From proto-feminist portraits to avant garde collage, these works blazed trails for women photographers throughout the 20th century
Exhibition dates: 14th September 2021 – 13th February 2022 Curated by Sarah Meister, former Curator, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Quentin Bajac, Director,…
Also known as « aykutmaykut », Aykut Aydogdu is a graphic designer and illustrator living in Istanbul in Turkey. He studied Fine Arts at high school and gra
These deceptively simple looking photos employ the Surrealist grammar of alienation to cast deep psychological hooks into viewers.
Examines the role of the "look" or the "gaze in medieval romance. Discusses concepts within these texts including love at first sight, madness of love, love as divine providence, and love as an elite concept.
The people in Carl Beazley's portraits seem to be fighting internal battles to hold back their grimaces and make straight faces. His oil paintings feature young people wearing multiple expressions at once. Several small faces inhabit their full-sized heads, each one sending a conflicting signal. Some of Beazley's portraits look like a time lapse of a single gesture, while others are meant to confuse and amuse viewers with their incongruities.
Australian artist Jeremy Geddes creates surreal oil paintings that are astoundingly photo-realistic. The paintings often depict human figures in mid-air,
1. Focal Point This is a photograph I had taken during my trip out West. It was taken at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. This particular group of mountains is called the Cathedral Group. "These peaks have been called the Cathedral Group...more evident here than in many of the great cathedrals of men is the Gothic note. It is seen in the profiles of the countless firs and spruces congregated like worshippers on the lower slopes; it reappears higher in the converging lines of spire rising beyond spire; it attains supreme expression in the figures of the peaks themselves that, towering above all else, with pointed summits directs one's vision and thoughts yet higher." - Fritiof Fryxwell 2. Value This was done by one of my favorite photographers, Joel Peter Witkin. I find his incorporation of such strange and grotesque elements to be absolutely beautiful and the theatrical presence in his work is truly incredible. This piece is actually on display at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. (source: http://linkstoartists.blogspot.com/2009/11/joel-peter-witkin.html)
Natalia Seth is known for her colorful, imaginitive style. Learn how to combine multiple images, retouch portraits, apply creative coloring, and get valuable insight into her success on one of the most popular social media platforms.
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Lara Zankoul is a Lebanon-born artist graduated from the American University of Beirut with a Masters in Economics. In 2008, she started her journey in
Ronen Goldman is an Artist and Conceptual Photographer based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Ronen is specialized in creating "Photo-Dreams" - conceptually constructed photographs illustrating his various dream states. As you can see from the pictures below, &am
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Florence Henri made her name as a major player in avant-garde photography in the 20s, playing with mirrors and light to create mind-trick masterworks
Rituals for Reviving the Life World
The NGV will be the sole international venue for the exhibition, which will include renowned art and design from a roll call of iconic figures including Paul Cézanne, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Edward Hopper, Jeff Koons, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian,…
When asked in an interview [http://www.examiner.com/article/a-conversation-with-surrealist-painter-and-sculptor-vladimir-kush] how he would describe his work to someone who had never seen it, Russian-born surrealist painter Vladimir Kush responded, > “I would describe my work with the quote from William Blake: ‘If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite…'” This response alone should give you some insight into Kush’s perspective — a perspective
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