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In Bold Self-Portraits, Atong Atem Vividly Frames Relationships Between Identity and Culture | Colossal
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022. KATE MOTHES “Self Portrait with Pearls” (2019), Ilford smooth pearl print, 90 x 70 centimeters. All images © Atong Atem, Since its inception, photography has dominated the way we visually remember and describe the world around us … Continue reading
Photographer Stéphan Gladieu Documents the Congolese Street Children Turning Waste into Wonder | Colossal
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022. GABRIELLE LAWRENCE All images © Stéphan Gladieu “So dramatic, so strong, so visual,” artist Stéphan Gladieu said of his first encounter with the revival of an ancestral folk art movement in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Kinshasa is … Continue reading
Solitude and Nature’s Ephemerality Emanates from the Illuminated Forms in Sung Hwa Kim’s Paintings | Colossal
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022. GRACE EBERT “Untitled” (2022), soft pastels and acrylic on paper, 12 x 9 inches. All images © Sung Hwa Kim A sense of solitude and the finitude of time pervade the quiet, introspective works by Sung Hwa Kim. Rendering … Continue reading
10-Year-old Creates Modern-Day ‘Guernica’ Dedicated to Ukraine | My Modern Met
By Sara Barnes on August 31, 2022 So much talent at such a young age! Some people are lucky enough to be prodigies of their chosen skill. Such is the case for Andres Valencia. At just 10 years old, the … Continue reading
In Craig Walsh’s ‘Monuments,’ Enormous Projected Portraits Illuminate the Selective Histories of Public Art | Colossal
AUGUST 31, 2022. GRACE EBERT Charlotte’s Descendents (2022) for Charlotte SHOUT! All images © Craig Walsh In the mid-nineties, Australian artist Craig Walsh created his first projection at Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland. Made with photographic slides, the massive installation temporarily transformed … Continue reading
Several Layers of Glaze Finish Mia Alajasko’s Ceramic Octopuses with Colorful Textures | Colossal
AUGUST 29, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images © Mia Alajasko, Tentacles speckled with glaze and bulbous suckers support the bodies of Mia Alajasko’s ceramic mollusks. From her backyard workshop in Onsala, Sweden, the artist sculpts squids and octopuses that stand upwards … Continue reading
“Like Ah Boss” / BP Renegades Steel Orchestra / International Panorama Competition
BP Renegades rehearses on the “Drag” minutes before they took to the Queen’s Park Savannah stage at the International Panorama Competition, held in Trinidad & Tobago on August 9th, 2015. They are seen here playing Machel Montano’s “Like Ah Boss”, … Continue reading
