Adam Lee – Votive ArtAsiaPacific or posing with their smartphones

or posing with their smartphones – a picture of youth in search of a carefree life

but on the other hand it’s a depressing thought that reveals something about our obsession to portray

Jaimie Warren shows us her brilliantly bizarre photography and legendary author Douglas Coupland discusses his time designing magazines in Japan as well as the design references that permeate his fiction

Made in reaction to images found in the Smith-Lesouëf Library

still life

Adam Lee – Votive ArtAsiaPacific or posing with their smartphonesA votive is an object or offering put forward in the consecration of a vow. Often taking the form of a candle, it is left without the expectation of return or recovery. In simple terms, it is an expression and evocation of faith. It is no sleight of hand that Adam Lee chose Votive as the title of this book, the first major publication made in collaboration with the Australian artist. In a career spanning more than a decade, Lees painting practice has