Illustration by Ted Slampyak.
Category Archives: Art/Craft
Work taken from two projects by Argentine artist Karen Navarro: El Pertenecer en Tiempos Modernos (Belonging in Modern Times) and The Constructed Self.
The paintings of Jessica Brilli – acrylic on wood panel minimalist works combining American Realism and 20th century graphic design aesthetics.
The Boatman and Other Stories by Belgian artist Hans Op de Beeck: a series of life-size monochrome vignettes – widely contrasting but all exploring themes of transition and impending change.
Exhibiting at Galleria Continua in San Gimignano until next January.
Make of them what you will.
Dónal twaskz:
…any clue about who is behind the Banksy-like graffiti in Achill?
UPDATE: It seems Banksy (or some class of a Banksy) was on the island over the weekend and this is one of at least three stencils.
The impressive, albeit transient oeuvre of UK-based land artist Justin Bateman – great works of art recreated with stones found on the beach and left there for lucky folks to discover before they’re eventually erased by the elements.
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‘L’eau De Loire’ – a recently completed mural by Spanish artist Taquen on a 35 metre water tower at Gien in north central France featuring ospreys, herons and terns in flight. Of this paean to feathered visitors to the nearby Loire river he sez:
For me, movement is a basic form of knowledge, to get to know myself and my environment and learn to respect it. Birds are great symbols of freedom, animals that migrate thousands of kilometres each year with no one who can stop them.