I realise that Yellowtrace is not a music blog, so we shall leave Daft Punk’s brand new album “Random Access Memories” alone, while I draw your attention to something else. I’m talking about their recent slick photo shoot set in a famous modernist house in Los Angeles – Sheats Goldstein Residence, designed by celebrated American modernist architect John Lautner…

Pakistani artist Hamra Abbas uses a wide range of media – paper collage, painting, ephemeral soft plasticine sculptures and video are all a part of her cunning toolkit. I am particularly drawn to her Idols series in which Abbas mixes miniatures with exaggerated forms, and realism with pop art. This impressive collection of work in progress are blown-up digital photographs of miniature clay sculptures…

Eiko Ojala is a crazy freak of nature – and in my books, that’s a very, very good thing. Allow me to elaborate. This young man is a multitalented individual. Ojala is an illustrator, graphic designer and art director who lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia. In case you’re thinking these images are layers of cut paper collaged together – you better think again…

Maurizio Galimberti is a celebrated Italian master of Polaroid camera who creates visually arresting, abstract mosaic portraits of celebrities. What I really love about these images is their unique three-dimentional quality. The photographer manages to capture a real sense of intimacy by shooting his subjects from a really close range. It feels as though a viewer is able to focus on a number individual elements simultaneously, and observe an image as a series of frames suspended in time…

For the last ten years, Beijing based photographer, Huang Qingjun, has been traveling to remote regions in China working on a fascinating project titled Jiadang (Family Stuff). Qingjun searches for families who would pose for him with all of their worldly possessions, often in front of their humble homes…