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‘Throne/First and Last and Always’ by Banks Violette, 2023
Tag: art
Je Me Gratte / Self Scratch
A film by Chenghua Yang (scénario/script Chenghua Yang and Julie Nobelen, 2020).
‘Limes in Jar’ by Stephen Johnston, 2016
‘Regaining Faith’ by Melvin Guirhem, 2021
‘Electric Chair’ by Alan E. Cober, 1971
‘Imagine Peace’ by Yoko Ono, 2022
Where Are They Now?
“Short [animated] story looking at the life of cartoon characters facing reality long after the prime of their heyday…” By Steve Cutts.
‘Gravity (Red)’ by Maya Muñoz, 2006
‘The Garden’ by Marc Quinn, 2000
The Art of Betty Acquah
Featured image, “Banner of Victory” by Betty Acquah, courtesy of Kuaba Gallery.
‘Abrazo Simbionte’ by Regina de Miguel, 2022
‘Do Not Plant Bitterness’ by Pam Yan Santos
The Art of Toni Hamel
Featured image courtesy of the artist’s website: “Like a Fish Out of Water” (2020), from the series “High tides and misdemeanors,” sequel to “The Land of Id,” by Toni Hamel…
‘Midnight Spaghetti’ by Aki Kuroda, 2010
‘Summer’ by Agnes Martin, 1964
Sour
“A man is tempted to call his ex: an encounter both sweet and sour. A film commissioned by Adult Swim’s ‘Off The Air,’ for a show on the theme of ‘love.’… Animation by Daniela Sherer.
The Art of Alexandra Pacula
Featured image courtesy of the artist’s website: “Fragmented Torrent” (2013) by Alexandra Pacula.
‘B52 Lippenstiftbomber’ by Wolf Vostell, 1968
‘pan.dem.ic, a novel (corona virus outbreak)’ by titus toledo, 2020
‘Big Nude II’ by Heji Shin, 2023
‘Clara Janés colon La indetenible Quietud IV’ by Eduardo Chillida, 1998
‘Black Iris’ by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1926
What Happened to the Avant-Garde?
“It’s commonplace to note that sociopolitical upheaval and artistic experimentation often flourish side by side. But today— despite an alleged ‘polycrisis’— new modes of cultural production don’t seem to be emerging…. We asked artists and thinkers across disciplines— novelists, sculptors, composers, dancers, critics— to reflect on the current state of the avant-garde. What’s to blame for the lack of a coherent movement? If the avant-garde is dead, what killed it— and what’s been lost along the way? In politics, nothing seems to surprise us anymore. In art, can we still be shocked? Should we?…” [h/t: picryl]
Publicists, Manifesto Pushers, Propagandists: What Happened to the Avant-Garde?—Via The Drift
‘Pejzaz z Makami’ by Jolanta Wylamowska, 2023
‘The Hymn to the Virgin’ by Poulakis Theodoros (1650-1699)
Tanaami Keiichi: A World of Collages
“I could gather different materials, place them down, and then reconstruct them. They formed a collage that then formed an entire world…” Since the 1960s, Japanese artist, illustrator, graphic designer, and experimental filmmaker Tanaami Keiichi has created hundreds of colourful, psychedelic collages.
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