1340 ART MAGAZINE 2018//Q4
Alida Van Almelo
$19.99 USD
Issue #10 Q4 2018
Cover Ar t by Alida Van Almelo Offset Flow More on pg. 47
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EDITOR’S NOTE What is art? No one can provide a definite right or wrong answer to this question. In fact, sometimes, some things can’t be defined, only felt. As the saying goes ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’, and never has a statement been truer than with art. The idea itself is fluid, ever evolving and changing. In fact, art and the role it played in my life changed immensely throughout the years. Art, I have come to see, is very much like falling in love. First, came infatuation. The new discoveries with each encounter, much like getting to know a person. With each new colour combination, each different stroke of the brush, my heart swelled with joy. Like a beautiful, blossoming romance, I had seen and experienced something magical for the first time. Back then, I didn’t think too much about why I liked art, I just knew it was stirring a kind of passion inside me. Then, my love of art grew into something more. I began to develop a relationship with it, learning the theories, and understanding what it meant to convey a message through art. I was obsessed with getting to know more, learn more. I didn’t care about the good or the bad; I just knew I wanted more. I craved it. Expanding my knowledge in this taught me that actually, our response to art always depends on what we know—which includes factual knowledge about the world, cultural knowledge, knowledge gained from personal experiences, and even knowledge about the art process itself.
respond to artworks. As one who tries to create “art”, it is rather satisfying when an image elicits strong feelings and emotions in others. When it inspires those who view it. Most recently, my relationship with art has become a part of my identity, and I find it almost impossible now to distinguish between art and myself. I can’t imagine life without it, and just like when two people are together for long enough, the I’s end up melting into We’s. The relationships that flourish are those that allow you to grow and improve, even if through a bit of difficulty. In a similar way, despite the somewhat less of an infatuated thrill with which I used to approach art, I’ve gained experience and I have grown as a person. I have realized even more so that art is a medium of expression. It is like a second heart, beating alongside my own. I have come to see that as such, art can be extremely powerful. As I have grown older, so has my knowledge of various types of art and the copious amount of statements that you can make through it. I hope that with this edition, and our wide variety of styles and methods showcased, we will keep you inspired. Keep you craving the thrill of a first (art) kiss. From collage and acrylic paintings; traditional oils and exciting mixed media; watercolours and coloured pencils to painting and photography, we believe everyone can fall in love, as they admire the aesthetics so exceptionally portrayed by the art in these pages.
People say love is blind; but this love opened my eyes to something else entirely. This incessant love of art was, for me, an opportunity to explore the creative process as well as a way of understanding how viewers
Roy Owh, Editor in Chief
DIRECTORY
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Wolfgang Bohusch wolfgangbohusch.com
Natalie Wooi nataliewooi.com
Gildas Francais instagram.com/gildasfrancais
David Van Poppel www.davidvanpoppel.com
Moe Als instagram.com/moe.xls
Vesha Ziolkowski instagram.com/_vesha
Penny Halsall strangelightphotography.com
Jack Clarke theartistjacksmith.com
Vadim Dolgov vadimdolgov.com
Estefania Izaguirre Lozano estefaniaizaguirre.com
Jana Rayne MacDonald janaraynemacdonald.com
Anastasija Komarnyckyj komarnyckyj.com
Jennifer Seastone jenniferseastone.com
Sarah McGrath instagram.com/mcgraths93
Via Negative vianegative.com
Andrew Ir ving instagram.com/offpinkbrand
Aidan Calabria instagram.com/aidan.calabria
Allison M. Low allisonmlow.com
Marina Matlina etsy.com/shop/artmatlina
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Magdalena Majstrowicz instagram.com/majagnaart
Eleanor Nigretto instagram.com/ellie_nigretto
Sandra Kowalski sandrakowalskiicom
Benjamin Issner
instagram.com/benjamin.issner
Emir Ramovic emirramovic.com
Pei Shan Chiang instagram.com/peishanartist
Marco Zupone mazupofoto.com
Kyle Gallaway kylegallaway.com
Carol Griffin carolgriffinfinearts.com
Marco Scesa instagram.com/mamboscesa
Sofia Varano sofiavarano.com
Maureen Nathan maureennathan.com
Okdoll Kim instagram.com/okdoll.min_art
Anke Buchmann anke.live
Pinkarman (Luca Ribichini) pinkarman.com
Wayne Fisher fisherphotoinc.ca
Amy J. Dyck amyjdyck.com
Chahrazed Fekih instagram.com/chahrazedfekih
Susumu Matsuura susumumatsuura.tumblr.com
Who’s who, and where to find them.
