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[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]W[/su_dropcap]hen it comes to sitting, anything made with wood has a bad rap for being uncomfortable—even rocking chairs are adorned with Belgium waffle-like seat cushions. Unforgiving stereotypes aside, when we laid eyes on this Tall Stool from Fabian Fischer, we knew they got it right. This handmade stool is made with comfortable leg grooves that makes copping a …

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]A[/su_dropcap]ndrew Rae recently lent his illustration talents to Catherine Ingram’s This is… series. Having already put a brilliant spotlight on Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol, the two set their sights on the enigmatic Salvador Dali. This is Dali is a vivid window into the life and times of a master surrealist. You can buy the book on the Laurence King website. …

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]A[/su_dropcap]s usual, the folks at TCG are keeping it thorough with their latest Spring/Summer entry. What we like most about The Cooper Ash is the animal print heel. It adds a bold accent on an otherwise modern classic.     Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with …

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]A[/su_dropcap]rgentinian artist Pilar Zeta is a gatekeeper of sort. One of her latest personal project, Portal to 4D Knowledge, effortlessly embodies Zeta’s ability to transport her audience to a new dimension. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, …

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]A[/su_dropcap]lizey Khan needs her space—not literally but literally. Khan is obsessed with space. She wallows in it, basking in the illuminated darkness and letting the stars twinkle between her toes. Khan’s newest creation, the Spiral Galaxy Necklace, is a one-of-a-kind piece, handmade from resin, wire and quartz. It is your very own piece of the universe.       …

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]O[/su_dropcap]ne of our favorite artists recently collaborated with singer Meg. Leta Sobierajski engulfed the Italian songstress in her signature aesthetic which consists of true, solid colors and a clever use of props. The two teamed up for Meg’s latest project, Imperfezione, and also worked with photographer Scottie Cameron. It’s always good to see audio and visual artists combine …

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]J[/su_dropcap]aq Chartier paintings are best described as “testings.” Their experimental nature gives way to a scientific aesthetic that resembles the study of the human genome. Chartier has ordained a conceptual marriage between creativity and science.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but …

The weather is warming up and it’s the time to show a little leg and feel the warm breeze on your limbs. This Retro Grid Pleated Skirt is the perfect way to usher in the summer.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, …

Illustrator Injr Hsu creates stunning portraits that blend beauty and abstract geometry.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. quietlunch.com

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]I[/su_dropcap]f you’re looking for a new worktable, The Ashling from Feist Forest Forest may be the perfect find. Stylish, sturdy and minimal, The Ashling is handmade in small batches from homegrown British Ash.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. …

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]A[/su_dropcap]rtist Byoungho Kim‘s latest project, Stories, is a pyramid of vibrant color. Stories also appears to have a slight twist, incorporating neodymium magnets. Featured Photo by Wooheon Lee. Stories Photos by Jiyoun Seo.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative …

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]W[/su_dropcap]e recently discovered Jean Jullien‘s The Smile. The quaint little resin based figure is a result of Jullien combining his illustration talents with the skill of sculptor Salão Coboi. Hairless and simply dressed, the figure takes emotional matters into his own hands by drawing an optimistic smile on his face. The Smile is currently available in limited numbers, get …

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]F[/su_dropcap]or us, a good photographer is someone with the ability capture a moment in time. But London based photographer Alina Negoita is more than good. Looking through Negoita’s portfolio, you cannot help but be romanced by intimacy and candidness of it all. Her memories become your memories. And just when you think she is getting a bit too sentimental, …

[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]B[/su_dropcap]orn in Russia and raised in the Lower East Side, artist Alisa Minyukova has used her bi-cultural influences to cultivate a creative vision that is currently manifesting itself in the form of enchanting jewelry. Teaming up with fellow artist Zoya Levinshteyn and Yuri Kolesov, Minyukova is one of the three brilliant forces behind Fascination Anxiety, a jewelry line that “aims …

erging the worlds of collage and design, Peter Nudo engages in a surreal reworking of perception and the human form. Nudo, a Cali native who works and lives San Francisco, seductively warps reality into whimsical portraits of color and off-kilter fashion. His work looks to be heavily influenced by romance and timeless vogue. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online …

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traddling the line between new age Caravaggism and the occult, Italian painter Roberto Ferri uses the aesthetics of the Old Masters as a brilliant front for his surrealistic agenda. Ferri flirts with appropriation but stops short of being gimmicky. His style is dramatic, symbolic and marinated in bitter violence and sweet romance. Ferri’s use of a mythological concepts furthers the …

ewcomer Max Schieble, performing under the lovable moniker, Elbows, gets in the swing of spring with his newest single, “Flowers.” Featuring rapper SKRD, “Flowers” is a delightful tune that rhythmically meanders its way to your ears, blossoming with warm vocals and a jazzy melody. Word around the water cooler is that he working on his debut project tentatively titled, Home. We …

e are happy to hear that Nakeya Brown will be presenting a brand new solo exhibition at Five Myles gallery! In Private Moments is set to debut on Friday April 1oth and will feature photographic and installation works by the young photographer. The exhibition will also include an artist talk moderated by “Black Contemporary Art” founder Kimberly Drew on April 12th at 4 …

rtist Naturel has teamed with up Franklin & Marshall to create an awesome capsule collection. The collaboration features lightweight cotton sweaters with Naturel’s artwork beautifully embroidered on the front and loose fitting tees also featuring the artist’s cubist styled pieces. Shop it NOW!   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life …

