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'''Eisen Bernardo''' is a Filipino [[graphic designer]] and children's book illustrator. He is known for his digital [[collages]] of magazines, album covers, and classical paintings.
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| birth_name = Eisen Bernard Bernardo
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1985|11|12}}
| birth_place = [[Mindoro]], [[Philippines]]
| nationality = Filipino
| field = [[collage]], [[Digital Art]], [[Children's Literature]]
| works = Mag+Art, Logo+Art, Album+Art, Criterion+Art, #keepittogether
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| awards = [[Webby Awards]]}}



'''Eisen Bernardo''' is a Filipino [[graphic designer]] and children’s book illustrator. He is known for his digital [[collages]] of [[magazine]] and [[album covers]] and classical [[paintings]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==


He was born and raised in [[Abra de Ilog]], [[Occidental Mindoro]]. He finished Bachelor of Science in Development Communication (cum laude) from the [[University of the Philippines Los Banos]].
Bernardo was born and raised in [[Abra de Ilog]], [[Occidental Mindoro]]. He finished a Bachelor of Science in Development Communication (cum laude) from the [[University of the Philippines Los Banos]].


== Works ==
== Works ==
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Tribu Magazine wrote about his Mag+Art collages:
Tribu Magazine wrote about his Mag+Art collages:
"With the collage precision of [[John Stezaker]], and the tongue-in-cheek social commentary of [[Andy Warhol]], Eisen Bernardo may not be regarded as one of the greats, but certainly has a sharp eye for satire. With his collection ‘Mag + Art’ he layers the covers of magazines – anything from [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]], to [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]], to [[Time (magazine)|Time]], provided it has a full-cover portrait of a public figure on it – over classical paintings, some better known than others, to create a strange dichotomy of the present as the past, and the past as the future." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribumagazine.com/eisen-bernardo-mag-plus-art/|title=Eisen Bernardo ‘Mag + Art’ - Tribu|website=tribumagazine.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>
"With the collage precision of [[John Stezaker]], and the tongue-in-cheek social commentary of [[Andy Warhol]], Eisen Bernardo may not be regarded as one of the greats, but certainly has a sharp eye for satire. With his collection 'Mag + Art' he layers the covers of magazines – anything from [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]], to [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]], to [[Time (magazine)|Time]], provided it has a full-cover portrait of a public figure on it – over classical paintings, some better known than others, to create a strange dichotomy of the present as the past, and the past as the future."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribumagazine.com/eisen-bernardo-mag-plus-art/|title=Eisen Bernardo 'Mag + Art' - Tribu|website=tribumagazine.com|accessdate=1 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405011815/http://tribumagazine.com/eisen-bernardo-mag-plus-art/|archive-date=5 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Lomography.com expound on this work of [[Pop Art]]:
Lomography.com expounded on this work:
"Pop culture is an ever growing organism. Artwork after artwork and mash up after mash up, it is being transformed from one medium to another. Bernardo’s work proves that pop culture can be placed alongside classical art without incident. The artist’s attention to detail is also one of the factors that make his ‘Mag + Art’ series a big hit. The palette and brush strokes make the magazine covers feel at home in the canvas and paint-ridden classical art world."
"Pop culture is an ever growing organism. Artwork after artwork and mash up after mash up, it is being transformed from one medium to another. Bernardo's work proves that pop culture can be placed alongside classical art without incident. The artist's attention to detail is also one of the factors that make his 'Mag + Art' series a big hit. The palette and brush strokes make the magazine covers feel at home in the canvas and paint-ridden classical art world."
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lomography.com/magazine/289817-then-and-now-mashed-up-magazine-covers-and-classical-paintings-by-eisen-bernardo|title=Lomography - Then and Now: Mashed Up Magazine Covers and Classical Paintings by Eisen Bernardo|website=lomography.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lomography.com/magazine/289817-then-and-now-mashed-up-magazine-covers-and-classical-paintings-by-eisen-bernardo|title=Lomography - Then and Now: Mashed Up Magazine Covers and Classical Paintings by Eisen Bernardo|website=lomography.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>


