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Patrick Nelson's breathtaking collages bring a graphic design sensibility to the world of art

Creative Boom

In 2020 he was featured in the De Young Open in San Francisco, a juried community art exhibition. Describing his art, Patrick says: "I construct graphic, timeless images from hand-stained newspaper clippings, juxtaposing modern designs with old media. It gives the work texture and dynamism. © Patrick Nelson.

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Cradle: Playful tufted chairs and stools shaped like cats offer comfort and hope

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Titled Cradle, the exhibition at Reem Gallery in Ham Yard, Soho, will bring the Central Saint Martins fine art graduate's unique body of work to the masses, all centring around the recurring theme of cats in nursery rhymes and folk stories.

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Textile artist Anya Paintsil incorporates humour, hair and folklore to tell stories of her dual heritage

Creative Boom

She got into Manchester School of Art, "quickly" swapped to fine art and graduated in 2020. Before now, Anya's textural wefted pieces would depict people, conceived as portraits and artfully sewn to represent her siblings, friends and loved ones. The rest writes itself. Afro hairstyling is similar, she adds. "I

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Bauhaus Graphic Design: Past, Present, and Future

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From 1919 to 1933, the Bauhaus united fine arts and crafts to create practical yet beautiful designs for the machine age. He aimed to start a new movement in the visual arts that rejected the excessive historicism and ornamentation that defined late 19th-century design in favour of a modern , industrial aesthetic.

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George Byrne's abstract photos of Los Angeles turn the city into a candy-coloured dreamscape

Creative Boom

That sequence of looking-seeing-taking-processing and posting was the bedrock for my future discipline in the fine art world.". Whether it's the broad, colourful concrete of a downtown sidewalk, or the shoots of textured fauna jutting up into the sky, Post Truth is a unique embodiment of the city's unique and diverse urban landscape.

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Bunch Auctions Offers 20th- and 21st-Century Fine Art From the Stephen Heighton Collection

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On June 30, Bunch Auctions ’ 20th- and 21st-Century Fine Art Auction draws together a remarkable selection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and media art by influential contemporary artists. Bunch Auctions’ 20th- and 21st-Century Fine Art Auction will be online starting at 12 p.m. EST on June 30.

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Constanze Bachmann's groundbreaking UAL project redefines what fashion means

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Making Process, Composing the Synaesthetic Sleeve, Modulation of Sound Textures. To create my silhouettes, I analysed colour ratios, colour dynamics, movement, saturation, textures, shapes and arrangements in imagery from my initial research, artwork and designs. But I see my work in the realm between design, art, music and activism.

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