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Kip Omolade’s Reflective Paintings Reference African Traditions

Kip Omolade's "Diovadiova Chrome" portrait series brings out the striking qualities of the human face. The artist takes inspiration from African folk art forms such as the ivory masks of Benin and the Ife bronze heads of Nigeria. He considers his work a contemporary exploration of the mask as a conduit between mankind and the spirit world. For his updated take on this timeworn subject matter, Omilade makes plaster casts of models' faces and uses them to create resin sculptures, which he coats with chrome and embellishes with fake eyelashes. The masks serve as reference material for Omolade's hyperrealist oil paintings, which pay homage to African cultural traditions in a novel way.

Kip Omolade’s “Diovadiova Chrome” portrait series brings out the striking qualities of the human face. The artist takes inspiration from African folk art forms such as the ivory masks of Benin and the Ife bronze heads of Nigeria. He considers his work a contemporary exploration of the mask as a conduit between mankind and the spirit world. For his updated take on this timeworn subject matter, Omilade makes plaster casts of models’ faces and uses them to create resin sculptures, which he coats with chrome and embellishes with fake eyelashes. The masks serve as reference material for Omolade’s hyperrealist oil paintings, which pay homage to African cultural traditions in a novel way.

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hyperrealism, Kip Omolade, painting

eco art, John Guy Petruzzi, painting

December 5, 2017

John Guy Petruzzi uses watercolor and acrylics on synthetic paper for his vivid explorations on ecological disaster. The vibrant pops across these scenes from the natural world may be intriguing, but they tell a story far more ugly. As fellow painters Lauren Marx and Tiffany Bozic explore the dire consequences of our actions in meditations on life and death, Petruzzi also adds to this conversation a clashing and blending of textures and materials.

Haunting Depictions of Decay by Lauren Marx

drawing, Lauren Marx, painting

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The Dream-Like Paintings of Christian Vincent

Christian Vincent, painting, surrealism

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Helena Pérez García’s Stirring, Lush Illustrations

Helena Pérez García, illustration, painting

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Kip Omolade’s Reflective Paintings Reference African Traditions

John Guy Petruzzi’s Paintings Encounter Ecological Disasters

Haunting Depictions of Decay by Lauren Marx

The Dream-Like Paintings of Christian Vincent

Helena Pérez García’s Stirring, Lush Illustrations

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