Source Design You Trust  Spain-based photographer and art director Maria Laura Benavente produces stunning, intricate works of art out of paper. Her art takes on myriad forms from still life to sculptural pieces, all of which exude an effortless coolness that is hard to replicate with any other medium. In an era where almost anything…

Source artforum.com  According to legend, the capital of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan—today known as Mexico City—was founded by the Mexica (the early Aztecs) when they left Aztlán, their former home, in search of a new

Source Colossal   All images © Asya Kozina, shared with permission Artist Asya Kozina is known for her elaborate paper wigs that soar into the air with scenes of miniature metropolises and various botanical frills, coils, and pleats. Referencing the ominous tale of the Flying Dutchman, Kozina’s latest collection transports wearers to the sea with fleets of ships that sail…

Source artforum.com  GODLAND HAS TWO TITLE CARDS: one in Icelandic, the other in Danish. Hlynur Pálmason’s new film exists in the tension between these two languages, which are really two worlds: one wild and unforgiving,

Source artforum.com  Among the achievements of Une tempête (1969), Aimé Césaire’s transposition of Shakespeare’s late romance onto the imaginative landscape of 1960s anticolonialism, is its sensitivity to how language and

Source Artsy Shark  Artist Mark Rafter shares a fascinating collection of boldly textured and vibrantly colored abstract sculpture. The post Featured Artist Mark Rafter appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   Image © Mattias Adolfsson, shared with permission Grab a pen and paper, and join artist Mattias Adolfsson (previously) and Colossal on March 11 for a virtual workshop on small character illustrations. In this one-hour session, Adolfsson will teach students how to draw a few of his signature quirky characters in ink and color…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  As part of our new A Portfolio series, we show you the works of Joseph Yaeger, who currently is showing at The Perimeter in London. We take a look today at recent works from the Montana-born, London-based painter, are both cinematic and quite in the tradition of pulp…