William Farley hails from Braintree, Massachusetts, on Boston’s south shore. Raised in a working-class family, his early life included training as a commercial artist and as a sculptor. He has worked in a variety of professions including: farm worker, doorman, longshoreman, gardener, asst. night club manager, produce clerk, merchant seaman, furniture mover, bill collector, steel [...]
The married duo of eclectic crafting together make up the team of ‘Something’s Hiding in Here’. From kitschy paint-by-numbers on wood cut-outs of North America to plaster animal busts covered in floral fabrics, their art is both accessible, funny, and design savvy.
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“Moroccan born photographer, Lalla Essaydi incorporates layers of Islamic calligraphy applied by hand with henna, in tandem with poses directly inspired by 19th Century Orientalist painting. By appropriating this imagery, the works reflect the ‘complex female identities’ found in Morocco and throughout the Muslim world. Essaydi’s photographs provide the opportunity for the artist [...]
I adore this work…I rate it as one the top 100 sculptures of all time (in my mind) because it transformed (for me) what it means to “look” at art. For years I have followed Mr. Holler’s work and have made every attempt to view it in person when his works have appeared in galleries [...]
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ALLISON SMITH, a Brooklyn-based artist, is interested in the notion of “authentic reproductions” – a common if oxymoronic phrase describing contemporary objects or tableaux that conjure historical aesthetics and episodes. In her sculptures and mixed-media installations, Smith investigates the ways in which a simple prop, bridging past and present, can come to signify [...]
Yann Arthus-Bertrand settled in Kenya to study a pride of Lions. He used a camera to relate his observations and became a photographer/preservationist. He started a nonprofit (goodplanet.org) to promote a sustainable awareness through such projects as “Earth from above,” a book of aerial photographs taken over 6 continents with captions written by experts on [...]
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Surrealism lives! Eric Bragg is a Californian surrealist sculptor, novelist, poet, essayist, photographer, and purveyor of strangeness. His online exhibition, Faith and Filth, a rant against the Roman Catholic Church, is not for the faint of heart. From his web site:
“Whether through sound collage, image-capture, writing, explorations of enchanted spaces, or whatever spontaneous means of expression, [...]
Riitta Ikonen uses costume, photography and performance to make commentary on issues such as “the effects of global warming and the changing environment around us”.
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