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Eliran Kantor Paints Modern Metal’s Most Iconic Covers, Blending Classical Brushwork With Nightmarish Symbolism
Source Design You Trust Eliran Kantor is a Berlin‑based Israeli artist and illustrator best known for highly detailed, painterly album covers for metal bands such as Testament, Helloween, Gojira, My Dying Bride, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hatebreed and Thy Art Is Murder. Working in a rich, classical‑meets‑dark‑fantasy style that preserves visible brushstrokes even in digital pieces, he…
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World Of Halos, Wings And Symbolic Props and Emotional Afterglow in Acrylic Portraits of Willow Benjamin
Source Design You Trust Willow Benjamin is a 1999‑born contemporary pop‑surrealism artist who specializes in acrylic painting, creating vibrant, occasionally eerie portraits and fantasy scenes that “make acrylic paintings glow.” Her work often explores emotion, mental health and growing up—pieces like “Everybody’s Fool,” “Forget You,” and entries in the Neon Wings series use neon color,…
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Uncanny Personalities Appear from Nature in Malene Hartmann Rasmussen’s Ceramics
Source Colossal In her uncanny visages and sculptures, Malene Hartmann Rasmussen taps the ceramic medium as a form of make-believe. Surreal folkloric creatures take on absurd, sometimes cartoonish personalities, assembled from disparate plants and critters or reflecting characterful, mask-like qualities. In Rasmussen’s playfully monstrous “Egg-head,” for example, silly antics are equally unsettling—what’s in its mouth?…
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Why is Your Art Worth That Price?
Source Artsy Shark Art collectors want clarity when they’re making a purchase, and they may want to know why it’s worth the price. The post Why is Your Art Worth That Price? appeared first on Artsy Shark.
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Polygrapher: Joseph Yaeger @ Modern Art, London
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home Modern Art is pleased to present Polygrapher, the first solo exhibition by Joseph Yaeger since announcing his representation by the gallery, and the inaugural exhibition at their Bennet Street gallery. Polygrapher denotes both the exhibition title and a text written by the artist, published in the exhibition’s…
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Wade into Slow-Motion Suspension and Anticipation in the Radiant Film ‘Divers’
Source Colossal Through the atmospheric lens of New York-based photographer Geordie Wood, a short film called “Divers” glimpses a day in the life of an elite high-diving camp. A moody yet bright setting evokes the way sun still glares when tucked behind clouds or glints off the surface water, and individuals are alternately silhouetted and…
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‘Making the Invisible Visible’ Highlights an Ambitious Digitization Project at Harvard
Source Colossal In museums everywhere, collections departments are troves of historical objects, art, cultural artifacts, and scientific specimens. In our increasingly digital age, it’s easy to forget that in many cases, a good amount—sometimes even the majority—of records are documented in heavy, physical catalogues or accession registers. And over the course of decades or even…
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Rep Your Love for Independent Arts Publishing
Source Colossal Our new line of Colossal merchandise is finally hitting the (digital) shelves in the Colossal Shop. We’re big fans of repping publications that inspire us, and we’re excited to finally offer our own goods to this special community of readers. Hats and mugs are now available, and all proceeds directly support our ongoing…