Zsofia Schweger is a Hungarian artist who currently lives and works in London. Her still life paintings of empty interior spaces talk subtly about the … [Read more...]
Tim Mara’s Prints Narrative
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...]
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...]
“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...]
