From the early days of Bacon’s artistic career, critics were repulsed by his imagery: disfigured teeth, mutated limbs and soulless backdrops. Yet while other artists around him were exploring social movements and revolution, Francis Bacon was taking a more introspective approach. Diving into the depths of his unconscious to find an outlet for his darker desires.
Raised by Wolves is a photojournalist book that the American photographer Jim Goldberg published in 1995 and chronicles the lives of different runaways and homeless teenagers as they groped for lives coloured by addiction, abuse and violence, in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Read MoreLĒO is a Belgium-based brand that was established in 2016 by artistic director Leonneke Derksen (Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium) and founder Matthias Medaer. The team met in Paris, while gaining experience at fashion houses like Balenciaga and Carven.
Read MoreIn a way The Holy Mountain is the gateway drug into experimental cinema. It’s a decadent, hallucinogenic rollercoaster of a film, that’s tongue-in-cheek attitude never takes itself too seriously. Yet, what can this film tell us about society? Does it still hold some relevance in the post-digital world that we find ourselves in?
Read MoreLike a jawbreaker, Luca Piscopo’s creations slowly dissolve before your very eyes, leaving a lasting taste. A creator in several fields, the artist behind ‘Candy Oscuro’ leaves their trademark in every project they work on. From goth baths and sleep paralysis nightmares, we can get closer to the root of their identity.
Read MoreA self-proclaimed voyeur and pervert, NYC-based photographer Lanee Bird is fearless and unrelenting in her creation of art. Drawing influences from queer and fetish culture while engulfing it all in a hazy 80/90s aesthetic, Lanee Bird has made a big impact on the GATA team. What follows is a conversation with the artist in which we explore the convergence between these special subcultures and dive into the depths of this mysteriously kinky mind.
Read MoreKarina Akopyan is a modern-day iconoclast. Her artwork pushes the limits as to what is acceptable; it’s brave, forward thinking and controversial without restraint.
Read MoreGATA Magazine recently talked with multifaceted artist Khadyak. A model for designers like Rick Owens, dancer for ASAP Rocky and Metronomy, songwriter, choreographer and singer, Khadyak is a creative beast, a creator 5.0 that personifies a wave of the new generation that refuses to be labelled and boxed in.
Read MoreRomain Slocombe, born 25 March 1953 in Paris, is a writer, director, translator, illustrator, cartoonist and French photographer. His works are mainly focused on Japan and bondage.
10 Experimental Movies of Shuji Terayama. Shuji Terayama was an avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director and photographer born in Tokyo in 1935. He was one of the leading artists of the new avant-garde Japanese theatre movement in the 1970s.
Read MoreA delusional journey to the core of Tokyo Rumando.
After years of working in front of the camera as a model for photographers like Araki and Moriyama. She aimed to gain back a sense of control by using a camera herself; to explore a safe space where she could build a new sense of identity.
Listen to the solo Piano-set Liebestraum No. 3, played by the multifaceted piano player and model Minami Asanari. We also talk with her about creativity and inspiration in Tokyo.
Read MoreThe musician, composer and producer Malthus, teamed up with the talented photographer Moritz Tibes to create an editorial exclusively for GATA Magazine.
With sounds that remind us of artists such as Cocorosie, Arca and James Blake; Malthus’ career has just begun.
Do not take your eyes off him.
20 años después del lanzamiento de su primer álbum Lujo Ibérico, hablamos con una de las pioneras del rap español María Rodríguez, aka Mala, la llamada ‘madre del hip hop español’.
Read MoreTHE ELEPHANT is a select shop based in Tokyo, that showcases some of the most interesting brands and designs to come out in recent times. Opening its doors in 2018, THE ELEPHANT has consistently provided the Tokyo fashion scene with clothes that express a fun, laid back and even at times punk attitude.
Read MoreComing from a deep history of dark times and thoughts, Canadian singer Dana Dentata is building up energy and strength right now. Her albums and live performances are powerful, and beautifully disturbing at the same time. Accompanied by a demon on stage an in her head Dana is never alone.
Read MoreGata Magazine alongside fashion brand John Lawrence Sullivan explores the hauntingly beautiful craft of Argentinian, Tokyo-based artist Iilgaba through a video piece.
We invite you to her studio to explore the depths of her mind and watch as her masks come to life.
Please, come in
