Source Colossal   In vibrant effusions of color, Frances Priest creates ceramic vessels, tiles, and sculptural forms that explore the possibilities of pattern. The Edinburgh-based artist’s interest in decorative motifs stems from a book she received as a child, The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones, originally published in 1856. Jones compiled elaborate documentation of decorative…

Source Colossal   From the fiery explosion of Iceland’s Litli-Hrútur volcano to a football field nested on a small Arctic island, the winning images of the International Aerial Photographer of the Year contest transport viewers across the globe, offering perspectives typically reserved for air travelers and birds. This year marks the inaugural competition, which garnered 1,549 entries.…

Source Artsy Shark  Plein air painter Jack McGowan captures the enchantment of New Mexico’s landscape in oil. Enjoy his charming portfolio. The post Featured Artist Jack McGowan appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Skin cells are among the most rapidly renewed in the human body, only to be outpaced by varied gastrointestinal organs, elements of blood, and the cervix. Skin is the peel of our human body, a protective layer that encapsulates every other sensitive and squishy slice. Even as…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Halsey McKay Gallery is pleased to present Lock, Henry Glavin’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. In four new acrylic on panel paintings Glavin continues to render figureless spaces that flicker between photgraphic representation and dreamlike recollection. Glavin’s scenes lead us to the rural countryside of the…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  The interrelation of desire—deferred or briefly fulfilled—and entertainment is the current that runs through Jane Dickson’s five decades of work. The artist made her earliest paintings of carnivals and theme parks in the 1980s, while living in Times Square—another place promising pleasure for the right price. She…

Source Colossal   The art world is rife with persistent myths and associations, some of which are based on socio-economic factors that have prevailed for, well, millennia. For instance, wealthy patrons have historically been among the few who benefit in a system that can be exclusive and elitist. Whether we’re talking rich ancient Romans, the Medici…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  In the exhibition Terra Forma artists and brothers Saman and Sasan Oskouei deliver particles and perfect circles emerging from translucent layers of color reminiscent of mountain ranges, sediment layers and sunbaked soil. But these abstract landscapes offer no firm ground under our feet. Instead, we witness a…