Source Colossal   How many people actually heed the warnings about not feeding ducks waddling around public parks? If you’ve taken a flippant approach to these guidelines in the past, we recommend you watch AJ Jeffries’ new animation, “DUCKS.” What opens as an innocuous jaunt around a pond quickly turns into a dark comedy full of…

Source Colossal   Softness and resilience. Presence and absence. Vitality and stillness. These are just a few of the dualities that permeate the atmospheric work of Jeanne Vicerial, whose textile-focused practice taps into history and femininity with precision and reverence. A city-wide exhibition of Vicerial’s pieces titled Incarnation: Carte blanche Jeanne Vicerial opens across several historic…

Source Colossal   In Amy Casey’s meticulous acrylic paintings, houses and main street buildings whirl through the air amid debris, teeter in huge piles in the sea, or balance precariously on giant clusters of fungi. Our perception is tested: are the houses really tiny or are their surroundings exceedingly big? That slippage is at the heart…

Source Artsy Shark  Enjoy this collection of calming, ethereal paintings by artist Elena Lukina, who is inspired by nature and the resonance of silence. The post Featured Artist Elena Lukina appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   From the nearly abstracted patterns featuring dozens of Black faces in the meticulous work of Sharon Kerry-Harlan to portraits inspired by real events like Donna Chambers’ celebration of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, Masters of the Stitch: Threaded Stories at Claire Oliver Gallery spotlights remarkable narratives in fabric. The exhibition draws from the collection…

Source Design You Trust  Chertopoloh Arts is where dark fairytales come to life in clay and fabric. Anastasia, the artist behind the name, sculpts one-of-a-kind art dolls that look like they’ve wandered out of an ancient storybook and into your hands. There is something immediately enchanting about her work. These are not factory-made toys or…

Source Design You Trust  Rich McCor is a Brighton-based artist and photographer who has figured out how to make the entire world look like a playful joke. His method is brilliantly simple: he takes black paper cutouts, holds them up against famous landmarks, and snaps a photo that completely reimagines what you are looking at.…

Source Design You Trust  Birdcube_ is the kind of artist page that instantly tells you it belongs to the BJD and custom doll world. The work centers on expressive doll sculpts, face-ups, and character designs, with a clear handmade, collector-focused identity. Birdcube_ is the kind of artist page that instantly tells you it belongs to…