Tag: Magazine
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Beware “The Five Poisons”! – Hi-Fructose Magazine
There are an endless amount of things in this dangerous world to look out for. This week I learned that the middle of the calendar year is something to add to the proverbial “list”. It appears that, according to Chinese folklore, poisonous animals emerge from the cold of winter, along with a herd of pesky read more
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HF Visits: Coleccion SOLO in Spain – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Recently, Hi-Fructose got to rendezvous with Coleccion Solo, an international arts project based in Madrid, Spain which owns nearly 1,000 contemporary artworks, many of which kept on display within their free, private museum space Espacio SOLO. The main impetus of the visit was to witness the unveiling of their brand-new exhibition “Handle with Care”, showcasing read more
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Beautiful Abyss: The Art of Janice Sung – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Illustrator-turned-fine artist Janice Sung’s figures seem at home amidst natural settings, whether in a lily pad pond or a garden, floating like a near-translucent milk specter. Her recent gallery showing at Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles, the first using physical media by the artist. While you can definitely see the influence of one of her read more
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Nonamey Recreates Teenage Hide Out Using Cardboard In Latest Installation – Hi-Fructose Magazine
The resident ofyourroom seems to have more cohesive interests . ..? Perhaps! My room’s girl is involved with the Riot Grrl scene, the make-it-by-hand punk lifestyle. I noticed a recreated Stereolab Peng (1992) and Franc albums (1995) Was this circa 1999? or more like 2001? I would say closer to 1999 before the world ended read more
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21C Museum Hotel in Bentonville Opens Eyes in the Ozarks – Hi-Fructose Magazine
First up is a tour of 21c’s Fragile Figures: Beings and Time, a revealing look at intersections between vulnerability and power in portraiture. It’s an exhibition that examines the “complexity of class, identity, and politics in history and more specifically, art history. The works in Fragile Figures: Beings and Time are comprised of a vast read more
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Mike Leavitt Talks Trash with New Exhibition of Mutated Fake Out Branded Sculptures – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Your piece “Little Carbon Footprints’ is a Little Tykes Cozy Coup ride on toy, constructed fro m four upcycled wood pallets. It’s pretty faithful to the original.Did you have a Coup laying round to reference? Doesn’t every parent? Ours fills with rainwater out in the yard. And yes, I definitely used it for reference, measured read more
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Let’s Go Inside and Outside Bentonville’s Crystal Bridges Museum – Hi-Fructose Magazine
A half-hour walk from the museum is The Momentary, an extension of Crystal Bridges, which is housed within a decommissioned cheese factory and currently features two immersive exhibitions: Mystic Parallax by multidisciplinary artist Awol Erizku and Dark Waters by photographer Kristine Potter. Mystic Parallax’s rich and exciting imagery blends Erikzu’s studio practice with the artists’ read more
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Shane Pierce Probes the Unseen with “Eerie Musings” – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Your work is quite painterly. Does your painting process involve layers of paint and glazing? No, mainly it is a process of thought akin to “ start with the finish “ . I attempt to start each brush stroke as the finish. It is an economy of brushstrokes but it also has the added benefit read more
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Remembering Master Pop Artist Keiichi Tanaami (1936-2024) – Hi-Fructose Magazine
HF: What’s your strongest memory of your childhood? Can you remember the first time that you realized that you could draw? KT: It is too long ago to remember when I first draw. The strongest memory in my boyhood was the war, namely that was the time when the US air force B-29 flew over read more
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Adorable, with Teeth: Twenty Years of the Art of Ciou – Hi-Fructose Magazine
My work had a “more is more” approach – perhaps even too much, but it always felt just right to me. In 2014, your practice changed, you moved away from using collage backgrounds, using mostly cut out pages filled with words. Looking back, any reason why you navigated away form this part of your practice? read more
