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  • Peggy Kuiper | Interview

    Peggy Kuiper | Interview

    An excerpt from Rolien Zonnevel in conversation with Peggy Kuiper in 1605 Magazine No.2 Illusion. One of the most seminal works on colour ever produced must undoubtedly be the six-volume Haishoku Soukan—The Complete Collection of Colour Combinations—published in Japan in the early 1930s. Among these volumes is a fine booklet featuring 348 side-by-side colour combinations, collated by Sanzo Wada, containing...

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  • Life of Dorothea Rockburne

    Life of Dorothea Rockburne

    Life of Dorothea Rockburne (Mathematician, Astronomer and Abstract Artist. Dorothea (b. 1932), now 95 years old, continues to redefine the boundaries of abstraction with a career that merges mathematics, astronomy, and art. Still actively working, Rockburne lives and works in New York, where her artistic practice thrives to this day.
  • Sayuri Ichida | Portfolio

    Sayuri Ichida | Portfolio

    An excerpt from the portfolio of Sayuri Ichida in 1605 Magazine no.2 Illusion. Based in Margate, United Kingdom, Sayuri Ichida (b. 1985, Fukoka, Japan) is a multi-disciplinary artist with a focus on photography.
  • How Experimentation Can Help You Discover Your Unique Style

    How Experimentation Can Help You Discover Your Unique Style

    If there are no experiments, there is no art. Every great artist has started somewhere, evolving over time through exploration and change. Take Pablo Picasso, for example —his early portraits are vastly different from the abstract expressionist paintings that made him an innovative and revolutionary figure in his time. Similarly, Henri Matisse experimented with various mediums throughout his career, from...

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  • Maura Sullivan

    Sullivan has graduated from Syracuse University and has attended the International School of Photography. She currently lives in New York. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is widely exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions across the world. Her first...
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  • Bastiaan Woudt

    Bastiaan Woudt (b. 1987, The Netherlands) is a photographer with a strong signature style. Bastiaan Woudt’s work in the monochrome palette has been exhibited in galleries across the world and at museums and international fairs such as Paris Photo, AIPAD New York, Photo London, Photo Shanghai and Fotografiska. His portfolio...
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  • Kacper Kowalski

    Kacper Kowalski (b. 1977, Poland) has been observing and photographing landscapes from aerial perspective for over 25 years. After becoming an architect and having worked in the profession for four years, he eventually decided to commit to flying and photography - his true passions. As a paraglider, a pilot of...
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