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MonoKubo was a Japanese illustrator who brought an imaginary world to life through her amazing digital illustrations, where gentle giant animals share a harmonious relationship with humans.
Monokubo got the idea of giant animals from Studio Ghibli’s anime movies and their famous characters. “It came from “Princess Mononoke” and “Totoro.” I liked doing anime drawings in such style since a young age,” MonoKubo shared.
MonoKubo’s work was characterized by its emotional depth and the way in which it brought to life the creatures and worlds she depicted. Her illustrations were not simply renderings of physical forms, but expressions of the emotions and relationships that bound the characters together, complete with story-telling elements in their compositions reminescent of Japanese mythology.
MonoKubo’s work was widely recognized and celebrated, with 5 books of her work published, including “Megalophilia”, “MofuMofu” and “Replicare”. Her illustrations have been featured in many galleries and exhibitions, and have been widely shared online.
MonoKubo passed away in January of 2022. Her art continues to inspire and delight audiences everywhere. She will be remembered as a pioneering and accomplished artist in the field of digital illustration, and as a kind and generous person who brought joy and inspiration to those around her.
Malo is a French photograph artist, who puts his work at the service of a story… Through his photo series, he questions life, family, society, in a way that moves people, and don’t leave them unconcerned. His work, that he calls himself as participative, questions the audience, whom, from spectator, becomes the actor of an exchange between himself and the artist; even an introspection. If the form and content are intimately linked, graphic and technics choices are made to serve the story that he tells us, as a translation of the questions that he brings and asks us.
Antoine Josse is a French artist, born in 1970. His paintings and sculptures express an irrepressible desire for lightness, escapism and to be able to dream the impossible. The use of captivating and revealing motifs, along with the presence of human beings immersed in a dream-like landscape, convey a unique charm to his work. His paintings are alluring for their atmosphere, evocative colours, and tumultuous skies. The minuscule beings are settled in a desolated and dangerous world where the vegetation rapidly spreads, bringing to life dramatic reds, blues, and greens, creating spectacular yet enigmatic feelings.
He comments, “I imagine my paintings and sculptures as the moments of a story and it’s up to you to create the whole story. There are several different scenarios, and that’s what I appreciate: the diversity of your looks. You are an actor of this exhibition: Look! Imagine! Speak! Exchange your opinions! A work exists only by the spectator’s gaze, my paintings exist only thanks to your imagination.”
For almost 20 years, Antoine Josse has exhibited his works all over the world, from his native Brittany (in France) to Normandy, Paris, London, Switzerland, Chile, Stockholm, Luxembourg, and New York.