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

Creative Boom

A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Adam's work has appeared in several exhibitions to date, including shows at the Royal Academy (2019), Saffron Waldon (2019), Curwen Gallery (2017) and CP+B London (2016), along with several private and public commissions for clients including YouTube, Warchild UK, Heal's and Comme Des Garcons.

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2023 Year in Review: Unframed

Design Milk

Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Painting), 2016 Gerhard Richter Surprises the Art World Again Famed painter Gerhard Richter announced his retirement from painting in 2017 setting off a chain of events that led to a celebration of his work with a selection of “final paintings” at David Zwirner Gallery.

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Mossy Figures Wander Through Woodlands and City Streets in Kim Simonsson’s Flocked Ceramic Sculptures

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Coated with soft flocking —a process of applying very fine fiber to the surface of an object—the large-scale ceramic sculptures were initially layered only with velvety black until a few years ago, when one day, the Finnish sculptor decided to flock one of those pieces with yellow, too.

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Adrian Cox's visionary art explores mythic narratives and spiritual meaning

Creative Boom

The Dream from 2017 is propped against a tree on the right, and The Origin of the Specters (Part II) from 2020 is draped over the table as a tablecloth. So, to make this abstraction of a chess piece feel genuine, I built a shadow-box sculpture of torn and cut paper as a study. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA from 3 June-8 July.

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A Monograph Gathers Dozens of Jolly, Anxious, and Relatable Characters by Artist Jean Jullien

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A forthcoming monograph published by Phaidon celebrates Jullien’s broad body of work, which spans public sculpture, illustration, and design. Sculpture for the show The People (2017), fiberglass, 4 7/8 feet. Jean Jullien ships on May 25 from Bookshop. Photo © Jean Jullien Studio, courtesy of NANZUKA.

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Handcrafted Artful Embroideries of Everyday Products by Alicja Koz?owska

Design You Trust

Since 2017 she’s combined that love of craft with a fascination with pop art to create Embroidered Ordinariness, a set of felt and embroidery versions of mass-produced items. owska is inspired by Andy Warhol and her Warholesque felt banana skin sculpture was the first piece she exhibited in a gallery. “I More: Alicja Koz?owska

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Evoking Historical Struggles, Hank Willis Thomas Examines the Intersection of Art and Activism

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Through his bronze sculptures and public installations, Hank Willis Thomas ( previously ) examines history’s repetitions. Thomas’s sculptural pieces include a series of hands clenching a barbed wire fence, an oversized hair pick lodged into concrete, and a gleaming basketball balancing on players’ fingertips.

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