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The Architecture of the Workspace: Axonometric Drawings by Peter Judson

April 10, 2020 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Peter Judson is a British designer and illustrator. (Already featured, on Socks).  For his project "Hyundai card", commissioned by design studio … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: axonometrics, Black and White, illustration, office

Monumental, Yet So Fragile: Arctic Landscapes by Emma Stibbon

October 14, 2018 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

German-born artist Emma Stibbon did her studies in England, where she currently works. Her production is mostly composed of monochrome drawings on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories, Visual Atlas Tagged With: Black and White, drawings, Landscape, nature, romantic

“Flood! A Novel In Pictures” by Eric Drooker (1992)

June 26, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Published for the first time in 1992, "Flood! A novel in pictures" is a silent story told through images by American artist Eric Drooker. A black and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, The Everyday Uncanny Tagged With: Black and White, comic book, novel, rain

Forgotten Corners, by Andrew G. Fisher

April 28, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Andrew G. Fisher is an artist who opens a constant relationship between two media, photography and illustration. Time is frozen in black and white … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories, When Photography Catches Time Tagged With: abstaction, Black and White, corners, lines, photography

Constructing Abstraction. Pablo Picasso’s Constellation Drawings (1924)

February 13, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 3 Comments

The Constellations drawings are a series of sketches by Pablo Picasso drawn on sixteen pages of a notebook in 1924. For these small drawings in black … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Fields Tagged With: Black and White, drawings, ink, sketches

“Weltschmerz” and “Made in Sarajevo” by Ben Tolman

January 22, 2017 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

"Weltschmerz" and "Made in Sarajevo" are two series of ink drawings by Washington DC-based artist Ben Tolman. The first one is a collection made in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Technology, Territories Tagged With: Black and White, cities, drawings, ink

Don’t Be Afraid of Bad Dreams: Rik Smits’ Cities and Landscapes

December 16, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Rik Smits is a Dutch artist who works with several media. His large pencil drawings depict cities and landscapes sceneries, sometimes with a realistic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories, The Everyday Uncanny Tagged With: Black and White, cities, deserts, drawings

The Temporary Inhabitant (L’Habitant Temporaire) by Thomas Batzenschlager

August 28, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

"L’Habitant Temporaire" is a project by Thomas Batzenschlager, a French architect living and working in Santiago (Chile), which takes the form of an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories, Visual Atlas Tagged With: Black and White, Interiors

Illustrating through Parallel Lines: Works by Owen D. Pomery

July 17, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Owen D. Pomery has an  educational and professional background in architecture and nowadays he works in pen and ink as a professional illustrator for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Tagged With: Black and White, drawings, illustration, sketches

Ordinary Buildings, Reassembled by Oliver Michaels

June 28, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

English photographer Oliver Michaels creates images through the composition of different architectural elements as found in specific places. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: Black and White, Collage, photography

Thierry Urbain’s Invented Ancient Worlds

April 24, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Since 1985, photographer Thierry Urbain conducts a relentless work of research on architecture, archaeology and landscape. Reinventing imaginary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories, Visual Atlas Tagged With: Ancient cities, Black and White, photographs

Max Thalmann’s “America in Woodcuts” (1925) and “The Cathedral” (1922)

April 2, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

German Max Thalmann (1890-1944) was a figurative artist who produced black and white woodblock prints for a short period of time between the two World … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: Black and White, printing, woodblocks

A Collection of Tessenow’s Interiors Drawings

March 28, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 3 Comments

Tessenow's drawings are immediatly recognizable for being straightforward and yet precise in the description of a building or a space. The essence of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Black and White, drawings, Interiors, modernity, rationalism

Apocalyptic Woodcuts, Etchings and Litographs by Palle Nielson

March 10, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

Palle Nielsen (1920-2000) was a Danish graphic artist who worked with several media throughout his career: woodcuts, linocuts, etching, lithography, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Black and White, etchings

“How Do We Represent Something That We Never Look At?” Drawings by Martinet et Texereau

November 23, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Pauline Martinet and Zoé Texereau are two French artists who work together producing common drawings with a shared aesthetics. They provided … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Black and White, drawings

Unsettling Interiors by Joachim Devillé

October 25, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Joachim Devillé is a Belgian artist who mostly draws detailed charcoal pictures. His interior series represents classically composed scenes with a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Black and White

Ultimate Disaster and Other Drawings by Isabel Seliger

July 26, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Isabel Seliger is a visual artist who lives and works in Berlin. Her works range from colourful illustrations to short comics, to black and white … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories Tagged With: Black and White, drawings, sci-fi

Accidental Abstraction: Works by Marc Nagtzaam

June 2, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Marc Nagtzaam is a Dutch artist who lives and works in Belgium. His production consists mostly of black and white graphite drawings on different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Territories Tagged With: abstraction, Black and White, drawing, minimalism

Within Four Walls: Binnenskamers by Tim Enthoven

May 8, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

"Binnenskamers" (Within four walls) is a graphic novel by  Dutch artist Tim Enthoven, published in 2011. The book contains the detailed story of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Housing the Isolated Individual Tagged With: ascetism, Black and White, comic, drawing, isolation

Andrew DeGraff’s Unfinished Construction Sites

April 15, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Illustrator and painter Andrew DeGraff is working on a series of sketches of unfinished construction sites with a surreal twist. The axonometric … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Representation: Axonometric projection Tagged With: Black and White, drawings, illustrations, sketches

Chris Ballantyne’s Suburban Uncanny

April 10, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

The works of Chris Ballantyne have been already featured on Socks. We're back to write about this artist to introduce some of his more recent works … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: Black and White, Paintings

“Light, Time, Silence” by Keisuke Yamamoto

March 23, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

Keisuke Yamamoto (1961, -) is a Japanese print artist who worked on a series of interesting lithographies called “Light, Time, Silence”, which include … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories Tagged With: Black and White, chairs, drawings, Interiors, lithography, tables

Arnar Ásgeirsson’s Living Sections

March 15, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Icelandic artist Arnar Ásgeirsson creates narrative works employing disparate materials and techniques, from video to installation and animations. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Black and White, drawing, section

Infinite Stairs and Dissected Buildings: Marcin Bialas’ Visions

March 5, 2014 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

  Marcin Bialas is a Polish artist who's specialized in etchings and drawings in black an white. Among his large production, a recurring theme … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Black and White, buildings, etchings, Poland, stairs

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