New exhibition from the UK, Lustrous Chemistry handpicks artists and their deisres http://www.thebruise.com/html/gallery_6.html mark@thebruise.com http://www.thebruise.com/gallery_6.html Another description goes here http://www.thebruise.com/html/gallery_5.html mark@thebruise.com http://www.thebruise.com/gallery_5.html http://www.thebruise.com/html/gallery_4.html Animals collide with awkward lonely strangers. Aliens stand stiff and speechless. Drunken Mermen join in isolated merriment. To strike the proverbial emotional chord from a billion miles away, or so close the object of affection cries solid blue tears and a waxy build up of rainbows, or maybe alien seduction and corruption competes for our attention. These artists share a bitter tenderness in ways The Bruise Team thought not only poignant but funny and fantastical. It is a fine tight-rope to walk upon, like animal magnetisim, a violent car crash, a greased pig, or unrequited love these artists know what it means to touch a nerve. We are happy to present to you this charming collection of purely polluted heart-rending joy. mark@thebruise.com http://www.thebruise.com/html/gallery_4.html http://www.thebruise.com/html/gallery_3.html The Bruise invited Rebecca Gould to curate an exhibition. In selecting these three other artists for this online exhibit I am showing a slice of young contemporary art by artists from Wales, U.K. Although the work all has a very different visual language, the omnipresent element is the use of irony by the four artists. Artists Rebecca Gould + Elinor Evans + Carwyn Evans + Iwan Lewis mark@thebruise.com http://www.thebruise.com/html/gallery_3.html http://www.thebruise.com/html/gallery_2.html The Bruise invited Carey MacArther to curate a photography exhibition. mark@thebruise.com http://www.thebruise.com/html/gallery_2.html http://www.thebruise.com/html/gallery_1.html Artwork curated by Mark Shepherd, 2007. mark@thebruise.com http://www.thebruise.com/html/gallery_1.html Online magazine featuring emerging international artists and designers. http://www.www.thebruise.com Art, Music, Sound We are always taking submissions, word + image + sound http://www.thebruise.com/html/submit_1.html mark@thebruise.com http://www.thebruise.com/submit_1.html