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The Recent Kinetic, Mixed-Media Works of Li-Hill

Whether in a gallery or on a public wall, Li-Hill’s hybrid imagery carries distinctive energy, movement, and weight. The Brookyln-based artist uses painting, stenciling, and sculptural elements to create those pieces, often packed with social observation. The artist was last featured on HiFructose.com here.

“Li-Hill’s work attempts to decipher the complexities of the rapid development in our modern age. Through the western gaze Li-Hill points to the devastating effects of capitalist culture on the individual psyche, his work serves as a template for the ramifications felt on a global scale. The work mirrors the perception of the westerner attempting to comprehend, disentangle and redress. Born out of suppression, it becomes a manifestation portraying the skewed image of the imprint our culture has globally.”

See more of his recent work below.

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Li-Hill, Mixed Media, painting

David Ambarzumjan, oils, painting

April 13, 2019

David Ambarzumjan’s large strokes across scenes reveal either what once existed or what will come to pass in landscapes through time. The 20-year-old painter, based in Munich, uses oils to craft these scenes, but has also experimented in watercolors, acrylics, pastels, and other materials. The particular series above and below, titled “Brushstrokes in Time,” take on differing eras of history.

Rebecca Morgan’s Portraits of Rural People Reference Her Upbringing

drawing, painting, Portraiture, Rebecca Morgan

August 22, 2016

Rebecca Morgan’s portraits of country folk are delightfully weird if somewhat off-putting. Set in hunting camps and other woodsy environments, the artist's work is an exploration of rural and off-the-grid culture, featuring an array of eccentric characters. Her paintings and drawings bounce between humorous, ambivalent and grotesque depictions of everyday existence in rural Appalachia, inspired by the artist's upbringing in a small town in central Pennsylvania. Check out more of her work on Instagram.

Eddy Stevens’s Paintings Hint at Supernatural Occurrences

Eddy Stevens, painting

June 16, 2014

Belgian-born, French-based artist Eddy Stevens's rich paintings convey the presence of otherworldly forces. In one piece, small rocks float inside a room as if magnetized, ready to launch an attack at a vulnerable, nude character cowering in the corner. In other pieces, human bodies improbably float, hovering in cannonball positions that seem too static to abide by the normal laws of gravity. There appears to be an energetic forcefield in this strange world set in the wooded European countryside. His disrobed characters (which Stevens models after his wife) suggest a return to a more primal way of being, which Stevens depicts with technical mastery. Take a look at some of his recent work after the jump.

James Guppy’s Elegant, Absurdist Acrylic Paintings

acrylic, James Guppy, painting

November 22, 2018

James Guppy’s recent acrylic paintings on fabric, juxtaposing floral arrangements and contemporary businessmen, play with “the history of paint and value.” The artist showed his recent body of work in a run at Jan Murphy Gallery, titled "The Venal Garden." Though absurdist initially in appearance, the works have a specific historical consideration.

The Recent Kinetic, Mixed-Media Works of Li-Hill

David Ambarzumjan’s Paintings Traverse Time

Rebecca Morgan’s Portraits of Rural People Reference Her Upbringing

Eddy Stevens’s Paintings Hint at Supernatural Occurrences

James Guppy’s Elegant, Absurdist Acrylic Paintings

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