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Sophia Gunkel instagram.com/sophia.gunkel
Rober t Thacker robthackerart.co.uk
Orly Shalem orlyshalem.com
Boopse Daisy instagram.com/boopsedaisy
Bernadette Elizabeth instagram.com/berniexcolton
Siyi Ding instagram.com/snowindream
Alida van Almelo alidavanalmelo.com
Isabelle Girollet
photos-graphique.fr
Nico Nebbia niconebbiaphotography.com
Matthieu Faur y matthieu-faury.com
Ilia Chidzey
visualemporium.com.au/artists/ ilia-chidzey
Marianela Perez G
instagram.com/marianelaperez_art
Michael Raffer ty mickrafferty.co.uk
Marisol Valencia
instagram.com/marisol.valencia_
Sasha Zhitneva refuszed.com
Opoku Mensah
instagram.com/nana.opoku. mensah
Simòne van der Spuy instagram.com/monstasart
Marcelo Ramos
instagram.com/jmarcelosramos
Mark clayface.co.uk
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Mar tyna Drab instagram.com/mdworks
Susan Kitchen instagram.com/susykitchen
Hava Zilbershtein
instagram.com/hava_the_printmaker
Pernille Picherit pernillepicherit.fr
Myriam Beltz instagram.com/myriambeltz
Megan Hinds megan-hinds.com
Terri Froelich terrifroelich.com
Aleksandra Wolter aleksandrawolter.com
Leda Theo ledatheo.com
Jurgen Pavanello instagram.com/j.pavanello
Andrew Fearnside andrewfearnside.com
Anna Leyland annaleyland.co.nz
Van den Hende studiomie.com
Mirre Yayla Seur mirreyaylaseur.com
Sophie Corso sophiecorso.com
Glen Gauthier saatchiart.com/streetfairstudios
Max Savold maxsavold.com
Anders Post apost.se
Ar t Green iamartgreen.com
WOLFGANG BOHUSCH
With his series ‘silicon based creatures’ Bohusch invites the viewer to stand in front of his photographs, meditate, and let the mind wander into subconsciousness. The series of 21 photographs presented at OSME Gallery is the outcome of his stay in the Sahara desert experimenting with its elements like sand, wind, light, and chance. What you see on the photographs is thus the fusion of elements which serendipitously form into sculptures and are randomly captured on paper. The process behind these snapshots therefore resembles the behaviour patterns of bird or fish swarms. Silicon Based Creatures 2262 (Top Left) Photography - 140 x 112 cm
Silicon Based Creatures 5150 (Bottom Left) Photography - 140 x 112 cm
Silicon Based Creatures 5142 (Right) Photography - 140 x 112 cm
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big blue portrait
Natalie Wooi - Fleeting Moments Chinese Ink - 24 x 32 cm
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Gildas Francais - Afternoon at the Swimming Pool Digital Painting - 29.7 x 42 cm
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David Van Poppel - Copacabana Shower Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm
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Moe Als - Blaring Eyes (Left) Photography
Vesha Ziolkowski - Rinse (Right) Photography
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Penny Halsall - Daisy and the Ants Photography & Digital Art - 25.4 x 38.1 cm
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CL A R KE This work was produced to highlight a theory. The theory states that a better understanding of the makers intent has a positive effect on a viewer’s appreciation of an object, and, therefore, an increase in the perception of value within said object. Even though the art objects appear to have ‘genuine’ value, the fact that they lack practical utility in their assigned role as eating utensils implies an absence of value; that they should not be appreciated. However, the art objects were created with the express intent to achieve this goal; to function poorly in comparison to standard pieces of cutlery. If the art objects do not function as well as standard cutlery, then the value of the artwork comes from how well they achieve their intended purpose, in this case, by what degree is the practical utility of the art objects worse than that of the originals? Without prior knowledge of their intended purpose, even though the viewer holds something essentially valuable within their hands, they tend to be frustrated when using these eating utensils... A Study of Intention Mixed Media: Hand Forged Stainless Steel & Silicon Bronze - 32 x 23 cm
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Morning Wake Up Acrylic on Canvas - 101.6 x 152.4 cm
Estefania Izaguirre Lozano - Confined Acrylic on Canvas - 101.6 x 76 cm
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Opaque (Left) Acrylic on Canvas - 45.7 x 76.2 cm
Nor th (Right) Acrylic on Canvas - 45.7 x 45.7 cm
JANA RAYNE MACDONALD These paintings begin MacDonald’s exploration into the personal, cultural and political memories, allowances, hesitations and fears everyone experiences when presented with a face covered or hidden. By this series MacDonald wishes to arouse the emotions and realizations.
