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Unearthing Urban Artifacts with Andrey Syaylev’s Architectural Explorations
Source Design You Trust Single-type panel buildings, an iconic symbol of urban landscapes, hold a special place in the cultural fabric of many cities. These seemingly gloomy blocks of five-story buildings, with their warm yellow kitchen lights, floral curtains, and balconies brimming with life, have become more than just structures. They are artifacts, a testament…
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Bursting Blooms Link Modernity and History in Gordon Cheung’s Decadent Still-Life Paintings
Source Colossal “Gardens of Perfect Brightness” (2022), Financial Times newspaper, archival inkjet, acrylic, and sand on linen, 200 x 150 x 3 centimeters. All images © Gordon Cheung, shared with permission In 1634, during the Dutch Golden Age, an unprecedented financial phenomenon began in the form of skyrocketing prices for rare and fashionable tulip bulbs.…
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Alejandra Moros
Source artforum.com Under the small lens of a microscope, the largest human organ becomes vast and terraneous. The skin’s barely perceptible features become outsized: Wrinkles are mountainous, tiny puncture wounds look
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Reggie Burrows Hodges
Source artforum.com In Reggie Burrows Hodges’s painting Slumber Aura, 2022, we see a seated figure from behind, leaning back and looking into a vanity mirror. The reflection, rendered in swirling acrylic, captures no
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‘At the Precipice’ Emphasizes the Role of Emotion, Tactility, and the Senses in Understanding the Climate Crisis
Source Colossal Nathalie Miebach, “Build Me a Platform” How does it feel to inhabit an irreversibly damaged planet? An exhibition opening at the Design Museum of Chicago this summer brings together works by ten artists and collectives that answer this question through data, color, tactility, and material. Curated by Colossal, At the Precipice: Responses to…
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Invoking Design Principles, Kpe Innocent Builds Minimal Human Figures with Geometric Shapes
Source Colossal All images © Kpe Innocent, shared with permission In his most recent paintings in acrylic, Kpe Innocent reduces the human body to its rudimentary forms. The Accra, Ghana-based artist translates arms, bellies, and heads into cylinders and geometric shapes rendered in minimal palettes of black, white, and pastel colors. Occupying vast swaths of…
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Featured Artist Teri K. Miller
Source Artsy Shark Featured artist and fine art photographer Teri K. Miller captures exquisite natural moments in her dreamlike portfolio. The post Featured Artist Teri K. Miller appeared first on Artsy Shark.
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Issue Preview: Summer 2023 Quarterly with David Shrigley, Zanele Muholi, Perez Brothers, Kezia Harrell and More
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home At the end of 2022, David Zwirner presented a selection of photos by William Eggleston called The Outlands. They were color photos, richer, almost too vivid to easily process due to his magical use of the camera, but not to be outdone by the subject matter and…
