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Sinéad O’Connor’s 1992 ‘SNL’ Photo-Ripping Controversy Explained | My Modern Met
By Regina Sienra on July 28, 2023 Photo: Screenshot from YouTube Sinéad O’Connor’s performance in 1992 was very controversial at the time, but a lot of people are seeing it differently now. Singer Sinéad O’Connor has passed away at age … Continue reading
Amanda Cobbett Embroiders Realistic Likenesses of Fungi and Flora in Stunning Detail | Colossal
JULY 28, 2023 KATE MOTHES All images © Amanda Cobbett, With a keen eye for detail, Amanda Cobbett embroiders hyperrealistic fungi, mosses, and lichen with painstaking precision. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for nature, Amanda Cobbett … Continue reading
Against the Ream: An Expansive Exhibition Invites Thirteen Artists to Explore the Vast ‘Possibilities of Paper’ | Colossal
JULY 27, 2023 KATE MOTHES Jaq Belcher, “All in Good Time” (2023), hand-cut paper, dimensions variable. Courtesy of Jayne H. Baum/JHB Gallery From intricate, laser-cut tendrils to vibrantly patterned collages, a new exhibition at The Torggler in Newport News, Virginia, … Continue reading
O Black Hole!
A woman who can’t stand the passing of time sucks everyone and everything she loves inside herself to keep them with her forever. Eventually, she turns into a black hole. A thousand unchanging years pass inside her dark embrace until … Continue reading
New York Postcard
‘New York Postcard’. A pocket sized film shot during a few days in NYC. Directed by the Mc Gloughlin Brothers. […]
Exuberant Patterns Bring Ceramic Creatures to Life in George Rodriguez’s ‘Mexican Zodiac’ | Colossal
JULY 26, 2023 KATE MOTHES “El Chapulin.” All images © George Rodriguez Antennae spring from the crown of a grasshopper and a cacomixtle’s beady eyes peer alertly from George Rodriguez’s portraits. Antennae spring from the crown of a grasshopper, and … Continue reading
Matthew Mazzotta’s Monumental Pink Flamingo Wades Through Myriad Meanings of Home at Tampa International Airport | Colossal
JULY 25, 2023 KATE MOTHES All images © Matthew Mazzotta “Home,” a floor-to-ceiling sculpture by Matthew Mazzotta of a lifelike flamingo, taps into the multiple meanings of its title. Known for stalking front lawns in plastic form as much as … Continue reading
Melodic drumming: Can you hear melody in the drums? | The Kid Should See This
Can drums sing? Can they carry a tune at all? In this 2018 Jazz Night in America video, narrated by Grammy-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride, drummer and composer Allison Miller demonstrates melodic drumming, techniques that create different pitches on the … Continue reading