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Anastasija Komarnyckyj - Ordinar y Grandeur Charcoal, Pastel, Graphite, Pigment, & Wood Glue on Paper - 150 x 100 cm
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Jennifer Seastone - Evidence of Existence #2 Sculpture from Handmade Paper - 27.9 x 35.6 x 6.4 cm
Sarah McGrath - Sharp
Photography - 8 x 10 cm
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Via Negative - Lovers 2 Archival Pigment on Watercolor Paper with Acrylic Ink Wash - 66 x 53.3 cm
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ANDREW IRVING Embr yo (Left) Gun (Right) Photography - 25.4 x 25.4 cm each
Off-Pink is Irving’s art project that takes on social and political issues by viewing them through the lens of high-end fashion brands. The color pink is often used in a light and frivolous way, but Irving chose to juxtapose it with heavier subjects such as gun control, women’s reproductive rights, and immigration.
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15 | 1 3 4 0 A R T Aidan Calabria - Mimesis I Digital Photomontage - 95 x 70 cm
Allison M. Low - Journey to Paradise Graphite, Gouache, Pastel, & Acrylic on Watercolour Paper - 40 x 40 cm
Allison M. Low - Flight of the Cicada
Graphite, Gouache, Pastel, & Acrylic on Watercolour Paper - 30 x 30 cm
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Marina Matlina - Summer Flowers Oil on Canvas - 40 x 40 cm
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Magdalena Majstrowicz - Never Too Far
Eleanor Nigretto - Urban Blue
Acrylic & Mixed Media - 39 x 90 cm
Acrylic & Collage with Rusted Found Object & Original Inkjet Print on Hand Stretched Linen Canvas - 64.7 x 44.5 cm
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Sandra Kowalski - Bitcoin (Top) Swipe (Bottom)
Acrylic - 20 x 20 cm each
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Benjamin Issner - Karma PoP
Spraypaint, Wood, & Resin - 120 x 60 cm
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E MI R ‘
R A MOV I C As a self-taught Painter, with a Master degree in Architecture, Ramovic experimented in the last decade with different methods of design, painting and drawing techniques, always questioning the perception concepts behind it. Lead by the inner desire, his main artistic interest is directed to the exploration and discovery of the inner world and its connection and influence on our surrounding and ultimately on ourselves. The intertwined path of the architect and the painter has been paved with his own artistic work, a long-standing commitment to teaching, interdisciplinary artistic-research projects, writing and film making, always pushing his own creativity. His work is an attempt to explore, study and understand the journey to the inner worlds. In search for new dimensions, fragments of emotions, intuition and knowledge. Dancing with the Moon (Left) Introspection (Right) Oil Pastels on Paper - 50 x 70 cm
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Pei Shan Chiang - Sisters, Can We Be Beautiful Together? Oil - 140 x 140 cm
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Marco Zupone - Study of a Woman in Summer (Left) Por trait of Naked Man in Dressing Gown (Right) Ink Oil Pastels & Spatulas on Paper - 30 x 42 cm each
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25 | 1 3 4 0 A R T Kyle Gallaway - Hanging Octoplant Thrown Altered Ceramics with Live Airplant - 12.7 x 12.7 cm
Kyle Gallaway - Hanging Airsquid
Thrown Altered Ceramics with Live Airplant - 17.8 x 10.2 cm
Carol Griffin - Goldfish Oil - 91.4 x 91.4 cm
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Marco Scesa - Interaction I (Top) Verano 1 (Bottom) Acrylic - 50 x 50 cm each
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Sofia Varano - Little Responsibilities Digital: Illustrator & Photoshop - 40 x 40 cm
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Maureen Nathan - Her Shir t Acrylic on Birch Ply Panel - 60 x 85 cm
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AGENDA
FIAC
Thirty-Third São Paulo Biennial
Frieze London
4-7 October 2018 frieze.com/fairs/frieze-london Frieze London features more than 160 of the world’s leading galleries. View and buy art from over 1,000 of today’s leading artists, from the emerging to the iconic and experience the fair’s critically acclaimed curated sections and Talks programme. One of the few fairs to focus only on contemporary art and living artists.
