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Matteo Mauro, digital reinterpretations of Rococo engraving

Matteo Mauro, digital reinterpretations of Rococo engraving The study of the technique of artistic printmaking and Rococo picture content, leads the artist Matteo Mauro’s research to a series of contemporary experiments to offer digital reinterpretations of Rococo theories of engraving. The author defines Micromegalic Inscriptions as computational approaches of generating dynamic engravings, from fictional landscapes […]

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Raelis Vasquez, juxtaposing figures and historical context

Raelis Vasquez, juxtaposing figures and historical context The application of the visual communication and conventions of unity, history, and diversity of the narratives in my paintings creates a juxtaposition between the figures and the historical context. This forces ambiguity and perplexity within the voice of my work. I am most focused on the usage of

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Paula Saneaux, the fragility of life and social standards

Paula Saneaux, the fragility of life and social standards I portray stories, feelings or interpretations of female objectification, female self-objectification, the fragility of life and social standards. My paintings are mainly created in acrylics and are characterized by gray, dark and/or primary colors because of a melancholy my characters represent. The subjects that I depict

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Larry Madrigal, 2017 recipient of Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

Larry Madrigal, 2017 recipient of Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant Larry Madrigal is a Phoenix-Based Mexican American figurative painter exploring the historical genre of portraiture. He is a 2017 recipient of The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, a reputable international award for visual artists. His work has been exhibited in the Phoenix Art Museum, Tucson Museum of

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Joshua Dean, painting with limited palette CMYK

Joshua Dean, painting with limited palette CMYK To better understand my phone, I started painting like a printer. My process reappropriates traditional technique in order to explore how the photograph functions as cultural memory. This method provides liberation from ideological naivety or cynicism. My work exists in an over-lap of nostalgia and social media. Interpreting

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Nicolas Maureau, modern day myths & allegories

Nicolas Maureau, modern day myths & allegories The Sewers By revisiting the recurring themes of the iconography of “classical” painting, the work of Nicolas Maureau questions its persistence in our contemporaneity. Of these themes often unknown, forgotten, fuzzy, of which he does not take all the elements suitable to identify them, he retains the titles,

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Angelo Bordiga, dramatic painting with raw colors

Angelo Bordiga, dramatic painting with raw colors THE PICTORIAL RECIPES BY ANGELO BORDIGA by Michele Tavola (excerpt) Leftover carpet, old sheets, cheap mats, and scraps of fabric like those found in the back rooms of unfashionable haberdashers. Any mount is good for the pictorial aggressions of Angelo Bordiga. Naturally also traditional canvases, but in this

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Fletcher Sibthorp, figurative painting the Quiet Space

Fletcher Sibthorp, figurative painting the Quiet Space Born in Hertfordshire, England in 1967, Fletcher Sibthorp has had a successful career as a painter since graduating with Honours from Kingston University in 1989. Although predominantly known for his dance paintings, Fletcher has produced a number of artworks as part of an ongoing series called Quiet Space.

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