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Artists Summon Mythical Creatures of the Echigo Region for the 2024 Wara Art Festival | Spoom & Tamago
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 / JOHNNY photos courtesy Wara Art Festival Autumn is officially upon us. It’s the season of shorter days, brighter moons and bountiful harvests. Niigata prefecture, in Northern Japan, is known for its rice paddies and rice production. … Continue reading
Across Rural Europe, Ashley Suszczynski Photographs Remarkable and Ancient Masked Traditions | Colossal
August 26, 2024 Art Craft History Photography Kate Mothes “Survakari,” Dolna Sekirna Village, Breznik Municipality, Bulgaria. All images © Ashley Suszczynski As a child, Ashley Suszczynski used to draw copiously in her school notebooks and escape into the chimerical worlds of … Continue reading
Invoking Black Masking Traditions, Artist Demond Melancon Beads Elaborate, Celebratory Portraits | Colossal
MARCH 31, 2022. GRACE EBERT “Say Her Name” (2021), glass beads and rhinestones on canvas. Through intricately woven displays of minuscule glass beads and rhinestones, Big Chief Demond Melancon continues a legacy. He belongs to the tribe of the Young Seminole … Continue reading