Artist of the day, April 25, 2024: Randal Ford, an American Photographer (#2007)

Austin-based photographer Randal Ford believes that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.  He is obsessed with details, creative collaboration, and chasing a timeless aesthetic.

Ford’s work has appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, 20 Texas Monthly covers, an expansive coffee table book, and the cover of Communication Arts. Among many other accolades, in 2015 Ford was named one of the top 200 advertising photographers worldwide by German-based magazine Lüerzers Archive. Ford’s work has been featured in a host of other industry publications.  He has been sought after to collaborate with some of the biggest brands and largest agencies in the world.  Some of the agencies Ford has collaborated with include BBDO, FCB, Leo Burnett, Ogilvy & Mather, The Martin Agency, and Wieden+Kennedy.

Ford’s wide range of work includes portraiture, lifestyle, animals, and environmental. Throughout his work he’s been able to maintain a consistent aesthetic while problem solving, evolving, and molding to clients needs.

His laid back and approachable personality keeps him grounded in his passion for creating beautiful work, collaborating with clients, and having fun along the way.

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Randal Ford

Cover of CA

From the "Lifestyle Series"

From the "Lifestyle Series"

Commission ad photo

From the "Cameleon Series" for Valspar Paint

From the "Cameleon Series" for Valspar Paint

From the "Cameleon Series" for Valspar Paint

From the "Cameleon Series" for Valspar Paint

From the "Cameleon Series" for Valspar Paint

From the "Americana Series"

From the "Americana Series"

From the "Americana Series"

From the "Americana Series"

From the "Americana Series"

From the "Americana Series"

From the "Americana Series"

From the "Animal Series"

From the "Animal Series"

From the "Animal Series"

From the "Animal Series"

From the "Animal Series"

From the "Animal Series"

From the "Animal Series"

From the "Animal Series"

From the "Fit with the couch Series"

From the "Fit with the couch Series"

From the "Fit with the couch Series"

From the "Fit with the couch Series"

Artist of the day, April 24, 2024: Michel de Broin, a Québec sculptor (#2006)

 Michel de Broin (1970) is a Québécois sculptor. De Broin has created numerous public artworks in Canada and Europe, including the Salvador Allende monument in Montreal. He was the recipient of the 2007 Sobey Art Award.

Michel de Broin deepens his cross-disciplinary practice by developing an ever-expanding visual vocabulary. His approach to production explores the intersections between technological, biological, and physical systems. Crafting unforeseen relationships between waste, productivity, consumption and risk, de Broin challenges the use-value and conventional associations of familiar objects and symbols: he infuse them new meaning and develops new contexts.

His work has been exhibited at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; the Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne; France; the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; the Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg; the Museum Tinguely, Basel; the Centre d’art Villa Arson, Nice; at Eyebeam, New York; and at the Hessel Museum of Art, New York. His work is held in several museums and public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada; the Art Gallery of Ontario; the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal; the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec; the City of Montreal; the FRAC Poitou Charentes, France; and the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Germany.

Recipient of the 2007 Sobey Art Award, de Broin has also received grants from Canada Council for the Arts, the Harpo Foundation (Los Angeles) and Krasner-Pollock Foundation (New York), and was awarded a residency at International Studio and Curatorial Program (New York), the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), Acme studio (London) and Villa Arson (Nice).

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 Michel de Broin

Anxious Stability, 1997-2014

Entrelacement, 2001

Entrelacement, 2001

 Solitude, 2002

 Revolutions, 2003

 Revolutions, 2003

Black Whole Conference, 2005

Engine, 2006

 Molecule, 2009

Revolution, 2010

Tortoise 2010-14

Tortoise 2010-14

 Majestic, 2011

 Interlace, 2012

 Interlace, 2012

 Interlace, 2012

 Tortoise Cube, 2012

 Blowback, 2013

Possibility, 2013

The Abyss of Liberty, 2013

Jeux de Tables, 2014

 Bloom, 2015

Dissipation On A Turn, 2015

 Dendrite, 2016 detail

 Dendrite, 2016

Étant Donnés, 2016

Interlude, 2016

 Tube, 2016

Sporophores,  2021