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Rosy, Voluptuous Lips and Moody Faces Enliven Ceramic Vessels by Artist Tatiana Cardona
Tatiana Cardona’s ceramic planters, mugs, and vases might pucker up for a kiss but their lips will never tell. The Miami-based artist, who runs the shop Female Alchemy, creates playful vessels featuring pursed lips lined in reds and pinks and minimal … Continue reading
Where the 1960s “psychedelic” look came from
When you picture hippies, you probably picture bell bottoms, long hair, and LSD. You might also think of a very specific graphic design and illustration style, seen on concert posters and album covers: curly, cloudy, barely legible lettering, trippy color … Continue reading
Ornate Fabrics Cloak Models in Disquieting Portraits by Artist Markus Åkesson
“In the quiet morning” (2020), oil on canvas, 145 x 100 centimeters Swedish artist Markus Åkesson enshrouds his subjects in elaborately patterned silks and satins, leaving only the impression of their faces, limbs, and torsos visible. An extension of his ongoing Now … Continue reading
Urban Heat
Photographer Michael Mcilvaney is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this street photography. From the project ‘COLLISION’. The city encounters record temperatures. The glass and steel of the latest structures reflect the light and magnify the heat … Continue reading
As a Tribute, Vhils Carves Ten Masked Healthcare Workers into a Hospital Wall in Porto
To honor essential workers, Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto, who goes by Vhils (previously), recently completed an expansive public artwork at the São João University Hospital Centre in Porto. Vhils chiseled 10 masked figures into an outdoor wall at the facility, … Continue reading
HELIN
If an aesthetic object is created without any human purpose, do we witness an accidental product of nature or do we perceive new forms of artificial intentions? The sculpture Helin embodies an organic data mirror emerging from our collective historical … Continue reading
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Vintage Natural Science and Astronomy Illustrations Adorn Face Masks by Maria Popova
Maria Popova, of Brain Pickings, has released a series of face masks that bring a dose of history to the modern-day essential. Each fabric covering is adorned with a vintage natural history or astronomy illustration, including Ellen Harding Baker’s solar … Continue reading
Floating Black Balloons Explore Contradictions in Artist Tadao Cern’s Installations
Artist Tadao Cern often considers dualities and contradictions—lightness and heaviness, minimal and intricate, inanimate and lively. He channels these relational tensions into “BB,” installations featuring black balloons that float in parallel planes and incline in rows. “These boundaries are a … Continue reading
Bridge
さくれつ @sakuretune Jun 24, 2020 – “どこかの国で車両を改造して橋にしている。この発想はなかったな。レゴで作ったら面白いかも。” Translated from Japanese by Google “I am remodeling a vehicle in some country to make it a bridge. I didn’t have this idea. It might be interesting to make it with Lego.” Source: … Continue reading
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Sprawling Roots and Richly Hued Gowns Permeate Mary Sibande’s Postcolonial Artworks
From “A Terrible Beauty is Born” (2013), archival digital print, 43 1/4 × 126 × 3 inches. All images © Mary Sibande The immensity and depth of Mary Sibande’s multi-media artworks reflect the magnitude of her subject matter, which explicitly … Continue reading
