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Homo Algus

French sculptor Sophie Prestigiacomo created a series of swamp creatures, Installed in the wetlands of the Séné Nature Reserve in Brittany, France. The sculptures, first made in 2012, are made with a metal frame covered only with mud + the seaweed which has a resemblance to skin after it dries. The sculptures change with the weather + with their temporary nature will return to the earth from whence they came , over time ...

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Bilder, die schon während des Malens mein Nervensystem herunter regulieren. Die FLOW Bilder sind mittlerweile meine lieblingsserie :)

#aquarelle #painting #abstractart #abstract #colorful #color #strings #curls #curly #art #kunst #artgalery #artworld #flow #watercolor
Finding Home in India: The Artistic Journey of Julia Usmanova India Through Russian Eyes – Tycoon World

Russian artist Julia Usmanova's solo exhibition, When India Became Home, curated by Neena Gulati, is a heartfelt exploration of memory, identity, and

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Death of the Seated Nude & Death of the Standing Nude, 2018

Jay Senetchko, Born in Edmonton, Alberta, now living in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Dame Laura Knight

In 1926, Dame Laura Knight traveled to the USA where she gained access to the Johns Hopkins segregated wards, creating a series of sketches of patients + nurses. While in Baltimore, she befriended Pearl Johnson, an African American worker at the hospital. Johnson introduced Knight to the early American civil rights movement, bringing her to local lectures + concerts, prompting Knight to famously write that there was "a whole world of beauty" to explore in "Negro life" in America.

#damelauraknight #johnshopkins #portraits #portraiture #sketches #art #artworld #pearljohnson #ukartist #painter #blackamericanhistory #africanamericanhistory

Dame Laura Knight

In 1926, Dame Laura Knight traveled to the USA where she gained access to the Johns Hopkins segregated wards, creating a series of sketches of patients + nurses. While in Baltimore, she befriended Pearl Johnson, an African American worker at the hospital. Johnson introduced Knight to the early American civil rights movement, bringing her to local lectures + concerts, prompting Knight to famously write that there was "a whole world of beauty" to explore in "Negro life" in America.

#damelauraknight #johnshopkins #portraits #portraiture #sketches #art #artworld #pearljohnson #ukartist #painter

Beulah

Portraits of Romany Gypsy woman Freedom (Freda) Smith by Dame Laura Knight. .

"To say she was beautiful is not enough, apart from perfection of the mould she bore the mark of tragedy as well.”

Knight befriended the Romany community making daily visits to the settlements to represent their lives through painting. She visited daily for several months during the 1930s

#damelauraknight #beulah #romany #art #painting #kunst #artworld #gypsy #romanywoman #gypsywoman