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Artist Steven Quinn is known for his street photography and collage work. Quinn was born in Belfast and is currently living and working in London. The skull collages featured here, which were recently spotted at Laughing Squid, are comprised of old photographs and other magazine images. The many vintage images of stars add deep and dazzling perspectives to these kaleidoscopic collages. See more here: 

http://hifructose.com/2013/05/16/artist-steven-quinns-kaleidoscopic-skull-collages/

Jeremy Enecio‘s dimly lit paintings and illustrations take viewers into a ritualistic space that doesn’t seem to belong to any specific cultural setting. Placid, empty-eyed characters appear statue-like; their actions, however simple, appear secretive and significant. The spaces they find themselves in glow with color-saturated light as they enact these inexplicable behaviors. Enecio chooses to cultivate suspense, allowing us to fill in these people’s stories with our own imaginations. Enecio has three new works up in “Vanguard” group show currently on view at Thinkspace in Culver City. Take a look at more of Enecio’s latest work below.

MORE: http://hifructose.com/2013/05/10/new-occult-paintings-from-jeremy-enecio/

Coinciding with his current exhibition at Fifty24SF, Barcelona-based street artist Aryz recently painted a mural in San Francisco in collaboration with public art organization WallspaceSF. Titled “The Style is the Limit,” Aryz’s solo show explores the idea of artists setting limitations on their own creativity in order to develop an individual style. The show features new paintings as well as studies and a sculpture. These small-scale works inform Aryz’s process in creating his enormous, surreal outdoor works. Take a look at the completed mural and some process shots below and check out some of Aryz’s other recent murals and photos from his studio below.

Ashley Mackenzie tackles complex questions about the relationship between mind and body, creating conceptual, illustrative works that stand at the cross-section of the philosophy of the mind and neuroscience. “As our knowledge of the brain becomes more comprehensive, it seems like the idea of the soul exists only in the gaps of our understanding,” Mackenzie writes on her website. Bodies melt like pools of liquid in these placid, sparsely-detailed illustrations as they visualize the inner workings of the mind. Take a look at some of Ashley Mackenzie’s works below, images courtesy of the artist.

MORE: http://hifructose.com/2013/04/30/the-philosophical-illustrations-of-ashley-mackenzie/

Curated by Nathan Spoor, the group show “Suggestivism” takes on its third incarnation, this time at the Casa dell’Architettura / Acquario Romano in Rome after two previous installments in the Los Angeles in 2011 and New York in 2012. Featuring many artists we’ve covered in past print issues and on our website — including Volume 22 cover artist Winnie Truong, Chris Mars (Hi-Fructose Collected 2), Dan May (HF Vol. 9), Martin Wittfooth (HF Vol. 19 cover artist), Michael Page (HF Vol. 19), Nicola Verlato (HF Vol. 11), Hi-Fructose co-founder Annie Owens and more — the exhibition attempts to unite artists with a similar interest in the surreal and absurd despite their different aesthetics. The exhibition will run May 3 – May 30.

The complete list of artists includes: Esao Andrews, Mia Araujo, Julian Callos, Cam de Leon, Ron English, Yoko d’Holbachie, Charlie Immer, Kris Lewis, Jason Limon, Chris Mars, Dan May, Jeff McMillan, Yevgeniya Mikhailik, David Molesky, Brendan Monroe, Heiko Müller, Nathan Ota, Annie Owens, Michael Page, Joey Remmers, Eric Richardson, Scott Scheidly, Greg Simkins, Nathan Spoor, Winnie Truong, Christopher Ulrich, Joe Vaux, Nicola Verlato, Heather Watts, Martin Wittfooth, Sam Wolfe Connely and Chet Zar.