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New exhibition casts cowboy culture in a new light

Creative Boom

As a result, we've seen a lot of cultural works in recent years redefine cowboy culture, challenge traditional stereotypes and offer more nuanced portrayals, from the 2015 movie Brokeback Mountain about gay cowboys to 2021's The Harder They Fall, a Netflix Western featuring a diverse cast, including black and indigenous characters.

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Somerset House art show revisits the last 50 years through the prism of horror

Creative Boom

Courtesy of the artist. An imaginative new art show points to how the horror genre influences rebellious artists and helps us to understand a chaotic world. In this way, the last five decades of British history are recast as a story of cultural shapeshifting, told through some of our most provocative artists. © Kerry Stewart.

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Copper Animal Sculptures by Artist Wang Ruilin Are Embedded with Nature’s Sublime Elements

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Artist Wang Ruilin ( previously ) visualizes nature’s interconnectivity by literally imprinting a rocky terrain or ice cap onto the bodies of wild animals. His recent copper-and-paint sculptures include a panda with a black back stripe and limbs that are covered in a mountainous ridge and a white blanket of clouds.

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The Fantastic Cardboard Sculptures of Laurence Vallières

Design You Trust

“When I recreate an animal, I want to recreate a feeling,” says Canadian artist Laurence Vallières. Her recycled cardboard sculptures express human emotion in animal form, exploring relationships, communication and political issues through innovative use of materials and with a hearty dose of humour.

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Wearable Sculptures Blend Humans into Surrounding Landscapes in Photographs by Nordic Artists

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Norwegian-Finnish artist duo Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen bring a folklore-inspired vision to the relationship between humans and nature. Each photograph features a solitary figure in a landscape wearing a sculpture of the natural elements of their choosing. “Jakob” (Greenland 2015).

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Intricate Beaded Motifs Add Colorful Dimension to Jan Huling’s Animal Sculptures

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A former product designer turned bead artist, Jan Huling begins each sculpture with a blank form in the shape of a miniature horse, giant praying mantis, and eager monkey perched on a box. Detail of “Das Bug” (2015), 61 x 69 x 110 inches. “Das Bug” (2015), 61 x 69 x 110 inches.

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A Knotted Octopus Carved Directly into Two Pianos Entwines Maskull Lasserre’s New Musical Sculpture

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All images © Maskull Lasserre, shared with permission Behind the hammers and pins of most upright pianos is a hard mass of spruce, maple, or mahogany, what artist Maskull Lasserre ( previously ) refers to as a “secret volume of solid wood.” Do stories and artists like this matter to you?