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Collin van der Sluijs’ ‘Wanderland’ Imagines a Vast Ecosystem Encompass the Momentous and Mundane
Source Colossal Joy Machine and Vertical Gallery are excited to share their first collaborative exhibition, Wanderland by Collin van der Sluijs. This marks the artist’s sixth solo exhibition in Chicago and more than a decade in partnership with Vertical Gallery. It’s his first presentation at Joy Machine. Wanderland comprises a new body of work developed during a two-year period. Spanning enormous…
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Captain Brick Sparrow Builds the Sort of Miniature Worlds You Want to Wander Around In
Source Design You Trust Captain Brick Sparrow is a LEGO builder focused on pirate ships, trains, and haunted houses. The name already says a lot about the spirit of the work: it leans into adventure, play, and a love of themed building rather than minimalist display or strictly technical model-making. What makes this kind of…
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A Pixel Artist Whose Daily Drawings Feel Like Small Fragments of a Larger Universe
Source Design You Trust Yo-Hokki is a digital artist working primarily in pixel art, with a practice built around consistency, repetition, and character-driven image-making. The work is closely associated with daily posting, and that rhythm gives it a distinctive feeling: each piece stands on its own, but together they read like a long, evolving visual…
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Enigmatic Iconography and Incomplete Narratives Merge in Phlegm’s Murals and Engravings
Source Colossal In his characteristically illustrative, enigmatic style, Phlegm’s monochrome compositions evoke wonder, mischief, and riddles. Hybrid figures, strange interactions, and uncanny combinations of objects fill his idosyncratic murals, about which we can only speculate the meaning. “I think a lot about the barriers between people understanding each other, and I think I enjoy making…
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Dreamlike Worlds, Cinematic Mood, and a Strong Sense of Feeling in the Art of Astro
Source Design You Trust Astro is a Dubai-based visual storyteller and Photoshop artist working in a cinematic, surreal register. His images are built around the meeting point of dream and reality, with emotion, atmosphere, and imaginative worldbuilding sitting at the center of the work rather than straightforward design polish alone. He also comes from a…
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Amelia Cross Blends Bespoke Tailoring and Trompe-L’œil Painting in Her Sartorial Studies
Source Colossal Although Amelia Cross subscribes to the belief that our sartorial choices are a way to signal who we are and what we care about, she also knows there are more subliminal details hiding in personal style. A nametag curling at the edges or a pen bleeding through a shirt pocket stand in stark…
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Featured Artist Sharon Abbott-Furze