===Album+Art ===
===Album+Art ===


After Mag+Art, an offshoot project titled Album+Art (@albumplusart in Instagram) made waves online. Album+Art was featured in various music, arts and graphic design, and entertainment and general interest sites such as Yahoo France and Spain, Rolling Stone Brasil, Buzzfeed, NME Magazine, Spin, Vice, Grazia, GQ Australia, Marie Claire Ukraine, Harper's Bazaar Serbia, International Business Times UK, ArtNet, Status Magazine, DesignBoom, Fast Company, DesignTaxi, Mashable, El Pais, The Culture Trip, ShortList Magazine, Art Magazin Germany, and Telemundo.<ref name="behance.net"/> In a series of digital collages that are gaining traction on Instagram, the Philippines-based graphic artist placed various album covers by performers such as [[David Bowie]], [[Whitney Houston]], and [[Lana Del Rey]] atop paintings by [[Pablo Picasso]], [[John Singer Sargent]], and others.<ref name="artnet.com">{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/graphic-artist-eisen-bernardo-gives-us-the-album-art-collages-we-deserve-450224|title=Instagram Artist Bridges History and Album Art - artnet News|date=15 March 2016|website=artnet.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>


[[Artnet]] compared his work to [[Christian Marclay]] (known for producing human figures assembled from various record covers). But Bernardo's works comprise a universe of their own, where recognizable musicians find themselves placed into the art historical canon in curious ways.<ref name="artnet.com"/>

After Mag+Art, an offshoot project titled Album+Art (@albumplusart in Instagram) made waves online. Album+Art was featured in various music, arts and graphic design, and entertainment and general interests’ sites such as Yahoo France and Spain, Rolling Stone Brasil, Buzzfeed, NME Magazine, Spin, Vice, Grazia, GQ Australia, Marie Claire Ukraine, Harper's Bazaar Serbia, International Business Times UK, ArtNet, Status Magazine, DesignBoom, Fast Company, DesignTaxi, Mashable, El Pais, The Culture Trip, ShortList Magazine, Art Magazin Germany, and Telemundo.<ref name="behance.net"/> In a series of digital collages that are gaining traction on Instagram, the Philippines-based graphic artist placed various album covers by performers such as [[David Bowie]], [[Whitney Houston]], and [[Lana del Rey]] atop paintings by [[Pablo Picasso]], [[John Singer Sargent]], and others.<ref name="artnet.com">{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/graphic-artist-eisen-bernardo-gives-us-the-album-art-collages-we-deserve-450224|title=Instagram Artist Bridges History and Album Art - artnet News|date=15 March 2016|website=artnet.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>

[[Artnet]] compared his work to [[Christian Marclay]] (known for producing human figures assembled from various record covers). But Bernardo’s works comprise a universe of their own, where recognizable musicians find themselves placed into the art historical canon in curious ways.<ref name="artnet.com"/>


Crave online praised Album+Art:
Crave online praised Album+Art:
"Bernardo’s works transform the staid styles of the past into something more relevant to modern day. As with most advancements in style that become repeated to the point of cliché, they once were groundbreaking ways of changing the way we see ourselves and the world. He restores this crisp sense of freshness to the work, bringing them alive once more by showing how much their iconography speaks to our current world—and in doing so he gives pop culture a crash course in the history of [[Western art]]." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/art/1215589-meet-eisen-bernard-bernardo-mastermind-behind-albumart|title=Meet Eisen Bernard Bernardo, Mastermind of "Album+Art"|date=16 February 2017|website=craveonline.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>
"Bernardo's works transform the staid styles of the past into something more relevant to modern day. As with most advancements in style that become repeated to the point of cliché, they once were groundbreaking ways of changing the way we see ourselves and the world. He restores this crisp sense of freshness to the work, bringing them alive once more by showing how much their iconography speaks to our current world—and in doing so he gives pop culture a crash course in the history of [[Western art]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/art/1215589-meet-eisen-bernard-bernardo-mastermind-behind-albumart|title=Meet Eisen Bernard Bernardo, Mastermind of "Album+Art"|date=16 February 2017|website=craveonline.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>


