NEW VISIONS // JOHN Y. CHANG AND BRETT VAN ORT

John Y. Chang

(Photo Credit: Ice Paint Series (1) by John Y. Chang)

“My work expresses my cultural milieu in a context of hope: from the beauty of traditional painting techniques to the search for meaning in digital media.”

John Y. Chang uses his Ice Paint series to blend “cultures, aesthetics, and media.” Using ice as a metaphor for the impermanence of being, Chang also questions differences in color—both painterly and racial. By photographing ice, Chang essentially halts the process of its temperamental nature to melt.

Brett Van Ort

(Photo Credit: PROM MINE by Brett Van Ort)

“I want to portray the landmines as products in a magazine or catalogue on sale to the general public. To present them as beautiful objects contradicts how we should feel about them.”

(Photo Credit: Brett Van Ort)

More of Brett’s work can be found at:
http://www.brettvanort.com