Hansol Choi, affectionately known as Rala, is a Korean photographer with an eye for a raw but ethereal aesthetic. Sex, one of the newest additions to Choi’s ongoing mori seriese, is glamorously grotesque. The portrait—in its own clever way—comments on the hypersexualization of the female form.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects …

ndrea Castro‘s most recent works sees the artist further incorporating mixed media into her paintings. While Castro is still sticking to some signature aesthetics and techniques, which include a brilliant bleeding of color and obstructing the view of the subject, the presence of various reveals an evolution in the artist’s conceptual outlook. Even the titles have taken a turn of …

shraf Khoffash creates bouquets of distortion in his latest series, I Consume You. There is volatile poetry in these pieces. Khoffash isolates the chaos by placing it in a slightly warped, but minimalistic, environment thus cultivating a conceptual contrast.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a …

e Nice. It sounds like a simple suggestion but the root of the concept runs far deeper than you would expect. Agni Zotis, a Queens native of Greek descent, has cultivated an enrapturing balance within her work; it is truly free from boundaries. The pieces featured in her latest solo exhibition evince the restless interminglings of life’s extremes, marrying those …

ubble wrap owes its proliferation to the computer industry. Initially it was designed as a type of funky wallpaper which nobody in the Eisenhower era wanted to buy. But in 1959, after lying dormant for a few years, it was realized that this would be the most effective protection for the transportation of computers—especially the IBM 1401 variable wordlength. As folks who work …

apper Salomon Faye recently dropped visuals for his single, “W.T.F.” Faye’s sound takes a rowdy turn this go around. His sound and tone has been somewhat mellow as of late but Faye takes this opportunity to mob out and turn up. “W.T.F.” has a raw black and white aesthetic that it is foaming at the mouth.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch …

irawek Wolff creates Baroque style collages that bear a strong resemblance to classic paintings by the Old Masters, but with an obvious surrealistic tilt. Form and Void, featured below, is a fine example as to how Wolff bends your perception of what shapes reality while still keeping a footing in the traditional realm of fine arts.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a …

or a documentative artist like Keith Negley, capturing the peculiar aspects of his life, and even ours, is second nature. Aside from his brilliantly offbeat aesthetic, Negley’s subject matters is what really pokes a conceptual finger in the mind’s eye. Whether he is humorously illustrating the extracurricular activities of a gamer, revamping the god Anubis or lamenting over the loss …

itled Torso, Anders Krisár‘s latest sculptures expound upon on immaculate intimacy. The sculptures’ aesthetic suggest perfection, unaffectedness but their arrangement tell a story love and emotional vulnerability.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. …

uman beings are social creatures but every now again we just want to be left alone. Strangely, the same goes for the environment that surrounds us. In Do Not Disturb, photographer Cristina Coral explores the idealistic concept of something and/or something remaining unchanged and untouched.       Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various …

weet, vibrant and minimal, Klas Ernflo‘s Color Study is a library of hues packaged in casual drips. Ernflo even throws us for a loop by including plaids. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. …

An award winning writer and filmmaker, former Editor-in-Chief at High Times, former drug kingpin, outlaw and ex-con, Richard Stratton continues to lead a very colorful life. Quiet Lunch along with Bodega de la Haba and Big House Productions present a suspenseful e-serialization of Stratton’s newest book Smuggler’s Blues: A True Story of the Hippie Mafia. Smuggler’s Blues, part one in a tell-all …

t’s hard to determine whether or not Tyler Spangler is living in reality. For an artist who is constantly producing such enrapturing surrealism, there is no way Spangler cannot become engulfed in his own conceptual quicksand. He has created his own realm, his creative providence where he bends the laws of pattern, color and form.   Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is …

ith the exception of her latest piece, “Boys Don’t Cry,” Matrine Johanna‘s work puts a latent focus on extremities, both existing and non-existing. Her aesthetic is heavy with emotion, cloaked in deep, rich color and skewed with accents of surrealism. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a …

AFhouse chief Scramuel L. Packson, Scramz for short, recently tore it down during his performance at House of Vans’ “Open House.” Scramz wasted no time in getting the crowd amped and by the end of his performance he was slinging bars like a man possessed. Word on the street is that the Brooklyn rapper is currently working on a brand …

panish artist Bubi Canal recently debuted his solo show at Munch Gallery this past weekend. His second exhibition with the gallery, Magic Garden features all new photography and sculptures from Canal that further adds to his enchanting lexicon of colorful imagery and abstract cheer. It also included a captivating video installation. Opening night saw a throng of supporters and curious passersby. The …

amille Chew stirs a cauldron of patterns and symbols in her series, Witches. Chew concocts a delicious brew out of minimalism and the occult, and the overall aesthetic has us under her spell. She even goes as far as to add an extra dose of charm in the form of modern wardrobe selections. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication …

hris Moon recently debuted his solo exhibition, Carousel, in Chelsea. Not a lot of artists have got the bullocks to debut during Armory Week but Moon, a British painter with brilliant creative ability and an infectious demeanor, slew nearly every giant in the valley with a luminous display of bleeding colors and resilient silhouettes. Housed in an old building that was …

ichelle Taylor‘s ceramic pieces are comparable to a silent scream. The aesthetics are relatively muted but the concept howls with a great contrast that makes her pieces the picture perfect portrait of delicate violence. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When …

Sculptor Paul Kaptein pulls a conceptual switcheroo in his two most recent series, The Unknowing and The Knowing. Kaptein is known for warping wood into awe inspiring pieces that toy with the perception of the audience. The Unknowing. (2015) The Knowing. (2015) Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with …