FANTAST IN FOCUS: HAWK ALFREDSON Hawk Alfredson’s paintings are liminal; neither here nor there but stuck somewhere in that murky area between subconscious and conscious life. These critically acclaimed works, such as Alfredson’s Icon of an Unknown Religion and Dream Ambassador XXX, have a smudginess about them, which–when contrasted with their ghostly auras– makes the viewer…
I caught up with Francesco Dimitri, the author of several critically-acclaimed fantasy works including L’eta sottile, Pan, and Alice nel paese della vaporità. This year his 2007 novel La Ragazza dei miei Sogni was optioned for a film by Draka, a Rome-based production company. Francesco spoke to me about his experiences documenting the Raelian…
Our inaugural Fantast in Focus, Spanish painter Hernan Valdovinos uses his brush to paint tales of adventure and intrigue. His splendorous icons exude the feel of Orientalism; some conjure up sensations of a golden age Ruritania, while others take their aesthetic cues from Slavic mythology and The Arabian Nights. Educated in Chile, Spain, and Italy, Valdovinos…