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Diverse Expressions: 5 Artwork Themes to Discover at The Other Art Fair Brooklyn This May

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His digital and mixed media works reflect Black history and culture. Carrie Lipscomb, “Blocks (small)” (2024), thread on fine art paper Embossed and Embroidered Guided by pure geometries, Brooklyn-based mixed-media artist Carrie Lipscomb explores space and texture, urging viewers to engage with the subtleties in found materials.

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Inspiring photo project by Abbie Trayler-Smith tackles the issue of obesity head-on

Creative Boom

One in four people in England is obese, and figures from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales follow a similar pattern: obesity is a bigger killer than tobacco in the UK. Sheffield, 2015 © Abbie Trayler-Smith Shannon, age 22, in her first flat. Complex causes On the one hand, worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. Kiss it!

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Artist Jeanine Brito hopes to turn bad memories into something beautiful through her surreal and theatrical paintings

Creative Boom

Based in Toronto but originally from Mainz, Germany, Jeanine Brito worked in graphic design and art direction after graduating with honours in Fashion Communication from Ryerson University in 2015. Then I move onto the canvas, and that's where a lot of the decision-making happens, things like colour or patterns, other little details.".

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How does social interaction change in an age of new media?

UX Collective

Rethinking the way we interact with the internet, new media, and social media Indonesian Newspaper’s Campaign in 1998 In 1990, the Internet was born, bringing with it a sense of hope for the future of digital participation and discussion. As the media evolves, the new media might be referred to as mass participation.

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Why a Logo is Important to Every Business

Inkbot Design

With the rise of visual content and social media, logos have become even more prominent and influential. With the average human attention span declining to 8 seconds (Microsoft Corporation, 2015), a logo serves as a quick visual cue to capture interest. This article will explore why a logo is vital in today's business landscape.

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An Expansive Exhibition Pairs Two Indigenous Artists to Explore the Power of Socially Engaged Artmaking

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The expansive exhibition—featuring 26 mixed-media sculptures, installations, and wall hangings—joins two of the leading Indigenous artists working today in a manner that distinguishes both the connective threads and nuances within their bodies of work. Find out more about Luger and Watt on their sites. Image © Marie Watt.

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The Extreme Self Uses Internet Aesthetics to Make Sense of Life Online

Eye on Design

This sense of anxious ambivalence runs throughout The Extreme Self , the new “graphic novel” (and former exhibition ) authored by the artworld dream team of critic Shumon Basar, novelist Douglas Coupland and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, which follows up their 2015 collaboration The Age of Earthquakes. McLuhan and Fiore recognized this as well.