Album+Art won the People's Voice Award in the 21st [[Webby Awards]] (Social -Music Category).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webbyawards.com/winners/2017/social/social-content-and-marketing/music/|title=Music|website=webbyawards.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>
Album+Art won the People's Voice Award in the 21st [[Webby Awards]] (Social -Music Category).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webbyawards.com/winners/2017/social/social-content-and-marketing/music/|title=Music|website=webbyawards.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>


[[File:6f46f427239899.56361dafc92e2.jpg|thumb|[[AntiChrist]] by [[Lars Von Trier]] + [[Danae]] by [[Artemisia Gentileschi]]]]
[[File:AntiChrist by Lars Von Trier + Danae by Artemisia Gentileschi.jpg|thumb|[[AntiChrist]] by [[Lars Von Trier]] + [[Danae]] by [[Artemisia Gentileschi]]]]


=== Criterion+Art ===
=== Criterion+Art ===


This series speaks directly to movie fans as it substitutes albums for [[Criterion Collection]] film covers. Titled Criterion+Art, the combination of DVD covers and classical paintings adds new meanings to the historic images.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/07/eisen-bernards-criterion-cover-collages-redefine-art-history-60565/|title=Eisen Bernard’s Criterion Cover Collages Redefine Art History - IndieWire|first=Conor|last=Soules|website=indiewire.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>
This series speaks directly to movie fans as it substitutes albums for [[Criterion Collection]] film covers. Titled Criterion+Art, the combination of DVD covers and classical paintings adds new meanings to the historic images.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/07/eisen-bernards-criterion-cover-collages-redefine-art-history-60565/|title=Eisen Bernard's Criterion Cover Collages Redefine Art History - IndieWire|first=Conor|last=Soules|website=indiewire.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>


[[File:63681b30275103.5bb8b3aa49213.jpg|thumb|[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] + [[The Starry Night]] by [[Vincent Van Gogh]]]]
[[File:National Aeronautics and Space Administration + The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh.jpg|thumb|[[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] + [[The Starry Night]] by [[Vincent van Gogh]]]]


=== Logo+Art ===
=== Logo+Art ===


Eisen Bernardo overlays popular logos from the likes of [[Puma AG|Puma]], [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]], and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] with works of art that cleverly correspond with the brand–[[NASA]], say, and [[Vincent Van Gogh]]’s ''[[The Starry Night]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3052097/see-your-favorite-brand-logos-morph-into-famous-works-of-art|title=See Your Favorite Brand Logos Morph Into Famous Works Of Art|date=13 October 2015|website=fastcompany.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref> According to the artist, Logo+Art is an examination of art and consumerism, expression and function, and personal and industrial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.designboom.com/art/eisen-bernard-bernardo-logo-art-01-11-2015/|title=eisen bernardo pairs historic fine art with contemporary corporate design|date=11 January 2016|website=designboom.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref> [[Saatchi Art]] called this work as brilliantly cheeky that shocks the viewer by re-creating popular logos with paintings that emulate a parallel visual component.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/art-news/7-things-to-know-this-week-in-art-16|title=Art News: 7 Things To Know This Week In Art|website=saatchiart.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>
Bernardo overlays popular logos from the likes of [[Puma AG|Puma]], [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]], and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] with works of art that cleverly correspond with the brand–[[NASA]], say, and [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s ''[[The Starry Night]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3052097/see-your-favorite-brand-logos-morph-into-famous-works-of-art|title=See Your Favorite Brand Logos Morph Into Famous Works Of Art|date=13 October 2015|website=fastcompany.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref> According to the artist, Logo+Art is an examination of art and consumerism, expression and function, and personal and industrial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.designboom.com/art/eisen-bernard-bernardo-logo-art-01-11-2015/|title=eisen bernardo pairs historic fine art with contemporary corporate design|date=11 January 2016|website=designboom.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref> [[Saatchi Art]] called this work as brilliantly cheeky that shocks the viewer by re-creating popular logos with paintings that emulate a parallel visual component.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/art-news/7-things-to-know-this-week-in-art-16|title=Art News: 7 Things To Know This Week In Art|website=saatchiart.com|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>


