Heike Dempster Archives

EMERGING: David Marsh

David Marsh merges process, energy and visuals into an exciting mash-up of colour and texture that aims to tickle the senses.

EMERGING: Abby Double

Parisian artists Brice and Regis Abby are twin brothers who operate under the moniker Abby Double, exploring philosophical notions of duality.

EMERGING: Typoe

Typoe is a street artist and a gallerist all rolled into one, with his punchy and conceptual artworks causing a stir on the Miami scene. Wonderland talks to the man himself.

Jel Martinez is part of a breed of street artists approaching graffiti through the prism of conceptual art. He replicates the clumsy buffing and removal techniques of council workers tasked to remove street art, and the in the process makes a meta-comment on how people perceive graffiti.

SEVEN WONDERS: Best Art Basel artists

With the dust (or the Miami Beach sand) settling on Art Basel 2012, we turn the spotlight on the seven best new artists we saw at the megafair.

News

Marc Lagrange: Sex, sepia and Polaroid photography

If Helmut Newton as the pioneer who introduced eroticism to photography, Marc Lagrange is one of his worthy heirs to the art. Heaving with lust and glamour, his sexually-charged large format photography might just overwhelm the fainthearted. Wonderland takes a deep NSFW breath and dives in.

Culture

EMERGING: Manny Prieres

Manny Prieres takes your treasured bookshelf possessions, turns them inside out and inverts them through his own dark, sinister lens. Wonderland talks to the artist.

EMERGING: Farley Aguilar

It’s almost Halloween and Farley Aguilar’s self-taught art is sending a chill down our spine. Born in Ecuador and raised in Miami, Aguilar’s disquietingly creepy paintings play off the idea of mob mentality and fizz with barely-concealed violence and dread.

EMERGING: Asif Farooq

Asif Farooq meticulously creates toy firearms out of cardboard and paper to question issues like gun violence and mass production – albeit all with a dexterous Pop Art touch.

EMERGING: Magnus Sodamin

Magnus Sodamin might have be a born and bred New York urbanite, but his art is all fantastical, glimmery abstracts imbued with fairytale impressionism. Wonderland talks to the dream-oriented artist.

EMERGING: Rebeca Raney

Rebeca Raney‘s childlike illustrations might look like they’ve stepped out of Moominland, but there’s a quirky, unpretentious expressiveness that makes us go back for more. Wonderland talks to the Brooklynite artist.

EMERGING: Ruben Ubiera

Ruben Ubiera‘s tough, tender illustrations straddles the line between graffiti and art with a grace that not many people manage – even if his signature motif is a hulky gorilla. We talk to him about found objects and repping for the Dominican Republic.

EMERGING: Sinisa Kukec

Sinisa Kukec transforms found objects and trash into enthralling, sinisterly beautiful installations. The enigmatic whiskey-drinking artist tells us about getting kicked out of Charleston bars, Peter Voulkas’ arse, and why his eastern European blood means his art is made for glass-half-empty types.

EMERGING: Agustina Woodgate

http://capturehislove.com/ dating coach Agustina Woodgate became an online sensation when the Internet found her sewing poetry into thrift store clothes, but the Argentine is taking on the world with her playful, world-conscious art – starting with an abandoned theme park in Berlin.

EMERGING: André Leon Gray

André Leon Gray – self-taught, African-American, born and raised in the South – isn’t your average artist. His paintings and mixed media assemblages present a chopped and screwed version of American history and black identity, but one that’s alternately witty, reflective and heartfelt.

RISING: Brandon Opalka

Brandon Opalka was painting 30 foot murals by the time he was out of high school, but the rough and ready artist has been making waves at Art Basel. Wonderland talks to him about his crazy, conceptual murals.

EMERGING: Nicholas Arehart

LA-based artist Nicholas Arehart channels his youthful punk roots into pointed critiques of capitalism and authority. Wonderland talks to him about his sculpture and video installation, and why he thinks IKEA furniture can work in art.

EMERGING: JeanPaul Mallozzi

JeanPaul Mallozzi might be a grown-up, but he gets his inspiration from girl bullies and the trials of childhood. Wonderland chats to the Miami-based artist as he gets ready for his first solo show, kN0B0DY.

EMERGING Lena Schmidt

German artist Lena Schmidt captures the spirit of the modern city in her art, channelling its gritty energy into her carvings and paintings using found pieces of wood. Wonderland speaks to this urban explorer.

KRISTY LEIBOWITZ: journalism meets art

Photographer Kristy Leibowitz boldly trains her eye on artists and models, capturing their essence and character in ways that surprise, shock and charm. Wonderland talks to her about her tabloid and Daily Mail roots, and how a Busta Rhymes music video kickstarted her photography career.

EMERGING… Shoshanna Weinberger

Shoshanna Weinberger’s painted works address issues of beauty, power, excess and sexuality – with portraits of strangled figures wrapped in gold and thick fabrics. Wonderland chats to Weinberger about her high-concept projects.

Wonderland