Pilar Aguero-Esparza’s Ferguson 7: Sepia and Mahogany (2017), crayon, color pencil on paper, is a simple yet powerful image of resistance.
OUT OF VERY LITTLE: A CONVERSATION WITH HELEN O’LEARY by Kay Whitney May/June 2024
At a distance, the monumental nine-panel painting appears to be an explosion of black calligraphic brushstrokes and electric neon-toned splashes. Wakana Kimura’s (b. 1978) work CHARACTER is a dynamic yet elegantly balanced exploration of the energy expressed in line and color, one that pays homage at once to the Abstract Expressionist movement of the West and the bold Zen Buddhist brush painting of her home country, Japan.
Philadelphia Art Alliance at UArts is proud to present (re)FOCUS:
Four women artists from Ireland and the diaspora explore notions of home, place and displacement
MacDowell has awarded the equivalent of more than $2.3 million in fellowships to 155 artists from 30 U.S. states and 14 countries
“The continued creativity of our state’s artist community never ceases to amaze me,”
Janyce Denise Glasper’s trip to Miami’s Art Basel and the allied fairs, Untitled and Prizm was lightning fast and filled with eye treats. Janyce highlights examples of diversity in the fairs, which historically have been criticized for their lack of inclusion. Enjoy this roundup of names and images of artists you may or may not be familiar with.
I am of mixed heritage—
Filipino and African American. The
traditional art forms of both my
ancestral cultures are connected to the
epistemology of the cultures—how they
envision the universe, their place within
the cosmos, and codes of conduct.
Bead work is steeped in these ways of
thinking with the colors and patterns
having meaning much deeper than on
an aesthetic level.