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COLLAGES FOR HUMANITY
CHUROU WANG'S DREAM-LIKE CREATIVE WORK The first time she announced publicly she wanted to be an artist was to her high-school class. The desire itself had been there, like a secret hidden from all, for many years before. Something she says "She is very proud of". Born in the coastal city of Yantai, Shandong Province in China, Wang is a creative director who now resides in New York City. Her work is otherworldly and uses a wide array of mediums, it is both highly universal and mysterious, another secret of hers. Her artistic eye was forged at a young age, Wang comes from a family of...
Contemporary Creative Practice Magazine
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Alfred Freddy Krupa artists' books collected by MoMA
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) collected 3 artworks of the pioneer of the New Ink Art movement Alfred Freddy Krupa and included them in MoMA Manhattan Artists' Book Collection. Alfred Freddy Krupa (1971-)  is known as the pioneer of the New Ink Art movement (Modern Ink Painting) and author of the New Ink Art Manifesto (1996) which original manuscript is today property of the documenta archive in Kassel, Germany. In 2019 ArtFacts.net ranked him in the TOP 10 Modern Ink Painters and in 2020 in the TOP 100 Ink Painters based on the recorded exhibition history. The collected works...
Gibbs
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Spiderman in YOU ACT LIKE MORTALS IN ALL THAT YOU FEAR, AND LIKE IMMORTALS IN ALL THAT YOU DESIRE by Ardian Isufi , the good hero has been replaced by a threatening wolf
The most recent exhibition by the artist Ardian Isufi at Gallery70  an embalmed wolf wearing Spiderman boots. The hero is already under the guise of threatening, and not in that savior. "The works are integrated not only inside Gallery70, but also considering the part outside it. Creating a contact with the public and a reflection from the moment he comes into this space ", said Isufi. The artist brings us through the exhibition the chaos of the post modernist time. In such a time myths are not what they used to be, or they have acquired new meanings. "In post-modernism, myths...
Gallery70
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Art in the Age of Now
Historic London building Fulham Town Hall will open its doors after lockdown for the first time in a decade as it plays host to ‘Art in the Age of Now’, a group exhibition that brings together contemporary art, live music, talks and performance art. This deserted 51,000 sq ft Victorian space in West London, empty for over ten years, will be open to the public this May once the current lockdown is eased. Overseen by curator Ben Moore (Art Below), and co-presented by hotel operator lamington group, art in the age of now is a free event for the local community and features an extraordinary...
Faye Cottrill
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Inspired by Nature
12th  April  – 12th  May 2021 In a world increasingly burdened with pressing matters of great importance and immense challenges, we turn to nature for comfort and peace. This exhibition brings together artists who, guide by a sense of urgency, look to nature not only as a source of inspiration but also as a guide and support. Their inspirational processes, creating meaningful connections, are optimistic responses at this time when human beings must struggle with the complexities and conditions of our planet. The exhibition also becomes a travel between reality and...
Rossocinabro
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UN/MUTE-10002 online residency connects transatlantic strangers for three months of collaboration and critical exchange
UN/MUTE is an online residency that provides artists an opportunity for a critical exchange and collaboration while simultaneously connecting resources from the global cultural epicenter of New York City. This project is co-organized by Undercurrent and the European Union National Institutes for Culture’s New York Cluster. It went live on February 12, 2021, and will continue through May 9th, which marks Europe Day. The online world that has emerged in response to the pandemic reshapes our definition of social contact, obscures our private and public...
StudioStripe NYC
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Timeless Immortal Art
"Merì - Timeless Eternal Art", the revolution of the small town that becomes an eternal open-air museum, giving immortality to 60 artists from all the nations of the world. The Mayor of the City of Merì Filippo Bonansinga, the Councilor Carmelo Arcoraci 'believed in this project', the Deputy Mayor Antonino Siracusa and the entire municipal administration in collaboration with Master Lorenzo Chinnici and his son Francesco Chinnici to act as trait union with artists from all over the world they are the architects of an innovative project in the small Sicilian town. The main square and all...
Carmelo Arcoraci
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ALTERNATIVE REALITIES
ANA AVANZINI’S REFLECTIONS ON ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Ana Avanzini has been in love with Architecture for as far as she remembers. Born in a family of architects, she grew up almost without noticing how ingrained this art was in her. “I feel the interest in art and creation has always been something natural for me. Both of my parents, as well as my elder brother, are architects, and even without talking too much about that when I was young, somehow I already knew this profession had something truly fascinating,” she tells us. Ana clearly recalls the first time she became truly aware...
Contemporary Creative Practice Magazine
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The New Ink Art movement pioneer Alfred Freddy Krupa wins 1st World Award in Painting and Artist of the Year title at the 13th International InterArtia Art Festival
On the recently concluded 13th consequent edition of the InterArtia Art Festival, contemporary painter Alfred Freddy Krupa received outstanding distinctions and the Evaluation Committee  unanimously awarded the artist the 1st World Award in Painting and the title of the Artist of the Year 2020 The International Festival Interartia 2020, which among others includes the International Music Competitions 2020 as well as Artists of the Year 2020 Competition has been organized by the Foudoulis’ Conservatory and International Art Society & Academy. In order to be considered...
Gibbs
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The New Ink Art movement pioneer Alfred Krupa wins 1st World Award in Painting and Artist of the Year title at the 13th International InterArtia Art Festival
Volos, Greece, January 2021 - On the recently finished 13th consequent edition of the Interartia Art Festival, contemporary painter Alfred Freddy Krupa received outstanding distinctions and the Evaluation Committee unanimously awarded the artist the 1st World Award in Painting and the title of the Artist of the Year 2020. The International Festival Interartia 2020, which among others includes the International Music Competitions 2020 as well as Artists of the Year 2020 Competition has been organized by the Foudoulis’ Conservatory and the International Art Society & Academy in Volos,...
Gibbs
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CANADIAN HYPERREAL PAINTER SHERYL LUXENBURG RAISES AWARENESS FOR THE TIMESUP/METOO MOVEMENTS
OTTAWA HYPERREAL PAINTER AND RETIRED PSYCHOTHERAPIST SHERYL LUXENBURG SAYS THAT TIME IS UP TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT A CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY FROM PAIN TO PAINT I was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and moved to Ottawa, Ontario after receiving two graduate degrees in clinical psychology at McGill University and The University of Ottawa. I spent two decades working as a clinical psychotherapist and specialized in family systems and trauma. I also worked as an expert witness in trauma and sexual abuse cases in the Ottawa court system. After being diagnosed with Collagen Vascular Disease,...
CANADIAN HYPERREAL PAINTER SHERYL LUXENBURG
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Award-Winning Documentarian Brings Her Powerful Photographs to San Francisco’s Sacramento Street with Gallery Debut
Margaret Cheatham Williams, an Emmy-nominated documentarian, is pleased to introduce her narrative photography to San Francisco design enthusiasts this winter with the opening of her debut gallery. Moxie’s Daughter, A Photography Collection by Margaret Cheatham Williams, will open its doors on January 5 in the esteemed Sacramento Street shopping district.  Williams has gained recognition for her distinct documentary style that combines storytelling with preservation, a craft honed during her nearly seven years as a journalist at The New York Times. Her work in film examines the...
Abigail White
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