Christian Holstad Art

The Art of Seduction, 2023. Cyanotype Unique Variant Print Limited Edition of 7 Cyanotype gives a contemporary edge to this flirty dialogue made from vintage magazines, and brings conversation to the counterculture of the "swinging sixties". + Cyanotype hand-printed on Arches BFK Rives French watercolor paper + Deckled Edges on all four sides + Signed and editioned on front in pencil + Letter of Authenticity + Printed in Los Angeles, CA WHAT IS A CYANOTYPE? cyan = blue type = print Cyanotype is a historic photographic processes, invented in 1842 and used by Anna Atkins–the first female photographer. The process involves coating watercolor paper with light-sensitive chemistry made of iron salts. Photographic negatives are laid on top, exposed in the sunlight, and then washed in water to develop into the deep Prussian-blue unique to cyanotypes. Brings a moment of beauty and conversation to any space. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Alexandra DeFurio...

Individual technique on grey military blanket Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of F...

With Balance the artist starts exploring more deeply the boundaries of the photographic media by mixing it with different techniques on a very traditional subject (classic sculptures...

Happy Thoughts (Hand Talk), 2014 54.3 x 48.5 inches (138 x 123 cm) archival paper,archival ink, scratches, preserved moss, pcv, thread Stockholm based artist Joanne Grüne-Yano...

Lori Vrba's "Tic Toc" is a mixed media work created with encaustic photographs, silver gelatin test strips, test tubes, in a vintage box . "My recent foray into assemblage work feel...

Lori Vrba's "Portal" is a mixed media work created with encaustic photographs, on a vintage cupcake tin. "My recent foray into assemblage work feels like an organic extension and pr...

Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (1999-2004). Diploma with special recognition in painting in 2004. The character of Magdalena Peszkowska's works Series Stand is like an poetic archive of memories, which call for a classification and reconstruction of the time of childhood and the intense experience of time with everything around it. Gdansk - where the artist comes from - becomes a mythical place, This city, with a very strong symbolic potential inherent in its history, needs editing from a single point of view. Magdalena Peszkowska uses her own photos or those from the family album. She transfers them to gray field blankets and camp beds with her own secret technology Then she paints on the used objects. Many of her objects show figures from the closest circle of Peszkowska, often it is herself, her family or places close to her in Gdansk. Her objects have intentional signs of use. The field blankets have a sewn-in wooden bar to hang them on the wall. The field military beds...

With Balance the artist starts exploring more deeply the boundaries of the photographic media by mixing it with different techniques on a very traditional subject (classic sculptures...

Lori Vrba's "Memoir" is a mixed media work created with encaustic photographs on tile, chain and piano bridge. "My recent foray into assemblage work feels like an organic extension ...

With Balance the artist starts exploring more deeply the boundaries of the photographic media by mixing it with different techniques on a very traditional subject (classic sculptures...

Individual technique on grey military blanket Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of F...

Individual technique on grey military blanket Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of F...