FUTURISTIC DRAGON is a new arts and culture platform founded by editor and writer John-Paul Pryor that offers twice weekly in-depth Interviews with trans-generational movers and shakers in the creative world, stylistically surfing disciplines of art, photography, film, books, and much more besides.
Our editorial philosophy is very simple – to keep it human and share ideas, stories and works that inspire creativity and fire the imagination.
Begin your journey with our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with NATHANIEL MARY QUINN, and find out how the Chicago-born artist came to create the iconic cover you see above these words for the forthcoming album Foreign Tongues by legendary rockers The Rolling Stones. Welcome to our world.
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NATHANIEL MARY QUINN
The American artist on his iconic album cover for legendary rockers The Rolling Stones
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EDITOR'S LETTER
Futuristic Dragon editor John-Paul Pryor welcomes you to a world of conversation
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WILLIE CHRISTIE
The legendary photographer and filmmaker on surreality and artifice in image-making
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CHAZ GUEST
The American artist on energy, divinity and seeking the hue of humanity
“Creating the album cover for The Rolling Stones is an artistic honour – a dialogue with one of the most enduring forces in cultural history” – Nathaniel Mary Quinn
ART & IMAGE: American painter NATHANIEL MARY QUINN is an increasingly name-checked contemporary artist whose deconstructed portraiture has been chosen by legendary rockers The Rolling Stones to grace the cover of their much anticipated forthcoming album Foreign Tongues..
Read our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with the artist on FUTURISTIC DRAGON to discover why his own past reads like a narrative of the blues, and discover the process that led to the creation of the iconic album cover.
“Recording the here and the now, or passing comment on it, is exactly what anyone in the arts should be doing ” – Miles Aldridge
PEOPLE & SOCIETY: The artist MILES ALDRIDGE is one of the most respected image-makers of the modern era, and is widely celebrated for his explorations of the idealised woman in pop culture. His vibrant cinematic aesthetic belies the trauma and ennui of domestic life, and challenge us to reconsider the real.
Read our exclusive INTERVIEW on FUTURISTIC DRAGON to find out why he has been deconstructing the beauty paradigm for twenty-five years.
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HALEY JOSEPHS
The American artist on awakening to deeper existence and breaking open the head
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NICK WAPLINGTON
The acclaimed image-maker on the collision of club culture and and fashion in the nineties
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AGATA PRZYZYCKA
The rising Polish artist on art, depression and reaching for the transcendental sublime
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MEHDI GHADYANLOO
The Iranian artist on creating a unique homage to the simple joys of childhood
“Anyhing that can disconnect you from the problems of existential anxiety and create a sense of joy has beauty” – Mehdi Ghadyanloo
ART & IMAGE: The hyper-real paintings of acclaimed Iranian artist MEHDI GHADANYLOO employ surreal undertones to explore memory and identity. They do not so much present themselves as stage a gentle dislocation of perception, coaxing you into an awareness of space that makes you question your own coordinates.
Read our full INTERVIEW with the artist on FUTURISTIC DRAGON to find out why he is reframing the joys of childhood one optical illusion at a time.
“My photography is a form of visual memoir… I strive to create simply scintillating, thought-provoking, uplifting art” – Meryl Meisler
STYLE & CULTURE: The acclaimed New York photographer MERYL MEISLER unveils her archive of excess at Studio 54 and discusses the highs and lows of one of the most incredible moments in cultural history.
Read our full INTERVIEW on FUTURISTIC DRAGON to find out how capturing the beauty and destruction taught her to appreciate life as a precious gift.
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DEREK RIDGERS
The legendary image-maker on shooting intimate moments from the fringes of society
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EMMA STERN
The American artist on modern sexuality, digital avatars and creating mythical rock stars
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BETONY VERNON
The sexual anthropologist on the dangers of censorship and the joy of solitude
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RANKIN
The British photographer on his love-hate relationship with artificial intelligence
“The best relationships creatively are the love-hate relationships, because they're the ones that really challenge you” – Rankin
STYLE & CULTURE: The renowned photographer, publisher and provocateur Rankin has been capturing the cutting edge of pop culture in the eye of his lens since the early 90s, when he co-founded the style magazine Dazed and Confused, reshaping contemporary portrait photography.
Read our full INTERVIEW with the iconic image-maker at FUTURISTIC DRAGON to find out why he has been an enthusiastic adoptee of AI.
“I want to bring a strong sense of this moment of global diversity, of us all being mixed together” – Tomakazu Matsuyama
ART & IMAGE: The Japanese artist TOMOKAZU MATSUYAMA incorporates highbrow and lowbrow motifs from East and West in a visual language that not only references the New Yorker’s own trajectory as a global citizen, but also the post-postmodern condition we all find ourselves in.
Read our full INTERVIEWwith the artist at FUTURISTIC DRAGONto find out why he creates works that seem to embody everything, everywhere all at once.
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STACEY GILLIAN ABE
The African artist on womanhood and reclaiming traditional symbolism
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SHYALPA TENZN RINPOCHE
The founder of The Universal Peace Sanctuary on creating a space for global unity
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GERED MANKOWITZ
The British photographer recalls shooting The Rolling Stones at home in The Sixties
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ROBY DWI ANTONO
The Indonesian artist on dream creatures, surrealist logic and crashed spacecraft
“Even the smallest action that we do today can significantly change the future” – Roby Dwi Antono
ART & IMAGE: The acclaimed Indonesian artist ROBY DWI ANTONO is known for his surreal dreamscapes, which consist of hybrid creatures and visual anomalies so extravagantly weird that language offers few useful adjectives to describe them.
Read our full INTERVIEW with the artist on FUTURISTIC DRAGON to discover a world where spirituality, surrealist logic and crashed spacecraft coalesce.
Get up-close-and-personal with artists from all over the world and unlock the mysteries of the creative mind.
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