Atlanta-based artist Alfred Conteh powerful portraits of black Atlantans. Alfred Conteh’s portrays Black people he meets around Atlanta, creating monumental works that accentuate the material both physically and metaphorically, in their mediums and the critical analysis of current social conditions. “In this body of work, Conteh wanted to put faces in front of the statistics that…
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Artist Travis Bedel Creates Surreal Anatomical Collages
Artist Travis Bedel Creates Surreal Anatomical Collages. Travis Bedel aka bedelgeuse is a mixed media artist that creates anatomical collages from cutouts of vintage etchings and illustrations, combining them into anatomical, botanical, and other biological parts. Almost all of Bedel’s pieces are available as prints. You can see many more of his collages on tumblr. He also sells prints through Society6 and…
Dreamy Landscapes in Rich Layers of Color by Russian artist Anastasia Trusova
Dreamy Landscapes in Rich Layers of Color by Russian artist Anastasia Trusova. I was born on December 24, 1988 in a very small town in Russia. We had not much, like everyone else in that difficult time. However, we had plenty of nature, forests, lakes and swamps. From the age of five I began to…
Portraits of Indigenous People renderings with visions for the future by Artist Chris Pappan
Portraits of Indigenous People renderings with visions for the future by Artist Chris Pappan. Chris Pappan is an American Indian artist of Osage, Kaw, Cheyenne River Sioux, and mixed European heritage. He prefers the term Indian over Native American, but uses both. His art reflects the dominant culture’s distorted perceptions of Native peoples while proclaiming…
Spanish street artist Pejac
Spanish street artist Pejac . “I prefer to speak with a soft voice,” Pejac stated in one of his rare interviews, metaphorically describing his poetic approach to creating subtle, yet impactful studio pieces and urban interventions. “When people speak with a soft voice, others draw closer to listen.” This simple, yet undeniable truth is thoroughly explaining the…
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST BAHMAN BOROJENI
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST BAHMAN BOROJENI. Bahman Borojeni was born in 1942 was as deeply indebted to the events of the 1960s as their formative influences. Artistically, the decade began with the twin movements of Pop and Minimalism emerging alongside each other. On one hand, Pop championed the visual culture of the mainstream and mass media, and…