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Miguel Escobar’s Desolate Explorations of Humanity

Human artifacts and animals fill the subdued oil paintings of Miguel Escobar. And though many works appear without actual people, the artist is often exploring humanity through these desolate, beast-filled scenes.

“In my paintings I try to make images with concentration of reality but not the reality itself, with magic, memory, beauty and representing the human condition through symbolic elements and letting the viewer complete his own history by his experiences knowledge of art and history,” the artist says.

The 26-year-old Colombia native studied at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy, with Odd Nerdrum in Norway, with David Manzur in Colombia, and with Vincent Desiderio in Belgium before settling in New York, where he now lives and works. The artist has taken part in group and solo shows in Sicily, Bogota, and Manizales.

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Agostino Arrivabene, alchemy art, oil painting

May 12, 2017

Italian artist Agostino Arrivabene paints otherworldly scenes that move between the romantic and the terrifying. His paintings, often oil on wood, both reference and emulate age-old concepts of transformation, death, and bonds between subjects and concepts of alchemy. At times, the works rely on familiar symbology; in other works, the image appears as something wholly novel. The artist was last featured on HiFructose.com here.

Daniela Gallego’s Intimate Illustrations

Daniela Gallego, figurative, illustration

January 10, 2018

Colombia-born illustrator Daniela Gallego crafts intimate, whimsical illustrations that move between the fantastic and the deeply human. She has created pieces for children's books and commercial clients while crafting her own gallery work. For effect, the artist often uses reflections and shadows to add a wondrous quality to her images.

Christine Wu Portrays Fragmented, Restless Subjects in “Sleepless”

Christine Wu, Figurative Art, oil painting

January 25, 2016

Christine Wu's oil paintings feature multi-layered images of figures with haunting and sensual undertones, often reminiscent of double-exposure photography. She likens the people that she paints to apparitions, displaying a sort of uneasy flux about them and evoking a sense of nostalgia for distant memories. When we last caught up with her, Wu explained, "The concept behind the work is a variation of the ideas that appear throughout my paintings: the feeling of or search for transcendence." Since then, Wu has moved from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, New York, where she has been busy working on her latest body of work that debuted over the weekend at Thinkspace Gallery in Los Angeles.

Jesse Thompson’s Surreal, Narrative Sculptures

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June 5, 2018

The surreal sculptures of Jesse Thompson pair youthful figures with massive, weathered "lifecasts", revealing deeper themes within each scene. The artist says these narrative three-dimensional scenes are inspired by comics and other forms of sequential art.

Miguel Escobar’s Desolate Explorations of Humanity

Agostino Arrivabene’s New Otherworldly Oil Paintings

Daniela Gallego’s Intimate Illustrations

Christine Wu Portrays Fragmented, Restless Subjects in “Sleepless”

Jesse Thompson’s Surreal, Narrative Sculptures

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