The 78th Volume of Hi-Fructose is here.
The New
Contemporary
Art Magazine
Hi-Fructose is a quarterly print art magazine founded by artists Attaboy and Annie Owens in 2005. Hi-Fructose focuses squarely on the art which transcends genre and trend, assuring readers thorough coverage and content that is informative and original. Hi-Fructose showcases an amalgamation of new contemporary, emerging as well distinguished artists, with a spotlight on awe inspiring spectacles from round the world.
Good night (to all the good people)
Eye shadow art from Anika Leila @anikaleila
Daisuke Tajima is putting things in perspective. @tiendao06
Laura Jennifer White’s animations are simple, yet powerful.
“Heart break”
@loops.w
More dis-armingly adorable tanks please.
from Hinata Ukai.
@hinata.ukai
“At some point, I realized I didn’t want to choose between the past and the present. I was interested in allowing them to coexist,” says baroque-style painter Nieves González, who distorts trappings of traditional portraiture to exalt modern day women. Her recent portrait of British pop star Lily Allen, for example, places contemporary attitude—and fashion—within an old-world mood, as if closing the gap between the two. This bridging of eras breaks apart our pictorial memory of noble women portrayed across centuries, rearranged into something fluid, timeless. As someone who has spent years submerged in seventeenth-century art training, yet lives very much in the now, González is a voice for all generations.
“Painting figures of classical construction dressed in contemporary garments allows me to speak about our time without breaking with tradition. For me, painting doesn’t need to reject its history to be relevant—it can transform it from within,” says the Spanish artist. Gracefully, González balances the serious with the playful, showing that a women may be as saintlike as she is sassy. By satirically holding a blown-up animal such as dolphin—biblically shown wrapped around an anchor (in this case, the woman herself) to symbolize Jesus on the cross—her sacredness is recontextualized in ways simply more relatable in modern times.
Read the full article by Zara Kand on @nievesgonnzalez in the latest issue of Hi-Fructose.
This may be the best thing you see all day. We fully endorse such behavior. The world needs artists.
Says musician/artist Tani:
“Tiago waited for a half an hour for me to set up and was my first of the day☺️ (parents and younger sis were watching from the side with utter joy and approval)”
More at @legwurk
Do you know the work of Carolina Munoz?
It’s strange, lumpy, and wants to melt you with flaming barf.
@carolinamunoz7
Late To The Party is the latest collection of watercolors from Annie Owens on view this Saturday in Portland at @brassworksgallery Rendered in blues and deep grays, the works explore themes of generational baggage, wisdom, personal identity, love and conflict. Owens’ narratives never connect all freckled dots for the us; leaving room for the viewer to complete the mystery.
@annieowensart
