Art Aesthetics Magazine

Art Aesthetics Magazine began life on Instagram in 2015. We've since grown to encompass an online magazine with reviews, articles, and exclusive interviews on established, emerging, and yet unknown artists from across the world. Our mainstay remains criticism, specifically that of an academic bent.

Watercolour on silk and canvas by @emilyponsonbyart #artaesthetics

Some excellent paintings by @emilyponsonbyart who’s experimenting with watercolour in silk and canvas #artaesthetics

Fantastic new work by @emilyponsonbyart, presently working in South Africa She paints with watercolour on two layers of silk...the watercolour leaks through the silk and on to the canvas, after which the silk is removed #artaesthetics

Fleeting Parts, @milena_naef Cristallina Marble, MDF, Plaster, Dimensions variable, 2016 #artaesthetics

The last selection of paintings by @tomassanchez48 ...which is your favourite? #artaesthetics

Two somewhat different paintings by @tomassanchez48 Tell us what you think... #artaesthetics

Some exquisite paintings by @tomassanchez48 #artaesthetics

Last few pieces by @jr...which is your favourite and what do you think about jr’s work? #artaesthetics

Some more exciting creativity by @jr #artaesthetics

Have you seen @jr’s latest spectacle? What do you think about it? Excellent for more public engagement...over 400 volunteers helped make it! #artaesthetics

Conflict in the Brain, sculpture by #TungMingChin #artaesthetics

Inner Turmoil, sculpture by #TungMingChin #artaesthetics

The Birth of a New Hero, sculpture by #TungMingChin #artaesthetics

Some more excellent witticisms by @johandeckmann — I genuinely find some of these incredibly funny, what do you think? Read our critique of @johandeckmann by clicking through the link in our bio! #artaesthetics

Do you relate to any of these works by @johandeckmann ...be honest? 😜 Read our article written on @johandeckmann through the link in our bio! #artaesthetics

‘Johan Deckmann’s artworks are really riffs: witticisms on contemporary culture and psychology in the form of faux self-help manuals. Titles such as ‘How to turn your stupidity into a sexy attitude’ or ‘How to spend your life with the wrong persons because you are afraid to be alone’ draw pleasure, but only from some pretty uncomfortable self-analysis. They’re what Freud’s Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious (1905) might have classified as ‘tendentious’ jokes aimed at a certain victim: you, the viewer. Deckmann has got the good graces, however, to also include another title: ‘How to raise the value of your art by dying’. These ‘How To’s appear on the covers of the books, but just the covers. He’s glued the pages teasingly shut. I suspect there’s another wry comment going on here: that we’ve become pretty facile, obsessed by the surface without any real depth.’ Hit the link in our bio to read our latest article on the talented and witty @johandeckmann #artaesthetics