18-21 October 2018 www.fiac.com/ The International Contemporary Art Fair allows visitors to see modern art, contemporary art and emerging creation on a grand scale - hosted in one of the most iconic settings of the French capital: the Grand Palais. With some 1,500 artists from 25 countries and close to 200 galleries being represented, FIAC is one of the most important events for the international art scene.
Art San Diego
Abu Dhabi Art
Art Basel Miami Beach
7 September - 9 December 2018 www.bienal.org.br/home The Bienal de São Paulo was initiated in 1951 and is the second oldest art biennial in the world. The biennial serves to bring Brazilian art closer to an international audience, and vice-versa; combining unknown artists with the type of discourse that the international contemporary art world knows and loves.
18-21 October 2018 art-sandiego.com/ A contemporary art show in the heart of southern California, Art San Diego will be featuring an international slate of artists and galleries. The show features over 500 leading contemporary artists, museum exhibitions, Art Labs, events, and Art Talks focused on collecting. Now in its tenth year, the four-day event attracts over 15,000 high-net-worth collectors.
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14-17 November 2018 www.abudhabiart.ae/en/default. aspx Abu Dhabi Art expands beyond the notion of a traditional art fair, in placing strong emphasis on a diverse public engagement programme, including art installations and exhibitions, talks and events that take place in different locations throughout the year. The culmination of this year-long programme provides an important sales platform for participating galleries to an audience of over 20,000 visitors.
6-9 December 2018 www.artbasel.com/miami-beach At the nexus of North America and Latin America, Art Basel in Miami Beach presents artworks from across the globe. This year, over 200 of the world’s leading international Modern and contemporary art galleries display artworks by over 4,000 artists. Visitors can find works ranging from editioned pieces by young artists to museumcaliber masterpieces.
Okdoll Kim - The World of Us (Top) Warm Ground (Bottom) Paint Program
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Anke Buchmann - This Moment Will Never Come Back Photographed by Pablo Di Prima Performance, Photography
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Pinkarman (Luca Ribichini) - s/t - Happy Bir thday Rubber & Paperboard - 80 x 80 x 80 cm
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Wayne Fisher - Into the Fold (Top) Morning Reveal (Bottom) Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm each
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WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS WORLD TO RECORD AND EXPOSE THE BEAUTY AS IT IS.
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Amy J. Dyck - Liminal 3 Oil - 45.7 x 60.9 cm
Chahrazed Fekih - Kings Chinese Ink - 72 x 50 cm
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Susumu Matsuura - Por trait Silkscreen on Panel - 175 x 220 cm
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PAINTING IS A POETRY, PRAYER, LONGING, JOY BURSTING, CRY AND A SEARCH Sophia Gunkel - The Wave (Left) Acrylic on Canvas - 80 x 100 cm
Rober t Thacker - Liquidity Acrylic & Mixed Media - 8 x 8 cm
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Orly Shalem -Sailing Acrylic on Canvas - 70 x 100 cm
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in memory of REBECCA
HOLDCROFT (AKA BOOPSEDAISY)
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There are Tears for Things (Left) I Once was What You Were, You will be What I am (Right)
Photography - 29.7 x 42 cm each
“The glow of the approaching sun drew me outside this morning, the view off our balcony with the jetty, glass calm water was breathtaking. It definitely had an effect on Rebecca’s creative mojo.Then I realised it was the same morning, but last week, of her passing. At the moment there are over 50 large post-it notes stuck to the windows with bits of the movie she was co-writing with a man from the Filmmaker’s Guild in Hollywood. The hours of work are displayed, it’s beautiful to see. I can go on about her all day. She was in a process of evolving, mixing it up, changing her Boopse logo, adapting, learning photoshop... Yeah, Rebecca loved it. . When Rebecca and I first met she was editing the 7th and final episode of her documentary about The Great Aussie BBQ. She was a mysterious girl, not many people actually new her real name. She was magic. I feel her art can give more, even after Death. Enjoy her space, you’ll come out of the day enlightened.”
