Despite his focus on ordinary scenes and everyday objects, Irish artist Tim Mara (1948-1997) always rejected the qualification of Pop artist and … [Read more...]
The Everyday Life of the Bourgeoisie: Watercolours by Josabeth Sjöberg
After the death of her parents, wealthy Josabeth Sjöberg (1812-1882), formerly daughter of a clerk in a Swedish government department, became poor and … [Read more...]
Sam Szafran’s Staircases
Sam Szafran (1934) is a French artist that is known for his skillful pastels technique and for an obsession for depicting peculiar architectural … [Read more...]
François Marius Granet’s Spaces Under Vaults
French painter and watercolourist François Marius Granet, (1775-1849), a scholar of Jacques-Louis David, lived and worked for several years of his … [Read more...]
Liam Cobb, “Reflections” and Other Drawings
Liam Cobb is an illustrator and comic artist we have already featured on Socks. Here we collect a series of sketches, croquis, half finished … [Read more...]
The Temporary Inhabitant (L’Habitant Temporaire) by Thomas Batzenschlager
"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...]
Infinite Sequence of Interior Space: John Soane’s Bank of England (1788-1833)
From 1788 to 1833, Sir John Soane was the architect and surveyor of the Bank of England, his first major commission and the biggest work he had until … [Read more...]
Corporate Uncanny: Paintings and Installations by Stephanie Wilson
Australian artist Stephanie Wilson produces paintings and coordinated installations about contemporary corporate spaces. Her images show alienating … [Read more...]
A Collection of Tessenow’s Interiors Drawings
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...]
“Café Samt & Seide” by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich (1927)
In 1927 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe together with his professional and personal partner, architect and designer Lilly Reich, was commissioned by the … [Read more...]
The View From Inside: Tiny Interiors Paintings by Eleanor Ray
Although still very young, artist Eleanor Ray has already established herself as an important voice in modern painting. What contrasts with her … [Read more...]
Evil House: Monochrome Drawings by Morten Schelde
Morten Schelde is a renowned Danish artist born in 1972 in Copenhagen. His linear drawings, prints and etchings employ a colourful yet limited … [Read more...]
Imperfections, Dirt and Decay: Interiors by Antonio Lopez Garcia
Throughout his career, Spanish realist artist Antonio Lopez Garcia painted a number of interiors scenes. Most of these works show the less cared … [Read more...]
“Light, Time, Silence” by Keisuke Yamamoto
Keisuke Yamamoto (1961, -) is a Japanese print artist who worked on a series of interesting lithographies called “Light, Time, Silence”, which include … [Read more...]
“An Extended Moment, a Slightly Displaced Presence”: Miwa Ogasawara’s paintings
Critics consider Miwa Ogasawara's paintings as representational but without narrative. The unspectacular works of the Japanese born, Hamburg based … [Read more...]
“In my pictures, I think you, the viewer, become the isolated one”
John Register (1939-1996) was an American painter who suddenly left his previous career in advertising and became a full time artist. His … [Read more...]
“A View with a Room” and other Posters by All the way to Paris
All the way to Paris is an all-women graphic design studio based in Copenhagen. They "work conceptually with visual communication in small and large … [Read more...]
Andrea Zittel’s Habitats for Interior Life
Since the early 1990s, the Californian artist Andrea Zittel works on her "Living Modules", minimal inhabitable structures which reduces all the … [Read more...]
ACT-Romegialli: Green Box
Act-Romegialli is an Italian architecture office based in Morbegno (Sondrio) in the Northern side of Italy. Their project for a weekend … [Read more...]
Two Monumental Concrete Kitchens by NU Architectuuratelier
NU Architectuuratelier is a Belgian office dedicated to "intense architecture and experimental development". In two of their housing renovations they … [Read more...]