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Light is Everything: An Interview with Seth Haverkamp – Hi-Fructose Magazine
I like the idea of blue being next to yellow to make green, etc. So if that falls into a category like Impressionism or something else then that’s cool. Does the restrictive palette force you to approach your painting in a way that you wouldn’t otherwise? See above. Lol. I’m not sure though. I don’t read more
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Gil Bruvel explores the Interconnectedness of Everything with his Wooden Sculptures – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Sculptor Gil Bruvel’s work seems to be both modern and craft movement inspired at the same time. They are made of hundreds of parts; intricate, yet, when viewed form a distance, are smooth and cohesive. We’ve asked the artist to delve into his process and themes and a bit of his background as an artist. read more
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Can a Hotel Be a Contemporary Art Museum, Too? An Interview with 21c Curator Alice Gray Stites – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Above: a view of a Nightwatch room, and an oil painting by Ruth Owens on display at 21c Oh, pardon my coastal ignorance! You have just announced the Nightwatch immersive Suites. It is described as a “sleep-in installation” and a ‘sensory experience where “The moving light uncovers the animated magic hidden within the forest, reminding read more
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Brett Douglas Hunter: A “Do It Yourself” Artist – Hi-Fructose Magazine
(Above, Top-Bottom: Creature sculptures at Creature Camp, Ashland City, TN, 2020 to present, photo credit Monica Murray, Even more creature sculptures at Creature Camp, Ashland City, TN, 2020 to present, photo credit Monica Murray, “Pink Polycephalupagus”, in studio at Soft Junk, Nashville, TN, 2022, photo by Monica Murray) Since 2018, Hunter has been making work read more
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Rick Baker Takes On Death and Monsters In First Solo Art Show – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Yes, I suppose I’m responsible for a lot of childhood traumas… (Above: Popeye 3-D print digitally sculpted by Rick Baker in Z brush, Halloween costumes for Rick Baker‘s daughters latex masks sculpted traditionally by Rick Baker/Costumes by Rick and Silvia Baker, “Thorn”,acrylic on canvas and “Max IlLa”, acrylic on canvas) Do you feel a sense read more
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Midnite Rooms: The Art of Matthew Palladino – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF IT, THE ACT OF PAINTING USING WATERCOLORS ON PAPER, THE BLEEDING FLOWS, THE REACTION OF THE PAPER, THE LUSH BEAUTY OF THE BRUSHES, THE SPEED OF THE MEDIUM AND ITS UNFORGIVING-NESS I FOUND VERY ALLURING.” His unusual compositions tend to disobey laws of time and space. Considering read more
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For Artist Darel Carey: It All Starts With a Line – Hi-Fructose Magazine
THIS CAN BE THE PIECE ITSELF,” HE REALIZED OF THE GRID TAPE. “IT DOESN’T SOLELY HAVE TO BE IN THE BACKGROUND.” “How is this going to be experienced? That’s the main thing I’m thinking about when making a piece,” Carey said. He hopes that viewers encounter his art and are changed, even in a small read more
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In The Fanciful Depictions of Magda Kirk Massive Deity-Like Characters Reign Over An Inter-dimensional World – Hi-Fructose Magazine
In the fanciful depictions of Magda Kirk, massive deity-like characters reign over an interdimensional world comprised of emotion, self-awareness, and unlimited possibility. They are unabashedly seen strutting, stretching, flexing, or idly reclining in blissful states of reverie. In this realm, hues of fuchsias, purples, and golds radiate from within and without her subjects, spreading delicious read more
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Subtle: The Graphite Drawings of Ozabu – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Ozabu captures the minutiae of the body– the lines in the palm of a hand, the slight crease in the middle of the rib cage– but she leaves the emotions conveyed, and the story told, up to the viewer. What’s stunning about Ozabu’s portraits is the way she connects humanity and nature. You’ll notice the read more
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It’s About Time: Bisa Butler Reconstructs The Historical Narrative – Hi-Fructose Magazine
When you look at my work, you are looking at what I want to show you, and how I feel that black people want to be seen. So, if you were to go into a home, and ask to see a family photo album, those are the type of photos you are going to see. read more
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