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Enchanting Vignettes Illustrated by Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou Nestle Inside Small Wood Cuts | Colossal
JULY 27, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images © Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou Encircled in roughly textured bark, thin woodcuts become canvases for the whimsical landscapes and scenes illustrated by Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou. The Greek artist uses a combination of pen, ink, gouache, and … Continue reading
Movement and Instinct Inform Taquen’s Murals of Migrating Birds and Human Touch | Colossal
JULY 26, 2022. GRACE EBERT “Magpies and swifts.” All images © Taquen Thin, structural lines delineate a magpie wing and contour a child’s nose or cheekbone in Taquen’s murals. Working with a color palette of pastels and neutral tones, the Spanish … Continue reading
Watch This Beatboxer Recreate an Orchestra Using Only His Voice | My Modern Met
By Larisa Crowder on July 24, 2022 Now, this is talent! In an incredible display of talent and range, French beatboxer and vocalist Mohamed Belkhir recreated an entire orchestra using only his mouth. The 28-year-old artist emulated the sounds of … Continue reading
Illustrations by Rei Kato are a Summer Vibe | Spoon & Tamago
Happy Monday! It’s that time of year when the summer days begin to blur together so we thought we’d start off the week by admiring the washed out white and blue illustrations of Rei Kato, which truly are a … Continue reading
Two Curtains of 30,000 Prescription Lenses Cast a Distorted Water-Like Glimmer Across a Beijing Gallery | Colossal
JULY 25, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images courtesy of PIKOU Suspended from an undulating metal rod, two translucent patchwork curtains of prescription eyeglasses evoke the gleaming shimmer of a waterfall. The disorienting installation is the second in a series of optical … Continue reading
MORMOR | Far Apart
Production Company – SOMESUCH EP – MAËVA DEMURGER Music Video Rep – ANDRÉ REID Producer – ALEX CHAMBERLAIN Production Manager – ELLA KNIGHT DOP – MAX PITTNER Stylist – LISA JARVIS Production service company – SHOTINMARS Producers – JULIEN MANUNTA … Continue reading
John Berger’s ‘Ways of Seeing’ and his search for home | Aeon Essays
John Berger’s ‘Ways of Seeing’ exploded a discipline. But his greatest legacy might be a quieter project of re-enchantment At the start of the first TV episode of Ways of Seeing, John Berger takes a scalpel to Botticelli’s Venus … Continue reading
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