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Bernadette Elizabeth - Toil Photography
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Siyi Ding - Selft Por trait Photography - 12.5 x 12.5 cm
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Coriolis (Left) Unfired Clay - 243.8 x 209.2 x 7.6 cm
Offset Flow (Above) Ceramic, Walnut - 40.6 x 53.8 x 3.2 cm
Almelo’s practice is a reflection on the power of the natural world. The time that Alida puts into creating a piece is as important to them as the time that it exists. Natural occurrences such as the changing position of the sun in the sky alter the work’s appearance and create unique and unrepeatable experiences. Working with unfired clay, Almelo builds site-specific installations, and as the clay dries, it shrinks. The constant movement of the sun and the clay mirror the changes that we see around us daily, and natural properties of clay speak directly to the fluctuating world around us. While using clay, Almelo places trust in the material, knowing that how it reacts will-at its core-speak more perfectly to the concepts of time, movement and transition than anything that Almelo could create entirely alone.
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Isabelle Girollet - Illusion (Left) Photography - 120 x 80 x 2 cm
Nico Nebbia - Rockets (Right) Intentional Camera Movement Photography - 23 x 36 cm
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Matthieu Faur y - Shakespearation Ceramic - 30 cm
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Ilia Chidzey - Catch 22 Mirror, Glass, Acrylic, & Enamel - 95 x 64 cm
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MARIANELA PEREZ G Cr ystal But (Top) Acrylic on Canvas - 91.4 x 91.4 cm
Summer Vibe (Bottom) Acrylic on Canvas - 121.9 x 121.9 cm
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Michael Raffer ty - Not Ever ything is Black and White (Above) Commercial Gloss & Acrylic Paints on Canvas & Wood - 160 x 160 cm
Marisol Valencia - Hybrids (Right) Porcelain & Oxide Steel - 25.4 x 12.7 cm
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SA SH A
ZHIT N E VA Sasha Zhitneva is a sculptor who makes consistently innovative art from the collision of disparate materials and the clash between tradition and modern life. Her most recent work involves the fusion of discarded plastic containers and art glass, which has led to a number of visually stunning, thematically rich series. Among these collections, there is no shortage of striking effects; baffling but fascinating textures (the stuff of countless associations and thought-provoking tangents); and fully realized, utterly self-contained individual pieces. A key idea percolating beneath all of Zhitneva’s work is that all materials exist in a social context, burdened with layers of history, socioeconomic factors, and cultural meaning/associations (including prejudices/ enduring misconceptions), all of which contribute to the way these materials are generally perceived. Indeed, Zhitneva’s work is many things. Above all, though, it is a testament to her advanced technique and singular vision. Memor y Altitude (Left) Sculpture/Mixed Media - 33 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm
Oceans Deep (Right) Sculpture/Mixed Media - 22.9 x 35.6 x 22.9 cm
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OPOKU MENSAH I (Top) Studio Photography - 56 x 84 cm
House Boy (Right) Studio Photography - 46 x 41 cm
In his process Mensah uses memories to unfold stories. He touches on psychotic reality, dreamlike portraitures and moments of discontentment, to engage sense of beauty to his most obscure thoughts. By feeding positive meaning, with the idealized importance of struggle and suffering; he identifies himself through elements such as food that have marked him. By giving a positive meaning to the ideals of fighting and suffering; Opoku Mensah identifies himself through elements, such as the taste, the smell and texture of food. In his path towards inner happiness, his endeavor ascertains warmth and hospitality.
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Simòne Van Der Spuy - Wonder Mixed Media Digital - 46 x 56 cm
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Digital Collage
Marcelo Ramos - Fly I
Digital Collage
Marcelo Ramos - Fly II
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Mark - Clayface Jimmy Digital Giclée - 23 x 23 cm
Mark - Clayface Todd
Digital Giclée - 23 x 23 cm
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MARTYNA DRAB At the Mountain of Knowledge (Top Left) - 21 x 30 cm Depar ture (Bottom Left) - 29.5 x 42 cm The weight of Anger (Right) - 21 x 30 cm Guache, Acrylics, White & Black Ink, & Collage paper
What interests Drab is exploration and the unknown, the moment when something hidden comes out into existence through art and by common work of hand and mind. Through observation and by memorizing experiences Martyna tries to create something that should speak directly into human core and intuition. The openess of the mediums allows Drab to explore shapes, colours and marks so they become intense and solid composition that plays out harmonically or at least denotes something interesting or disturbing.
