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Architecture, Money, Graffiti and Birds

Richard Risemberg

Twick ICP San Francisco Graffiti Art / Photo credit: anarchosyn https://www.flickr.com/photos/24293932@N00/3360220967/

Where you would not have your own [child] live, and develop, and gather to itself knowledge of life and the things of life, is not a fit place for the [children] of other men to live, and develop, and … [Read more...]

9 collages by Magda Dudziak

Magda Dudziak

Artist's Statement: My recent collage work reflects my interest in fragmentation (fragments of memory) and displacement. I’m interested to deconstruct and interpret already existing images to create … [Read more...]

re-blues 11 series

bruno neiva

-blue 11 no. 2 (detail) by bruno neiva

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Tales from the future: collages by Joanna Marcjanna

Joanna Marcjanna

The Demiurge (detail) by Joanna Marcjanna

Artist's Statement: Collage is just the best thing ever, because, guess what - it is so easy! Too lazy and impatient for actual drawing or painting, I got interested in collage as a perfect way to … [Read more...]

Seven paintings by Katherine Jeanne Wood

Katherine Jeanne Wood

The Blues (detail) by Katherine Jeanne Wood

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Six collages by Adrian Jugaru

Adrian Jugaru

Hush Now Little Baby (detail) - Adrian Jugaru

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A One-Sided Knife Fight: Collages by Hoop & Stick

Hoop & Stick

Parts of Speech (detail) by Hoop & Stick

Artist's statement: "Everything is Collage." You - Your Mom - This Statement Your Ideas - Your Entire Worldview - Society The Universe Itself. Just as quarks come together to form atoms … [Read more...]

Scraps by Fabio Sassi

Fabio Sassi

Scraps 2 (detail) by Fabio Sassi

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Saint Celluloid: self-portraits by Kalliope Amorphous

Kalliope Amorphous

Silver (detail) - Kalliope Amorphous

Artist's Statement: Saint Celluloid is a series of self-portraits exploring both the vulnerability and immortality of the film star as well as the potentially oppressive and regressive culture of … [Read more...]

Collages by Carlyle Baker

Carlyle Baker

Kathmandu (detail) by Carlyle Baker

Artist's Statement: we are here to go we had to do what we did or we couldn't do it. … [Read more...]

Diorama: Photographs by Ido Abramsohn

Ido Abramsohn

Artist's Statement Models of Israeli soldiers and Palestinian insurgents and civilians were photographed and enlarged to human size. The new scale of the models casts the original meaning of the … [Read more...]

3 paintings by Merlin Flower

Merlin Flower

Day Owl (detail) by merlin flower

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Book Review: Hijos de la Selva: Sons of the Forest

Richard Marcus

Hijos de la Selva: Sons of the Forest

In the early part of the 20th century photographer Edward Curtis was funded by American businessman J. P. Morgan to undertake the extensive task of making a photographic record of Native Americans … [Read more...]

Teeth of the Sea

Maggie Shannon

Chum Bucket, 2013 (detail) / photo by Maggie Shannon

Artist's Statement: Maggie Shannon grew up in Martha’s Vineyard, a Massachusetts island best known as a summer beach colony. Teeth of the Sea explores Islanders’ ambivalent relationship with the sea … [Read more...]

BIOMES: Paintings by Jonathan Matteson

Jonathan Matteson

Artist's statement: I believe abstract textures efficiently and effectively heighten our awareness of time and space. They are signs that act as catalysts in identifying, connecting, or reliving … [Read more...]

Rock Art – Photographs by Fabio Sassi

Fabio Sassi

Rock Art (detail) by Fabio Sassi

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Modern photographer Emmet Gowin

Leah Kelly

EMMET GOWIN Edith, Chinoteague, Virginia, 1967 (detail)

When many people think of modern art, images of abstract paintings and impressive landscapes come to mind. However, art is not limited to merely what is painted on a canvas, but also what can be … [Read more...]

7 Abstract Paintings by Alec Clayton

Alec Clayton

Dervish (detail) by Alec Clayton

Artist's Statement: These are abstract paintings through which I have attempted to capture the feel, but not necessarily the look, of movement of animals and people in nature, combining the gestures … [Read more...]

Shadows: Art by Anthony Flynn

Anthony Flynn

Shadowplay II by Anthony Flynn (detail)

Artist's statement: Every action leaves an imprint. In the modern world of technology, these shadows can be permanent. … [Read more...]

4 Paintings by Weldon Sandusky

Weldon Sandusky

Deaf, by Weldon Sandusky (detail)

Artist's Statement: I am an acrylic artist using human figures to comment on sexuality and relationships. … [Read more...]

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