied Illustration at California College of Arts in San Francisco and is now working as a freelancer.

Her colourful artworks seem to come from a ancient, fairy tale like world: Often her characters are wearing traditional costumes from Scandinavia or Eastern Europe, huge but fluffy monsters, scary looking masks and flowers are involved as well.

Want to know where Stacey is drawing her inspiration from? Take a look!

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Find: Derek Weisberg

Derek Weisberg, New Life (Ceramic) / Auroral Dreams Still Hover (Ceramic) 2010

“I create works of art that are emotional and psychological self-portraits. Through my work I aim to make sense of my life, my experiences, and the times I live”, artist Derek Weisberg has written on his website.

And it is true, if we’re looking at the sculptures he creates: They do not look beautiful in the common sense, but they always express a certain feeling or atmosphere you cannot evade.

It is his aim, he further acknowledges, to create images that allow the viewer to have an experience that can not be easily articulated. That’s okay, I think – it might be a better choice to just contemplate the artwork rather than interprete it to death.

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The secret world of books…

Nope, we’re not talking girly dolls houses here: The dark and gloomy libraries and cellar rooms made by Marc Giai Miniet are not the perfect place for rose coloured Barbie dolls.

How long the artists, who by the way is located in France, does need to create one of the sculptures, where every one is as high as a cupboard, we don’t know yet. But it seems like his studio is full to the brim with those miniature worlds that evokes different – and more gloomy – associations than a normal doll house…

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Find: Gregory Euclide

In his past Gregory Euclide painted two-dimensional landscapes only. But he got bored of it soon: Couldn’t you make more of that? he thought. And started working three-dimensional by adding moss, paper, paint and figurines to his work.

The organic material proceeds taking its own way within the work, which adds a special charme to the mini-landscapes. Some of his sculptures were gardens rather than artworks, he recently explained in an interview. In order they do not change their appearance too much, they had to be taken care of and watered regularly. That is quite unique – since when do you have to take over responsibility for the wellbeing of an artwork?

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