Top Drawings From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Greuze [1725–1805] is normally known for genre pictures, but here he’s trying to embrace a mythological subject, showing Aegina visited by Jupiter,” Woodall explains. “It’s a study for a painting in The Met, and the drawing focuses on the figure. It looks back to classical statuary, reminding you of images like the Vatican Ariadne. This […]
Abstract Art and Beyond
by Jo Toye Limiting the changes that you make from one painting to the next can greatly enhance your growth as an artist. Today I want to share why I believe working in a small format while learning, can yield big results, for abstract art and beyond. In my art classes and painting workshops, I […]
SWOON AND MONICA CANILAO “WITCH-WIFE”
“Witch-Wife”, the bygone term for a woman that practices witchcraft, is a light-hearted reference to herself and her longtime collaborator, artist Monica Canilao. Working together on the installation, they create an otherworldly panorama that centers on a sculptural haven containing dreams. These dreams were collected from Swoon’s Dream Reliquary where strangers anonymously share their stories. […]
ADONNA KHARE: A VOICE FOR THE WILD
Studies show that limited childhood exposure to nature influences the degree to which young people support efforts to protect the environment, so it appears that Khare is putting her winnings to good use. Her penciled portrayals of animals are not cute or precious but respectfully rendered, the many fine strokes delineating detail and depth. Whether […]
THE HORROR OF SARAH SITKIN
Sarah Sitkin is a Los Angeles based artist. Her sculptural works are made in wide variety of media including but not limited to silicone, clay, plaster, resin, and latex.
Walter Yetman aka The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye
Walter Yetman aka The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye delivers this week’s Los Angeles Scene Report featuring Kemr, Jase, Delae, Spuna, Snake, Yunoe, Qyer, Aidz and more. See more photos from The Harsh Truth of the Camera Eye here and Follow him on Instagram.
MAÏMOUNA GUERRESI
Guerresi’s subjects appear mystical, infused with references to Sufi Islam, a religion she converted to from Catholicism when she married a Senegalese man. On her work, Guerresi says, “My moods are expressed in my work as faces, color, and emotions, where the body is no longer a prison of the soul, but rather like a […]
HIDING BEHIND FLOWERS
Her work is a combination of paint and collage and she enjoys the possibilities of repurposing bits and pieces of the world in her work. She was inspired to paint her Wallflower series by vintage wallpapers. On the series, she writes, “seeing a body without the face that goes with it feels voyeuristic and incomplete.” […]
GOTHIC PORTRAITS AND STILL LIFE
Her work is dark, and she finds her inspiration in “the turmoil that is so often a part of the mortal experience.” She often creates narrative in her paintings, but is also drawn to the purely aesthetic. Rachel Bess makes small, detailed oil paintings using classical techniques, but portraying the gothic and dark. Her paintings […]
STREET LIFE
Martin Wong, whose visionary paintings of the 1980s capture the tragic lows and vibrant highs of life on New York’s decaying Lower East Side, received his first and, until now, only retrospective in 1998, at the New Museum, as he was dying of AIDS. After more than a decade during which his work received relatively […]
ANATOMY OF WAR
Noah Scalin’s series “Anatomy of War,” includes sculptures that question our culture of violence. He has sculpted two weapons, an AK47 and a Smith & Wesson, “clinically dissected, revealing a remarkably human set of internal organs,” though “with a conspicuously absent brain.” With these alterations, Scalin says, “The objects become as fragile as the lives […]
QUEER URNS AND QUILTS
Grayson Perry began his career as a controversial artist best known for creating contemporary radical ceramic art and for being a transvestite. He’s since become an exceptionally successful artist, his media ceramics and textiles. We love his urn “Modern Family,” depicting a child with two fathers.
SABIO STYLN’ IN SAO PAULO
Do you consider this a throw up these days? It’s like a throw up with a couple extra decorative touches. Sabio has some really fun letters here ether way.
AGOSTINO ARRIVABENE “HIEROGAMY”
Agostino is like a foreign exchange student from an enigmatic era of science. Italians from the same region as Agostino say he speaks a different language, a sort of “ancient Latin” one could imagine casually spoken today only at a gathering of Alchemists Anonymous. The title of his exhibition, Hierogamy, means the sacred union – […]
DS1 Dual Shot Camera Mount System
The Dual Shot (DS1) is a camera mount that houses both a GoPro and practically any DSLR camera. Currently seeking funding on IndieGoGo, the DS1 features a detachable three-axis stabilizer with a rechargeable battery that can be mounted to bike helmets or any other mount, a DSLR camera style mounting bracket which is adjustable to […]
