Posts Tagged ‘ art ’

To the gamut of mediums to which we are so comfortable and accustomed, the artist Heather L. Johnson dares to add the delicate stitches of embroidery. In black thread and simple cloth, she weaves gossamer interpretations of maps and diagrams, images whose exquisite details are best appreciated up close. Drawing from a childhood defined...
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If you think the portrait is a staid format best left to the history books – think again. With her “Talking Heads” series, artist Christa Palazzolo indeed exhumes various and sundry historical female luminaries, but at her hands their visages are anything but stuffy, reconceived in thoroughly modern fashion, the panels appearing, almost literally,...
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Art and identity are inextricably linked, if not flat-out symbiotic. And when it comes to plumbing the rich depths of that symbiosis, few contemporary artists are as intrepid or as talented as Kajahl Benes. In his own words: “My paintings explore the racial, social, and psychological subtleties of both African and African American cultures....
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