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SUNDAY SKETCHES

  • Sunday Sketch (Book) © Christoph Niemann
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TEXT & PHOTO: CHRISTOPH NIEMANN

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When I work on my Sunday Sketches, it’s never about a sudden inspired spark. I pick a random object, and then I just stare at it. I look at it from different angles, play with the light (usually just by moving my desk lamp). And I try to open my mind as wide as possible to see if a peculiar angle reminds me of a familiar shape.

More often than not, this yields… nothing.

And when it does, I doubt it’s because I have a special gift for making these visual connections. It’s because sometimes I have the stamina to keep on staring when a saner person would do the reasonable thing and get on with their life instead.

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Christoph Niemann (*1970) is an artist, author, and illustrator. His work regularly appears on the covers of The New Yorker, National Geographic, and The New York Times. Niemann’s works have been shown in many museum exhibitions worldwide, including Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg, Germany), Museum of Contemporary Art (Bucharest, Romania), Cartoonmuseum (Basel, Switzerland), Galerie d’Italia (Vicenza, Italy), Chemie Museum (Tainan, Taiwan), MoCA Museum (Shanghai), MoMA (New York, USA).

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WUTHIPOL UJATHAMMARAT

HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH WUTHIPOL UJATHAMMARAT, A FREELANCE PRINT ARTIST AND COMMUNICATION DESIGNER WHO IS RECOGNIZED AS THE CREATOR OF VIVIDLY COLORFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS WHICH OFTEN PROMPTS VIEWERS TO REFLECT AND QUESTION THE FAMILIAR SCENES THAT UNFOLD BEFORE US

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THE FURRY THING

TEXT & IMAGE: KAMWEI FONG

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The Furry Thing is a series of furry animal illustrations first created by Kamwei inadvertently back in 2009. Using only black micro pigment ink, Kamwei has created a menagerie of playful kitties, doggies, and other animals. Despite their contextual isolation and uniform style, each of Kamwei’s cats displays unique personalities: some are fluffed and puffed into self-contained balls; others look with curiosity or wariness at fish that dangle or waves that crash from the animals’ own tails. The artist builds each feline form using innumerable short thin lines, varying the density of the marks to create volume as well as a palpable sense of furriness.

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Kamwei Fong is a Malaysian artist who works mainly in the animal world. His creations are often described as minimalistic, elegant, poetic, humourous, imaginative, playful, and dream-like. Kamwei’s artwork has received global recognition, including exhibitions at the Salon des Beaux-Arts in Paris and Art Expo Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. In 2020 and 2022, he collaborated with the worldwide fashion giant UNIQLO.

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