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Artist Adam Bridgland pays tribute to rock lyrics with intense colours and visual attitude

Creative Boom

In a new show at London's Jealous Gallery, artist Adam Bridgland brings together wild hues, dynamic patterns and the powerful pull of nostalgia in an alluring visual display. Interdisciplinary artist Adam Bridgland hasn't, though, as his second solo exhibition stands as a testament to.

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Artistic rebel, urban poet: new book celebrates the iconic photography of Saul Leiter

Creative Boom

As a new monograph highlights, this uncompromising artist was a true rebel with a radical approach that resulted in a huge archive of truly groundbreaking work. Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective presents the full spectrum of his artistic output for the first time, including rare and previously unpublished material.

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Bored of Apes? Here's an artist's guide to NFTs that won't drive you bananas

Creative Boom

It's no secret they've blown up the past few years, and if you're an artist of any kind, you've likely come across them more than the average person. As an artist, finding out that an 8-bit profile picture sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars can be frustrating. A Brief History of NFTs. How does it work?

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Artist Paul Kidby illustrates eight special stamps to celebrate Terry Pratchett’s Discworld

Creative Boom

He has illustrated many Discworld publications including The Art of Discworld, best-selling The Last Hero and the 2017 publication Terry Pratchetts Discworld Imaginarium. He began working with Terry Pratchet in 1993 and has designed the Discworld book jackets since 2002.

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Spinning a yarn: how Icelandic artist Ýrúrarí turns textiles into stunning works of art

Creative Boom

Nærvera © Ýrúrarí aka Ýr Jóhannsdóttir We chat with the brilliant Icelandic artist about sustainability, textile techniques and handing out wool pizzas to the public. But Icelandic artist Ýr Jóhannsdóttir, aka Ýrúrarí , has been turning them into stunning works of art. All the pieces are new and fresh out of my studio in Berlin."

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In Craig Walsh’s ‘Monuments,’ Enormous Projected Portraits Illuminate the Selective Histories of Public Art

Colossal

In the mid-nineties, Australian artist Craig Walsh created his first projection at Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland. ” “Churaki Hill” (2017), three-channel synchronized digital video, projections, and existing trees, from Bleach Festival, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. .”

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Remembering Siah Armajani (1939-2020): An Artist Who Bridged Public Art, Politics and Architecture

Azure Magazine

On August 27, Iranian-American artist Siah Armajani passed away at his home in Minneapolis. I made my commitment by becoming a political artist — from day one — until now,” Armajani recalled in a 2018 lecture. In it, he wrote, “We enter public sculpture not as a thing between four walls in a spatial sense but as a tool for activity.”