[[File:Ee9a6359616873.5a28b476e1166.jpg|thumb|[[Anxiety]] depicted using [[paper clips]]]]
[[File:Anxiety depicted using paper clips.jpg|thumb|[[Anxiety]] depicted using paper clips]]


=== #keepittogether ===
=== #keepittogether ===


Recently, his #keepittogether artworks – a series of digital artwork using paper clips as a powerful symbol in depicting mental illness became huge online and featured in the Huffington Post, My Moden Met, Bored Panda, The Mighty, National Geographic Serbia, India Times, 9Gag, ScoopWhoop, Ranker, and others websites in more than 20 countries. <ref name="keepittogether on Behance">{{cite web|url=https://www.behance.net/gallery/59616873/keepittogether|title=keepittogether|website=behance.net|accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref> Inspired by the [[Project Semicolon]] popularized by the late Amy Bleuel, Eisen Bernardo used the paperclip as a reminder to keep things together. <ref name="themighty.com">{{cite web|url=https://themighty.com/2017/12/paper-clips-mental-illness-eisen-bernardo/|title=The Mighty|website=themighty.com|accessdate=12 December 2018}} </ref> The artwork is described as brilliant, <ref name="mymodernmet.com">{{cite web|url=https://mymodernmet.com/mental-illness-art-eisen-bernardo/|title=My Modern Met|website=mymodernmet.com|accessdate=12 December 2018}} </ref> precise and too familiar. <ref name="huffpost.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mental-illness-paper-clip-photos_n_5a3295cae4b0e41f9e03f25e|title=The Huffington Post|website=huffpost.com|accessdate=12 December 2018}} </ref>
His #keepittogether artworks – a series of digital artwork using paper clips as a symbol in depicting mental illness became popular online and featured in the Huffington Post, My Moden Met, Bored Panda, The Mighty, National Geographic Serbia, India Times, 9Gag, ScoopWhoop, Ranker, and others websites in more than 20 countries.<ref name="keepittogether on Behance">{{cite web|url=https://www.behance.net/gallery/59616873/keepittogether|title=keepittogether|website=behance.net|accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref> Inspired by the [[Project Semicolon]] popularized by the late Amy Bleuel, Eisen Bernardo used the paperclip as a reminder to keep things together.<ref name="themighty.com">{{cite web|url=https://themighty.com/2017/12/paper-clips-mental-illness-eisen-bernardo/|title=The Mighty|website=themighty.com|accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref> The artwork is described as brilliant,<ref name="mymodernmet.com">{{cite web|url=https://mymodernmet.com/mental-illness-art-eisen-bernardo/|title=My Modern Met|website=mymodernmet.com|accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref> precise and too familiar.<ref name="huffpost.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mental-illness-paper-clip-photos_n_5a3295cae4b0e41f9e03f25e|title=The Huffington Post|website=huffpost.com|accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref>


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Eisen Bernardo is a Filipino graphic designer and children's book illustrator. He is known for his digital collages of magazines, album covers, and classical paintings.

Biography

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Bernardo was born and raised in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro. He finished a Bachelor of Science in Development Communication (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines Los Banos.

Works

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Mag+Art

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His Mag+Art project, which is a collection of digital collages featuring magazine covers and classical paintings, is featured in more than 1,000 online articles in more than 30 countries.[1]

Tribu Magazine wrote about his Mag+Art collages: "With the collage precision of John Stezaker, and the tongue-in-cheek social commentary of Andy Warhol, Eisen Bernardo may not be regarded as one of the greats, but certainly has a sharp eye for satire. With his collection 'Mag + Art' he layers the covers of magazines – anything from Vogue, to Wired, to Time, provided it has a full-cover portrait of a public figure on it – over classical paintings, some better known than others, to create a strange dichotomy of the present as the past, and the past as the future."[2]

Lomography.com expounded on this work: "Pop culture is an ever growing organism. Artwork after artwork and mash up after mash up, it is being transformed from one medium to another. Bernardo's work proves that pop culture can be placed alongside classical art without incident. The artist's attention to detail is also one of the factors that make his 'Mag + Art' series a big hit. The palette and brush strokes make the magazine covers feel at home in the canvas and paint-ridden classical art world." [3]

