Source artforum.com  June Wayne (1918–2011), the founder of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, was primarily a self-taught artist with strong convictions and lofty ideals. In 1959, frustrated by a dearth of technical

Source artforum.com  The title of Marina Rheingantz’s recent exhibition “Sedimentar” (Sedimentary) alludes to an image present throughout the artist’s nearly twenty-year career: the dissolution or suspension of solid

Source artforum.com  Though encompassing nearly one hundred works on canvas and paper, “Sam Szafran: Obsessions of a Painter” did not offer a full-scale retrospective of its subject. Instead, the exhibition provided a deep

Source artforum.com  Deadpan: The Aesthetics of Black Inexpression, by Tina Post. New York, NYU Press, 2023. 280 pages. PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW ME often tell me I look fairly blank. It comes out in a swarm of ways. “I

Source Design You Trust  Meet Christiane Vleugels, a Belgian artist who has mastered the art of photorealism. With just a few strokes of her brush, she can capture the essence of a person’s face or figure, leaving viewers in awe of her exceptional talent. More: Christiane Vleugel h/t: theinspirationgrid What sets Vleugels apart is her…

Source Design You Trust  Contemporary artist Mitch Griffiths is a master of oil painting, capturing richly detailed images that echo the work of the old masters. Drawing on the traditions of representational painting, Griffiths uses his art to reflect the complexities of the modern world. With an approach that may seem loose at first glance,…

Source Colossal   Items you might find on a shelf in the garage or packed away in the basement—like wrenches, your old MP3 player, key fobs, or spare light bulbs—become stars in their own right in Alain Biet’s mesmerizing animation. “Grands Canons,” which translates from French to “Big Guns,” opens with a close-up of the artist…

Source Colossal   All images © Jonas Noël Niedermann, courtesy of Chesterfield Gallery, shared with permission In his new body of work titled Loops, Jonas Noël Niedermann plays with the possibilities of color, shape, and light. The Swiss artist is known for his keen interest in the malleable, varied properties of glass, and through a variety of hot…