DEAD NYMPHS

is a series of three prints inspired by Art Nouveau and fairy motifs. It mixes watercolor painting with digital textures and post-production. Two imaginary liquor bottles have been imagined, using the original artworks as labels.

Mock-up of the imaginary liquor bottle:
A Drop of Nymph – Finest Fairy Liquor

LADY APOCALYPTICA

is a combination of a watercolor paint with a 3D model of a medical mask. The texture covering the whole artwork is an excerpt from a newspaper, highlighting the climate of fear and anxiety that prevailed during the COVID period. Created to be printed out, the artwork has been converted into a vinyl mock-up.

Rat-board

is a skateboard mock-up from the painting “Rat-é”. It mixes a realistic and abstract representation of a rat, conveying a humorous and deranging feeling. The rat is primarily made out of black watercolor.

About

''Cabinet of Polichinel'' is a project by Mylène Ben Osman a.k.a Koupure: fine artist, illustrator, and 3D/mixed media artist based in Berlin, Germany.

The cabinet aims to present a collection of artworks and projects that may differ in their techniques of creation but always focus on similar themes such as dark nature, crumbling worlds, and the mysteries of the mind, weaving together introspection and a broader perspective on society.

While studying game design introduced her to the art of world-building and interactivity, ink painting reconnected her with a more direct and intuitive approach to creation. In both types of work, the audience is invited to explore worlds that are pleasant and disturbing at the same time. Her creations also aim to give a voice to what may be considered small, neglected, strange, or damaged in a world dominated by the big, the beautiful, the clean, and the acceptable.

The collection could be described as obscure poetry, orthe art of juggling between the pleasant and the disturbing to produce mysterious pieces.

For video games & 3D art, it's this way: mylene-benosman.com/