Category: Portraiture
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June Newton Best Seller – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] David Owen’s new book, June Newton Best Seller, is the story of a floor manager at a regional department store. While it may seem her life is dull, it’s anything but. Filled with quirky diary confessionals and imaginary conversations with Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Nicholas Cage, the book turns from an off-kilter journal […]
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Group Exhibit “Set It Off” Boldly Challenges History, Identity and Artistic Mediums – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The phrase “set it off” has two interpretations: to do something intensely in a major way or to interrupt and alter the status quo. In the Hamptons, the Parrish Art Museum‘s group exhibit of the same name realizes this idiom’s definition to its fullest extent. Put together by curator Racquel Chevremont and beloved artist Mickalene […]
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Women Painting Women – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Women Painting Women explores and celebrates the ways in which female artists conveyed stories and identities outside the male gaze. The book contains portraits of women from 1960s to today with text by Andrea Karnes, shedding light on how early trailblazers (like Emma Amos and Alice Neel) and contemporary artists (like Jordan Casteel and Somaya […]
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Nothing Left but Healing – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] A 71-person group book celebrating Pomegranate Press—a Richmond, Virginia-based independent publishing house for contemporary photography, writing and more—Nothing Left but Healing features a plethora of different pieces across its 150 pages. Within the smyth-sewn book are alluring portraits, microphotography, landscapes and more enchanting works. Added: Posted on May 2022May 2022 Buy [ad_2] Source link https://coolhunting.com/buy/nothing-left-but-healing/
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Contemporary Portraiture by Black Artists at LA Art Week 2022 – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] As Frieze Los Angeles, Felix Art Fair, Spring/Break Art Show and dozens of galleries, as well as art, design and fashion pop-ups, welcomed an international swathe of guests to LA, every exhibitor had the opportunity to present powerful pieces. Amidst towering and transportive works at the three fairs, and the transgressive and thought-provoking pieces elsewhere […]
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Photo Books of Groundbreaking Black Photographers – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Aperture’s new list of photo books comprises 11 titles by Black photographers who rethink, reimagine and reframe “what history is all about.” Each of the photographers featured within these books challenged systems of power, clarified history or re-contextualized beauty. Included in the list are esteemed and under-recognized artists, from Tyler Mitchell (the first Black […]
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Carlos Von Der Heyde’s International Portraiture Project from Quarantine – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] NYC-based, Argentine photographer Carlos Von Der Heyde travels the world, capturing images of friends and family, from the safety his apartment. His series, which the artist plans to transform into a book, shines a light upon the socio-psychological impact of isolation around the world and encourages hope for artists eager to find new approaches […]
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Artist Sabrina Siegel’s Playful $10 Digital Portrait Series – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Visits to galleries, art fairs and pop-ups used to serve as an introduction to new artists. Now, we are often left to our own devices—sometimes literally—as was the case when we stumbled upon Chicago-based artist Sabrina Siegel‘s Instagram page. A graphic designer and illustrator with experience in advertising and branding (and a degree in […]
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Interview: Sheldon Scott on His Powerful 13-Hour Performance Portrait
[ad_1] Artist (and Eaton DC Culture Director) Sheldon Scott‘s “portrait, number 1 man,” is the first-ever performed portrait included in the Outwin Boochever Competition Exhibition, hosted annually at the National Portrait Gallery. This year’s other entries—which follow the gallery’s prompt: to respond to the current political and social context—include a stop-motion drawing, oil work and […]
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Cuban Artist Héctor Frank’s “Color de Cabezas” Exhibit at Toth Gallery
[ad_1] It’s not an exaggeration to say that a trip to Havana often leads to the studio of Héctor Frank. The Cuban artist’s open workplace and the dozens—if not hundreds—of works within speak to the material restrictions of the nation and the creativity birthed from it. Frank often welcomes guests and shares his insights, but […]