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Dollhouse Oddity Turns Blythe Dolls Into Gothic, One-Of-A-Kind Character Portraits
Source Design You Trust Dollhouse Oddity is the studio of a doll artist who has carved out a very specific corner of the custom doll world. The work centers on Blythe doll customization and one-of-a-kind gothic creations, with a visual language that leans heavily into darkness, precision, and collectible craft. What you notice first is…
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Divination, the Renaissance, and Surrealism Commingle in ‘Tarot!’
Source Colossal When we think of tarot cards, there’s a standout that probably pops to mind right away: the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. It was illustrated by British occultist and artist Pamela Coleman Smith, and more than 100 years after its publication, it remains the most widely used deck by readers. But the cards are far from…
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Brendon Burton’s Enigmatic Photographs Preserve Traces of North American Life
Source Colossal As Brendon Burton continues to pursue the strange corners of rural North America, the Portland-based photographer has discovered a newfound interest in the people who once inhabited them. No longer entirely devoid of human figures, his isolated landscapes step into the walls of abandoned homes and provide a setting for enigmatic narratives. Burton’s…
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Artists Who Succeed Never Stand Still
Source Artsy Shark Has your art business felt slower lately? When sales slow down, it’s easy to become discouraged. Here’s what to do instead. The post Artists Who Succeed Never Stand Still appeared first on Artsy Shark.
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Artist Ramy Abi Antoun Bridges Architecture, Sculpture, And Technology In One Practice
Source Design You Trust Ramy Abi Antoun is an architect and maker whose creative practice refuses to stay in one lane. He works across architecture, technology, sculpture, and education, building a body of work that feels more like a connected ecosystem than a single portfolio. What makes his approach distinctive is the deliberate bridging of…
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‘Hold to This Earth’ Surveys the Abundance of American Indigenous Contemporary Art
Source Colossal From the beaded phrases of Jeffrey Gibson’s sculptural weavings to Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s canoe series to Raven Halfmoon’s fingerprint-textured tributes, a new exhibition marks the largest presentation of American Indigenous work in the U.K. to date. Opening next week, Hold to This Earth at Yorkshire Sculpture Park features nearly 70 pieces by 38…
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Prairie Ark And Nomads’ Beacon Tower Turn The Grassland Into An Architectural Conversation
Source Design You Trust Shengliang Su Prairie Ark and Nomads’ Beacon Tower are a paired architectural project in Ulanqab, China, designed by BUZZ / Büro Ziyu Zhuang. The two buildings are meant to work as a contrasting system: one is low, buried, and horizontal; the other is tall, exposed, and vertical. Prairie Ark is the…
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Cacti and Clouds Glitch in Alexis Mata’s Fantastical Landscapes
Source Colossal “There was a moment when I was walking between forests and mountains in Tepoztlán, Mexico, while dandelions floated across my face,” Alexis Mata says. “In that instant, I experienced a strange sensation, as if I were standing on another planet, in another time, confronted with an entirely new landscape.” As the dainty seeds…