Album+Art

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After Mag+Art, an offshoot project titled Album+Art (@albumplusart in Instagram) made waves online. Album+Art was featured in various music, arts and graphic design, and entertainment and general interest sites such as Yahoo France and Spain, Rolling Stone Brasil, Buzzfeed, NME Magazine, Spin, Vice, Grazia, GQ Australia, Marie Claire Ukraine, Harper's Bazaar Serbia, International Business Times UK, ArtNet, Status Magazine, DesignBoom, Fast Company, DesignTaxi, Mashable, El Pais, The Culture Trip, ShortList Magazine, Art Magazin Germany, and Telemundo.[1] In a series of digital collages that are gaining traction on Instagram, the Philippines-based graphic artist placed various album covers by performers such as David Bowie, Whitney Houston, and Lana Del Rey atop paintings by Pablo Picasso, John Singer Sargent, and others.[4]

Artnet compared his work to Christian Marclay (known for producing human figures assembled from various record covers). But Bernardo's works comprise a universe of their own, where recognizable musicians find themselves placed into the art historical canon in curious ways.[4]

Crave online praised Album+Art: "Bernardo's works transform the staid styles of the past into something more relevant to modern day. As with most advancements in style that become repeated to the point of cliché, they once were groundbreaking ways of changing the way we see ourselves and the world. He restores this crisp sense of freshness to the work, bringing them alive once more by showing how much their iconography speaks to our current world—and in doing so he gives pop culture a crash course in the history of Western art."[5]

Album+Art won the People's Voice Award in the 21st Webby Awards (Social -Music Category).[6]

AntiChrist by Lars Von Trier + Danae by Artemisia Gentileschi

Criterion+Art

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This series speaks directly to movie fans as it substitutes albums for Criterion Collection film covers. Titled Criterion+Art, the combination of DVD covers and classical paintings adds new meanings to the historic images.[7]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration + The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

Logo+Art

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Bernardo overlays popular logos from the likes of Puma, Shell, and Apple with works of art that cleverly correspond with the brand–NASA, say, and Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night.[8] According to the artist, Logo+Art is an examination of art and consumerism, expression and function, and personal and industrial.[9] Saatchi Art called this work as brilliantly cheeky that shocks the viewer by re-creating popular logos with paintings that emulate a parallel visual component.[10]

Anxiety depicted using paper clips

#keepittogether

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His #keepittogether artworks – a series of digital artwork using paper clips as a symbol in depicting mental illness became popular online and featured in the Huffington Post, My Moden Met, Bored Panda, The Mighty, National Geographic Serbia, India Times, 9Gag, ScoopWhoop, Ranker, and others websites in more than 20 countries.[11] Inspired by the Project Semicolon popularized by the late Amy Bleuel, Eisen Bernardo used the paperclip as a reminder to keep things together.[12] The artwork is described as brilliant,[13] precise and too familiar.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Behance". behance.net. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Eisen Bernardo 'Mag + Art' - Tribu". tribumagazine.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Lomography - Then and Now: Mashed Up Magazine Covers and Classical Paintings by Eisen Bernardo". lomography.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Instagram Artist Bridges History and Album Art - artnet News". artnet.com. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Meet Eisen Bernard Bernardo, Mastermind of "Album+Art"". craveonline.com. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Music". webbyawards.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. ^ Soules, Conor. "Eisen Bernard's Criterion Cover Collages Redefine Art History - IndieWire". indiewire.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  8. ^ "See Your Favorite Brand Logos Morph Into Famous Works Of Art". fastcompany.com. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  9. ^ "eisen bernardo pairs historic fine art with contemporary corporate design". designboom.com. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Art News: 7 Things To Know This Week In Art". saatchiart.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  11. ^ "keepittogether". behance.net. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  12. ^ "The Mighty". themighty.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  13. ^ "My Modern Met". mymodernmet.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  14. ^ "The Huffington Post". huffpost.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
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