Ok starting a new art thread for 2023! Here's the deal: a mostly daily thread with a different artist every day (sometimes I repeat from previous years if I feel like featuring other work/projects), primarily modern and contemporary since that's my thing. I'm even making a hashtag for it in case that makes it easier for folks to follow. Enjoy! #art#BigArtThread
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 Melbourne-based South Sudanese photographer Atong Atem, 2010s-20s, whose portraiture practice explores identity, migrant narratives, and postcolonial practices in the diaspora.
Chromolithographs by German naturalist and painter Eduard Pechuël-Loesche, 1880s, made from watercolors painted by various artists observing the sky after the 1883 explosion of Krakatoa, which caused strange optical effects for years afterwards.
Textile works by American artist Lia Cook, 2010s, whose woven portraits incorporate data visualizations as part of a neuroscience research project studying how viewers react emotionally and psychologically to looking at her work.
Photographic prints by Georgian artist Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, 2010s-20s, whose experimental works incorporate various techniques (including photograms, physically scratching negatives, sublimation dyes, etc).
Paintings by Haitian French artist Hervé Télémaque, 1960s, known for his detailed compositions combining historical, literary, and personal references.
Installations by NY-based Canadian artist Lotus L Kang, 2020s, incorporating unfixed photographic film that develops over time when exposed to light and humidity in the gallery.
Homeware designs by pioneering British ceramicist Clarice Cliff, 1920s-30s, whose artistic, whimsical approach to commercial pottery revolutionized the industry and influenced generations of designers after her.
Paintings by Botswanan artist Thebe Phetogo, 2020, whose "Blackbody Composites" series is inspired by the concept in physics of “a hypothetical perfect physical body that absorbs light and electromagnetic energy, with no reflecting power” and whose bright green palette references green screens.