| November 11, 2006 |
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Illustrator Stina Wirsén
In  the world of Swedish illustrator Stina Wirsén, diners peer skeptically at their food, models don elaborate fly-people getups, and crowds navigate the polyglot streets of New York's outer boroughs. Smudgy, stylized urban scenes are shot through with whimsy, melancholy, and, sometimes, a combination of both. For years, Wirsén ran the illustration department at Sweden's national paper Dagens Nyheter—and it shows. A good chunk of her work reflects a journalist's eye and suggests a story about to happen: hipsters crowd a late night 7-Eleven; a sushi chef turns, knife in hand; a body punctuated with an acupuncturist's needles waits on the table. Sometimes, she allows her satirical side to slip out, and Woody Allen finds himself speaking "tweed," while Dr. Phil's head tops the bodies of all those he empathizes with so fervently. Her fashion images capture the eccentricity and casual flair of Scandinavian style, on or off the catwalk. In all the illustrations, she isolates the few perfect details and leaves the rest to the imagination. (in Visual Arts) |
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