alex kittlejust realized my last two posts were off-thread, oops.
alex kittle (@[email protected])
Attached: 4 images Works by American artist Mickalene Thomas, 2000s-10s, who often turned to her mother Sandra Bush, a former model, as a muse in her rhinestone-studded paintings and photographic portraits. #art #ContemporaryArt #BigArtThread
Paintings by Saudi Arabian artist Alia Ahmad, 2020s.
Paintings by American artist Bruce Cohen, 1980s-2020s.
Works by German artist Hans Bellmer, 1930s, who photographed his own doll constructions in strange, often violent tableaux and was eventually labeled "Degenerate" by the Nazis. He fled to France, joining the Surrealists and the French Resistance.
Woven textiles by Diné artist Melissa Cody, 2010s-20s, whose imagery combines Indigenous motifs, pop culture iconography, and personal experiences.
Paintings by Chinese artist Yu Hong, 2010s, who came of age at the end of the Cultural Revolution, among the "New Generation" of artists in China exploring new modes of creative expression.
Works by Italian artist Bice Lazzari, 1950s-70s.
Sculpture by Venezuelan American Pop artist Marisol, 1960s, known for her distinctive assemblage figures often incorporating her own image. She would have celebrated a birthday today.
Woodcuts by Japanese artist Inagaki Tomoo, 1950s-60s.
Paintings by English artist Michaela Yearwood-Dan, 2020s, whose large-scale botanical paintings incorporate motifs inspired by Blackness, queerness, femininity, healing rituals, and carnival culture.
Works by Ukrainian photographer Daria Svertilova, 2020s, who documents her people's experiences under war and occupation.
Drawings by self-taught American artist Timothy Wehrle, 2010s-20s, whose dense, intricate compositions pull from a range of visual sources including Persian miniatures, comic books, mandalas, quilting, and the works of Adolph Wölfli.
Paintings by American artist Dorothy Hood, 1970s-80s, who lived in Mexico for 20 years and associated with artists like Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and later became a major figure in the Texas avant-garde.
Sculpture by LA-based Canadian artist David Altmejd, 2010s-20s, whose practice "explores the constitution and disintegration of the self" through a range of materials. The artist says, "A perfect object for me is something that is extremely seductive and extremely repulsive at the same time."
Paintings by Seoul-born, Montréal-based artist GaHee Park, 2020s, whose compositions often incorporate human figures, fruit, and seafood - the latter inspired by her grandma's fish market in Korea.
Sculptural decor by Dutch artist Paul Heijnen, 2010s-20s.
Paintings by Polish artist Michalina Janoszanka, 1920s, whose "reverse paintings" were made of layers of pigment built up behind a pane of glass, a technique typically used in religious folk art. Sadly, in her time she was more known as the muse and model of symbolist painter Jacek Malczewski.
Photo tableaux by queer American counterculture pioneer Steven Arnold, 1970s-80s, whose films and artworks were known for their maximalist costumes and sets exploring mysticism, psychedelia, sexuality, and gender.
Paintings by self-taught Kenyan artist Nedia Were, 2020s.
San Francisco gig posters by American artist Wes Wilson, 1960s, known for his swirling typography and psychedelic style influenced by Art Nouveau.
Works by American artist Lisa Oppenheim, 2010s-20s, whose practice "appropriates photographs from diverse sources such as government files and online photographic archives to investigate collective memory, loss, and forgetting."
Works by English artist Sena Shah, 2020s, who composes geometric abstractions with felt and sometimes incorporates mirrored material to create optical lenticular effects.
Drawings by multidisciplinary American artist and activist Andrea Bowers, 2010s, based on photos the artist took documenting political protests in Los Angeles.
Paintings by American artist, curator, and professor Vivian Browne, 1970s, who moved into abstraction after spending time in West Africa in 1971. She was involved in several women's groups and activist movements, advocating for representation for Black woman artists.
Oil on linen paintings by American artist Mary Henderson, 2020s, whose hyperrealistic works capture "impromptu portraits of people in public spaces, seen in unguarded instances of personal connection or synchronicity."
Sculpture by American artist Sommer Roman, 2010s-20s, made with post-consumer textile discards.
Works by multidisciplinary American artist Dindga McCannon, 1970s-2020s, an activist within the Black Arts Movement who fuses fine art forms with traditional craft techniques. In 1971 she co-founded the collective Where We At Black Women Artists, Inc.
Works by American artist Mariah Robertson, 2020s, created using photosensitive papers exposed to various chemicals and exposure processes.
#art AbstractArt #BigArtThread #ContemporaryArt
Works by British photographer Ajamu X, 1990s, whose practice explores gay Black love and desire.
Paintings by American artist Tara Esperanza, 2020s.
