Brooklyn-based artist Swoon celebrates everyday people and explores social and environmental issues with her signature paper portraits and figurative installations. She is best known for her large, intricately-cut prints wheat pasted to industrial buildings in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Read the full article at https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/swoon/
Lori Earley is a contemporary surrealist figurative artist who began exhibiting her work in 2004. She describes her work, “My oil paintings are a combination of classical realistic rendering with a personal element of distortion” This distortion comes from an innate desire to transform her emotions into tangible planes that express what she feels, not what she sees. Read the full article at https://beautifulbizarre.net/2014/01/25/lori-earley/
Hajime Sorayama, the father of the sexy robot revolution. Though he began his work on sexy robots in 1983, it has only grown more relevant in our increasingly technological society. Internationally recognized as the primary innovator of realistic expressionism via his airbrush technique, Sorayama continues to inspire artists of all mediums: painters, sculptors, film directors, and fashion designers. Read the full article at https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/article/hajime-sorayama-machines-with-sex-appeal
The “Basic Instinct” and “Casino” actress makes her fine art debut with an L.A. exhibition called “Shedding.” Award-winning actress Sharon Stone is celebrating a new accolade. March 14 marked the opening of Shedding, her fine art debut, with Allouche in Los Angeles. Stars including Jamie Lee Curtis attended the unveiling of 17 acrylic paintings from Stone’s expansive portfolio, which also features watercolor portraits of her friends, including singer Rita Ora. Read the full article at https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/sharon-stone-sheds-layers-in-her-first-art-exhibit/
What’s the most prized possession in your home? And why? My most prized possession is a new painting entitled “Do Not Disturb,” which I purchased from the artist Frank Coffie. I love this painting because it reminds me of my uncles. When I was growing up, I had five uncles, and they played an important role in my life. The painting reminds me of how they used to look in old pictures from the ’70s and early ’80s; it’s very nostalgic. Read the full article: https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/cover-features/my-world-law-roach
The Seattle-born artist’s instantly recognisable form of self-expression is his airbrushed dog illustrations, which he uses in his work to erase the stigma of the graffiti scenes he grew up in. Completely self-taught, CHITO’s repeated dedication to his motifs have become his own hallmark style, with a set of characters that you’ll no doubt have seen grace your Instagram feed over the last five years. Read the full article at https://www.complex.com/style/a/jacob-davey/chito-interview