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Chiar I
Oil on Wood - 45 x 92 cm
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SUSAN KITCHEN
Hava Zilbershtein - No Title (Left) Etching - 25 x 20 cm
Pernille Picherit - Transition (Right) Oil on Linocut - 32 x 48 cm
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Myriam Beltz - Mark 26 Watercolor on Paper - 26 x 18 cm
Megan Hinds - Ver tebratus II Hand cut, Intaglio, Monotype - 15.2 x 20.3 cm
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Terri Froelich - Idra Mixed Media - 121.9 x 121.9 cm
Terri Froelich - Forbidden Mixed Media - 91.4 x 91.4 cm
Aleksandra Wolter - My Woods #15 Polaroid Emulsion Transfer on Canson Moulin du Roy Paper - 26.6 x 9.2 cm
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FREE
ARTS Free Arts uses art to restore hope, resiliency and self-esteem in children in Los Angeles ages 4-18 who have experienced abuse, neglect, poverty and/or homelessness.
Free Arts creates a safe environment where children can feel, understand and express their emotions and begin to recover and gain a sense of mastery and empowerment. They pair children with adult mentors who serve as a positive role model with whom the child has a beneficial, rather than traumatic relationship. Their programs take children through a journey of empowerment, focusing on “Process over Product”. This means that art is a tool for restoring self-esteem, resiliency and hope, rather than Free Arts teaching children to produce attractive or technically sound art pieces. Art is used as a process to develop and cultivate leadership skills, self-esteem, resiliency, and a belief in a positive future. Process oriented art includes creating writing, poetry, painting, drawing, or other art. Children who grow up with abuse and poverty many times unwittingly repeat the pat-
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terns of behavior in which they were raised, experiencing mental illness, addiction, abusive relationships, teenage pregnancy and criminal behavior as adults. Most will not go to college and many will never graduate high school, putting their futures at risk. Studies show that engaging in art – dance, music, drawing, painting, writing or other art forms – restores resiliency and self-esteem in children and gives them a chance for a better future. Art has been found to uniquely develop certain areas of the brain in children, particularly critical thinking, cognitive function and other skills needed for a successful future. Free Arts was founded in 1977 to bring art to children in foster homes in order to help them recover from the abuse and trauma they had suffered. Today Free Arts provides creative arts programs to more than 22,000 children in Los Angeles annually. Programs are implemented by expert trained facilitators with the assistance of nearly 200 adult volunteer mentors, who donate more than 14,000 hours every year.
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Leda Theo - Kyoto Kio
Jurgen Pavanello - Prickly Shadow Play
Oil on Canvas - 50 x 70 cm
Digital Photography
Andrew Fearnside - Stone Flower (For Antonio)
Andrew Fearnside - Wanderers
Digital Painting from Artist Made Source Photo - 55.9 x 76.2 cm
Digital Painting from Artist Made Source Photo - 55.9 x 76.2 cm
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Anna Leyland - Formation (Top Left) Acrylic on Canvas - 130 x 130 cm
Anna Leyland - Interweave (Bottom Left) Acrylic on Canvas - 100 x 100 cm
Van den Hende - Killing Fields 2 (Right) Bones & Labels - 150 x 150 cm
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MIRRE YAYLA SEUR
When Memor y Enters, a Midwife as a Metaphor Cleaning Cloths, Glass, & Metal - 340 x 258 cm
Mirre Yayla Seur’s drawings, audio, video and installations evoke questions about the body, but whose body and where it begins and ends are left open. Focussed on the encounter and the shaping factors around us, Mirre aims to investigate the dynamic relation of how she personally, and we as humans, relate to our outside world. Working with a vast array of materials from glass to metal, sand to textile Mirre blends together fragments that both reflect and absorb the residual traces of our very being.
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Sophie Corso - Run, Blue Spot, and Man in Red Pine Wood, Acrylic, Metal, Polyester Fabric, Cotton, & Graphite on Paper - 80 x 50 cm, 70 x 70 cm, 80 x 50 cm
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I HOPE MY ARTWORK CAN ACT AS A KIND OF TIME TRAVEL MACHINE, ALBEIT ONE THAT DOESN’T REQUIRE THE REQUISITE MATH SKILLS
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Glen Gauthier - Downward Thrust Collage on Book Covers - 53.3 x 40.6
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75 | 1 3 4 0 A R T Max Savold - Almost Most Mixed Media Collage - 30.5 x 30.5 cm
Max Savold - Blue Red Tire Mixed Media Collage - 30.5 x 30.5 cm
Anders Post - Alpine Oil on Canvas - 150 x 100 cm
Ar t Green - Brothers on the Farm Oil on Panel - 30.5 x 45.7 cm
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