"Fluffy Vases" by Vietnamese-born, Brussels-based textile artist Shishi San, 2020s, who taught herself embroidery and tufting techniques.
Paintings by Palestinian-British artist and academic Bashir Makhoul, 2020s.
Mixed media works by American artist Melanie Norris, 2020s.
Sculpture by American artist Young Joon Kwak, 2010s-20s, whose practice "questions conventional notions of representation and visibility while imagining new ways for racialized, trans, and nonnormative bodies to exist and thrive in spaces that surveil and police them."
Paintings by Canadian artist Rebecca Chaperon, 2010s.
Pottery by Japanese ceramic artist Miyashita Zenji, 1990s-2010s.
Mixed media works by NY-based Canadian artist Stephanie Temma Hier, 2020s, combining photorealistic paintings and ceramic frames, typically with images of human consumption and the natural world.
Self-portraits by American street photographer Vivian Maier, c 1950s, who worked as a nanny in New York and Chicago and took up photography as creative hobby, building a massive body of work over several decades that was uncovered after her death in 2009.
Works by Cuban artist Jorge Camacho, 1980s-90s, who joined the Surrealists in the 60s after moving to Paris.
Paintings by American artist Robert Minervini, 2010s-20s.
Works by British artist Georgiana Houghton, 1860s, whose pioneering abstractions were inspired by Spiritualist practices.
whoops forgot to thread this
alex kittle (@[email protected])
Attached: 4 images Mixed media paintings by Syrian artist Saoud Abdallah, 2010s-20s, who uses sand as one of his main materials. #art #painting #ContemporaryArt #BigArtThread
Clay sculpture by France-based Italian artist Monica Mariniello, c 2010s.
Works by Japanese illustrator Noriyoshi Ohrai, 1980s, known for his fantasy and sci-fi compositions for films, books, and magazines.
Sculpture and installation by London-based Polish artist Rafał Zajko, 2020s, whose practice centers around the industrial past, exploring its environmental impact in relation to working class heritage and queer identities.
Serigraphs by multidisciplinary Indian artist Jyoti Bhatt, 2000s-10s.
Sculpture by Lebanese artist Saloua Raouda Choucair, 1950s-60s, who helped develop abstraction in Lebanon, inspired by Sufi philosophy and Islamic motifs.
Works by Japanese artist Shinoda Toko, 1980s-2000s, known for her abstract sumi ink paintings employing traditional calligraphy techniques.
Paintings by self-taught Mexican American artist Manuel Zamudio, 2020s.
#art #painting #ContemporaryArt#BigArtThread
Screen prints by Afro-Brazilian artist Rubem Valentim, 1960s-80s, whose distinctive abstractions combined motifs from African, Brazilian, Polynesian, and Western cultures and religions, exploring themes of diaspora and mysticism.
Works by American artist Marian Spore Bush, 1930s, who was a pioneering dentist but gave up her practice after her mother died, taking up painting and becoming involved in the Spiritualist movement. She was also a philanthropist and society hostess in NYC.
Paintings by Dubai-based Egyptian American artist Aidha Badr, 2020s, whose work explores themes of desire, femininity, and childhood memories.
Mixed media works by Turkish artist Peter Hristoff, 2010s.
Paintings by American artist Dorothy Morang, some dates unknown but I'm guessing 1940s-50s. She was a professional pianist before marrying an artist and becoming a visual artist herself, associating with the Transcendental Painting Group in New Mexico and also working as a museum curator.
Designs by American fashion designer Howard Greer, 1930s-50s. After working for some European houses, he ran his own couture studio that primarily dressed celebrity and society women, and was also costume designer at Paramount on films like Bringing Up Baby, My Favorite Wife, and Spellbound.
Mixed media works by American artist Chris Lael Larson, 2020s, whose practice "blends photography, painting, and assemblage to create colorful, confounding viewing experiences."
Paintings by American artist Danielle McKinney, 2020s.
Photo installations by Ngāti Tūwharetoa / New Zealander artist Shannon Te Ao, 2020s, whose practice explores the intersections of indigenous experience, language, and loss.
Paintings by Japanese artist Erina Matsui, 2010s, known for her surreal and playful self-portraits.
Paintings by Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch, 1700s-40s, whose floral still lifes often incorporated new plant specimens brought to the Netherlands through global trade. She worked as a court painter and was one of the most successful female artists of her time.
Clive Thompsonholy crap that peach and beige gown
Jener 🖖 
@alexxkittle, for anyone travelling to Sāo Paulo in these weeks and interested in this work, recently I found that there is an exhibition presenting pieces of his art at Museu Afro-Brasileiro.
Maria Candea ✅🍓@alexxkittle Montreuil based artist, Monica Marniello!
Montreuil, France (not Montréal).
@MarCandea You're right, my mistake, now corrected