Suzanne Saroff’s Photographs of Foods Warped Through Liquid and Glass

In her continuing series titled Perspective, photographer Suzanne Saroff creates fractured and skewed pictures of ordinary foods as observed through containers full of water and glass items. The graphics play theories of light and shadow leading to distorted still lifes that appear almost like digital glitches.

“With techniques and tools like refraction, directional light, and bold colors, my photos provide everyday items alternate visual avenues of saying,” shares Saroff. “Taking shape via shadows or fragmentations, my subjects frequently become more compared to the expected and singular variation of these.”

Saroff was born Missoula, Montana and works and lives in New York where she shoots for an assortment of brands. You can follow along with her photography on Instagram.

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Neil Simone’s Stunning Surreal Paintings With a Twist

British artist Neil Simone creates stunning surreal paintings that fuse reality with fantasy. His expanding collection of trick-of-the-eye oil paintings depict his own canvases and easels merging with landscape scenes to make the illusion of paintings in paintings. Each artwork intends to captivate the viewer and lead them through “journeys into other worlds and also the deepest corners of creativity.”

Born in London in 1947, Simone studied graphic design in art school. While working in an exhibition throughout the ’60s, he visited Harrogate, England and discovered the beauty of North Yorkshire‘s landscape. This trip inspired him to begin painting, and four decades later the self-taught artist continues to evolve his distinctive style. “I paint the way I do because I see the planet as a measurement of shadows, shapes, contradictions and ever-changing fragile boundaries,” explains Simone.

Simone’s clever use of shadow creates an impressive–and frequently mind-boggling–feeling of depth. Similar to the Droste impact, when a picture repeatedly appears inside itself, Simone’s artwork often does the same. In some of the dream-like paintings, landscape scenes appear to spill from their canvases and merge into their surrounding painted surroundings. Other pieces feature strange, three-dimensional views of canvases wrapped in “rooms” with angled walls and flooring painted with landscapes scenes that are realistic. In 1 bit, waves wash over wooden floorboards, leading to a canvas, propped against a wall socket that merges into the landscape that it depicts.

Having recently celebrated 40 years as a specialist artist, Simone has exhibited in leading galleries all around the world. Now, he resides and works with his wife Heather, who is also a talented artist. The set sells their job on their website as original bits, signed prints, and giclée prints.

Artist Leandro Erlich uses Visual Illusision for Le Bon Marché Store Installation In Paris

The escalators of Parisian department store Le Bon Marché appear to have been tied in a knot in this installation by Argentian artist Leandro Erlich.

Le Bon Marché, one of the city’s most renowned department stores, commissioned the artist to create an installment of his pick.

Titled Under the Sky, Erlich opted to transform the store’s interior into a fantastical world above the clouds — as a tribute to Paris‘ skies.

“For me, each city has a strong relationship with its skies. It affects its inhabitants, its dynamism, and its overall atmosphere,” said the artist.

“The skies of a town changes the perception of it: a daytime nostalgic and conducive to reflection, it may be happier the next day,” he continued.

The installation centers around the department store’s main escalators, initially designed by interior designer Andrée Putman.

Using the black and white gridded facade of this escalators as a beginning point, Erlich attached further constructions to the existing escalators to create an optical illusion which makes them seem like they have been tied into a giant knot.

Projections of cloud formations are displayed on a massive screen underneath the shop‘s glass ceiling, even while cloud-like shapes fill the store windows. The light in the store has also been programmed to change based on the time of day and season.

“What motivated me since the beginning of this project are the strongest architectural components of the Bon Marché Rive Gauche — namely, the first escalator along with the windows. These are symbolic elements of this place,” he said.

“For me, Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche is a space that disturbs me as a universe in its right. I believe there’s a kind of fantasy and ghost supporting,” he continued. “This space is anchored in town, but the enchantment it gives us transports us elsewhere. It is an area that offers things that are sometimes sudden but at the same time a part of everyday life for many city dwellers.”

Founded in 1852, Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche is primarily regarded as the first department store on earth.

Erlich’s installment will remain on show at the department store until 18 February 2018.

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Realistic Paper Sculptures of Animal’s Portraits by Calvin Nicholls

Canadian paper artist Calvin Nicholls continues to build striking likenesses of wildlife, featuring birds, bears, and foxes left in haut-relief sculpture. Despite working in monochromatic palettes of a beige and white paper he imbues the animal portraits with a sense of liveliness and realism. Innumerable slivers of paper create lifelike feathers and fur, and each creature is shown in a naturalistic pose–snuggled down for a rest, or wings elongated in flight.

You may see a video of the process and installation here, and discover more of the artist’s works on his website and Facebook page.