New art thread for 2024 starts here! This is a mostly daily thread with a different artist featured in each post, primarily modern and contemporary stuff since that's my thing.
Works by Berlin-based Czech artist Klára Hosnedlová, 2020s, whose mixed media sculpture often incorporates elements of performance and immersive installation.
Prints by Japanese artist Ay-O, 1970s, who was involved in the Demokrato and Fluxus art groups and became known for his rainbow installations and silkscreen works.
Paintings by American artist, author, and activist Faith Ringgold, 1960s, whose influential and multi-varied practice included paintings, sculpture, political posters, narrative quilt works, and children's books exploring Black American history and experience.
Earthworks by American artist Meg Webster, 1990s-2020s, whose indoor and outdoor installations incorporate natural materials like soil, moss, and native plants.
Paintings from the "Great Visionary Transcendence" series by Zheng Guogu, 2010s, whose work combines Chinese and Western imagery, often commenting on the effects of digital technologies on cultural and religious traditions.
Works by multidisciplinary Japanese artist Mariko Mori, 1990s, whose early performance photography addressed gender inequality and sexist stereotypes in Japanese society.
Assemblage sculptures with blown glass by British artist Gabriele Beveridge, 2010s-20s, who often incorporates commercial imagery and motifs associated with the beauty industry into her work.
Portraits by Malian photographer Seydou Keïta, 1940s-50s, whose studio captured the urbanization and modernization in Bamako during the late colonial period.
Collage works from the "Earthly Treasures" series by Egyptian artist Mohamed Abla, 2020s, exploring the spiritual and healing aspects of plants, especially cacti.
Mixed media works by Belgian artist Léon Spilliaert, 1900s-10s, whose symbolist compositions typically combined ink, watercolor, crayon, and gouache, with muted color schemes and solitary figures and oppressive settings.
Sculpture by Japanese artist Shigeko Kubota, 1970s-90s, a member of the Fluxus movement and a pioneer in the use of video, often combining tv screens with wood and metal structures in her experimental works.
Self-portraits by Filipina artist Wawi Navarroza, 2019-2023, in a series documenting and processing a period of changes in the artist's life - including a studio fire, becoming a mother, and moving from Manila to Istanbul.
Paintings by Palestinian artist Juliana Seraphim, 1960s-90s, who fled to Lebanon during the 1948 Nakba and worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East before studying painting.