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Xiangni Song follows her instincts to create paintings of the abstract images in her mind

Creative Boom

Spending her time between Beijing and New York, Xiangni was trained at the School of Visual Arts in 2016. She subsequently transitioned from illustration to fine art by enrolling in the MFA Fine Arts program at Pratt Institute in 2020. This doesn't mean her background in illustration was time wasted, though.

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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

Design Milk

The massive suits he creates, and wears as a Black Master in ceremonial battles on Mardi Gras day, are sculptural forms based on his own body. ” Bras-Coupé, Demond Melancon, 2016. Bras-Coupé, Demond Melancon, 2016. I branched out to show them that beading can be contemporary art, can be fine art.

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Illustrator Albina Kolesnichenko Promotes Social Change and Ukraine’s Independence Through Her Work

Design You Trust

At National University, she majored in sculpture and fine arts. Since 2016, illustration has been a professional endeavor and a lifelong passion. She was raised in the historic city of Chernihiv, and she considers Ukraine to be her motherland. Albina started her artistic career in the Ukraine.

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Exploring Black Masculinity Through the Lens of Black Women and Non-Binary Artists

Feature Shoot

So much of Black history around the continent and across the diaspora has been whitewashed or erased, much like the noses hacked off the faces of Egyptian sculptures to destroy evidence Black power and leadership — but as Malcolm X wisely observed, “Truth is on the side of the oppressed.” Rapper RaCola, 1995.

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10 Riveting Movies about Artists

High on Design by Wix

Exploring their art and biographies is always a trusted source of inspiration. This is especially true when the exploration is conducted by acclaimed directors and actors, merging the two artforms of cinema and fine art. Maudie (2016). Maudie (2016), Aisling Walsh. Frida (2002). At Eternity's Gate (2018).

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Anatomical Forms Emerge From Zippers, Quilted Fabric, and Felt by Élodie Antoine

Colossal

Felt especially is very interesting for making sculptures because it allows to make forms without sewing, without suture, like the organs of the human body,” she writes. Particularly interesting are her felt sculptures that take on the form of teeth, lower limbs, bones, and other peculiar organic forms.

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A Major Retrospective Carves Space for Marisol’s Most Prescient and Under-Recognized Works

Colossal

She relocated with her father to Los Angeles as a teenager before moving to New York in the early 1950s, where she saw an exhibition of pre-Columbian clay pieces that prompted an evolution of her practice from painting to sculpture. “Untitled (Marisol with her sculpture ‘The Fishman,’)” (1973), giclee print.