Source Colossal   From the atmospheric tones of the Pacific Northwest to Victorian-era textile patterns to antique dishware designs, Rebecca Zwanzig—the artist behind High West Wild—draws on a wide range of influences. “I grew up in the bluegrass state of Kentucky, and some of my earliest visual memories come from going to auctions and estate sales…

Source Colossal   Until a few years ago, painter Scott Kahn was living in his cousin’s attic, with a studio filled with work that he hadn’t had a lot of luck selling. Then, he began a chance correspondence with the late Canadian artist Matthew Wong, who related to Kahn’s own self-taught background and interest in magical…

Source Colossal   Like many artists, Rose Sanderson began a body of work during the early days of the pandemic as a sort of balm for the harsh realities of the world. “I started playing with escapism and imagination, mixing reality and fiction, and the blurring of childhood memories and nostalgia,” she says of her surreal…

Source Artsy Shark  Dutch artist Tim Hupkes shares a quirky and humorous collection of whimsical digital paintings of animals. The post Featured Artist Tim Hupkes appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source: Art F City The Abrons Art Center has paid all their staff and performers during the shutdown. This week on Explain Me, co-hosts William Powhida and Paddy Johnson talk to arts organizers and activists Heather Bhandari and Nikki Columbus about the challenges for mothers during the pandemic, and the challenges for arts workers seeking…

Source: Art F City Boogaloo Boys show off posters supporting Trump at a demonstration Artist Nayland Blake joins the podcast to discuss the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer, mass protests, and the resurgence of COVID as the backdrop for public art and how museums are addressing diversity.  Spearheaded…

Source: Art F City Jordan Casteel, “Within Reach”, New Museum installation view, 2020. Photo: Dario Lasagni In this episode of Explain Me, critic and curator Antwaun Sargent joins us to discuss the effects of the pandemic and Alex Greenberger’s Zombie Figuration, a confusing essay that appeared earlier this month in ARTnews. In the first half…

Source: Art F City Image by Andy Adams. via: FlakPhoto instagram. In this episode of Explain Me we talk to Andy Adams (@FlakPhoto on instagram) a culture producer, and long time digital director. Andy is the founder of FlakPhoto Projects, an international community of photographers that operates in a parallel path to the one Powhida and Johnson come from—the…