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Illustrator Albina Kolesnichenko Promotes Social Change and Ukraine’s Independence Through Her Work

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At National University, she majored in sculpture and fine arts. Since 2016, illustration has been a professional endeavor and a lifelong passion. The Ukrainian people’s unwavering desire for freedom and independence is expressed in these works of art. Albina started her artistic career in the Ukraine.

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F5: Dale Chihuly Shares His Favorite Architect + Beloved Collections

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With the international glass center, he’s led the avant-garde in the development of glass as a fine art. He’s been the recipient of many awards, including two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and 13 honorary doctorates. The Boathouse, Seattle, 2016 © Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved.

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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

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These are the tools and materials New Orleans-based artist Demond Melancon uses to create his Black Masking suits and his contemporary art portraiture series. The massive suits he creates, and wears as a Black Master in ceremonial battles on Mardi Gras day, are sculptural forms based on his own body. Bras-Coupé, Demond Melancon, 2016.

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Xiangni Song follows her instincts to create paintings of the abstract images in her mind

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Spending her time between Beijing and New York, Xiangni was trained at the School of Visual Arts in 2016. She subsequently transitioned from illustration to fine art by enrolling in the MFA Fine Arts program at Pratt Institute in 2020. This doesn't mean her background in illustration was time wasted, though.

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A Major Retrospective Carves Space for Marisol’s Most Prescient and Under-Recognized Works

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Photo by Brenda Bieger, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, © Estate of Marisol/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. She was enigmatic, creating a varied and undeniably compelling oeuvre across mediums and concerns and forging bonds with art world fixtures like Andy Warhol.

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Anatomical Forms Emerge From Zippers, Quilted Fabric, and Felt by Élodie Antoine

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Felt especially is very interesting for making sculptures because it allows to make forms without sewing, without suture, like the organs of the human body,” she writes. Particularly interesting are her felt sculptures that take on the form of teeth, lower limbs, bones, and other peculiar organic forms.

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Exploring Black Masculinity Through the Lens of Black Women and Non-Binary Artists

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So much of Black history around the continent and across the diaspora has been whitewashed or erased, much like the noses hacked off the faces of Egyptian sculptures to destroy evidence Black power and leadership — but as Malcolm X wisely observed, “Truth is on the side of the oppressed.” Rapper RaCola, 1995.

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