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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

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Art and fashion have always had a tumultuous and unpredictable relationship. A founding figure in the mid-century New York School movement, Philip Guston helped pioneer a modified form of representational art known as neo-expressionism. Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s by Eddie Chambers.

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“Trans A.M.”: The Superb 3D Surreal Digital Art and VR Sculptures by Elena Romenkova

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Experimenting with the human form and glitch art through animation, Romenkova’s work explores the relationship between man and machine. Herzen with a degree in Fine Arts and has participated in art exhibitions in Russia and abroad since 2004. These shape transformations give 3D sculptures a new aesthetic and meaning.

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Butterflies and Moths Flutter Through Juan Fontanive’s Automated Flipbooks

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The Cleveland-born artist created a sleek flipbook machine while he was a student at the Royal College of Art back in 2004 and has since crafted myriad designs featuring birds and insects that fly around the small, metallic frame. “Flipping pages make these handmade sculptures live in real sound and space.

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Butterflies and Moths Flutter Through J.C. Fontanive’s Automated Flipbooks

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The Cleveland-born artist created a sleek flipbook machine while he was a student at the Royal College of Art back in 2004 and has since crafted myriad designs featuring birds and insects that fly around the small, metallic frame. “Flipping pages make these handmade sculptures live in real sound and space.

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Humans and Animals Commune with Nature and the Cosmos in the Multidisciplinary Work of Kiki Smith

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Her early drawings and sculptures literally turned the figure inside out, often depicting organs, body parts , and bodily fluids, which related closely to the root concern in the AIDS epidemic as well as the visceral experience of the menstrual cycle. See more of Smith’s work at Pace Gallery.

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The Crazy Hair of Mexican Cholombiano Subculture in Photographs by Stefan Ruiz

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Stefan Ruiz studied painting and sculpture at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, before turning to photography. In addition, he has taught art at San Quentin State Prison and was the creative director for Colors magazine from 2003 to 2004.

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Rooted in the American South, ‘Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers’ Recognizes Remarkable Artistic Traditions of Black Artists

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Thornton Dial, “Stars of Everything” (2004), mixed media, 248.9 Encompassing more than 60 quilts, sculptures, installations, paintings, drawings, and assemblages by 34 artists from the mid-20th-century to the present, the exhibition is drawn largely from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation. centimeters. x 40 centimeters.

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