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February 18, 2018
Andy Smith

Diego Moreno’s ‘Guardians of Memory’ Explore Mexican Tradition

In the La Merced neighborhood in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico, costumed characters hit the streets to welcome the feast day of Our Lady of La Merced and reflect the sins of the wearer. In Diego Moreno’s photo series “Guardians of Memory,” he navigates this tradition in his old neighborhood and explores converging cultures by placing these monsters in domestic situations.

“For me, the ‘Panzudos Mercedarios’ have come to represent the inhabitants of my own unconscious and a passage to another realm,” the photographer told The Culture Trip in an interview. “I know they’re not real people but they provide a framework for understanding the human condition, allowing me to reveal secret truths and reflect upon all misunderstood and marginal things.”

See more photos from the series below.

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Diego Moreno, Photography, surrealism

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Michelle Avery Konczyk’s painted scenes use elements from the human body and the natural world, with absorbing and unsettling results. The works are often rendered in watercolor on paper mounted to panel for both a delicate, moody sensibility. The artist was last featured on HiFructose.com here.

Amandine Urruty’s New Drawings Overflow with Fantasical Characters

Amandine Urruty, drawing, graphite, pencil, surrealism

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Paris, France based artist Amandine Urruty has always overflowed her whimsical drawings with fantastical characters. First featured on our blog here, Urruty is unique in her near exclusive use of the pencil medium. There is something about a pencil's 'primitive' and simple nature that initially attracted her to it. Her illustrations exhibit a remarkable control of the medium, and despite its easy use, she says, she is able to embellish her work with detail and varied palette. Most recently, her palette is almost entirely monochromatic black and white.

Akishi Ueda’s Surreal, Fantastical Sculptures

Akishi Ueda, sculpture, surrealism

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Sarah Anne Johnson’s Painted, Etched Erotic Photographs

Photography, Sarah Anne Johnson

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Canadian photographer Sarah Anne Johnson captures impassioned moments, expressing the emotion behind them by painting and etching directly onto her prints. In her latest series, "Wanderlust," the artist captured sexual intimacy, photographing partners as well as individuals. Johnson's view of eroticism comes across subtly. None of her models appear to be performing for the camera. They seem so at ease that one begins to wonder how Johnson gained access into her subjects' most private experiences. The abstract embellishments she adds to her photos float like auras around the figures, as if the psychic connection between them has become tangible for us to witness.

Diego Moreno’s ‘Guardians of Memory’ Explore Mexican Tradition

The Eerie Watercolor Works of Michelle Avery Konczyk

Amandine Urruty’s New Drawings Overflow with Fantasical Characters

Akishi Ueda’s Surreal, Fantastical Sculptures

Sarah Anne Johnson’s Painted, Etched Erotic Photographs

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