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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

Jade Rivera, mural, painting, street art

January 7, 2015

Peruvian artist Jade Rivera pays homage to the locals of his native Lima and other cities he visits in his travels with large-scale murals, watercolors, and oil paintings. His work typically starts with a realistically rendered human figure. Rivera adds surreal details by smudging the colors and adding ghostly silhouettes. He is particularly interested in the connection between humans and animals. Depicted in masks or as apparitions, the creatures in his work seem to function as spirit guides for the people he paints.

Brett Crawford’s Painted Narratives Come to 111 Minna Gallery

Brett Crawford, painting, surrealism

June 22, 2018

Artist Brett Crawford looks at his pieces as collaborations between the work and the viewer, each an inviting narrative. His new show at 111 Minna Gallery, "Caravan," features paintings that blend pop culture, mythology, and otherwise odd moments. The show kicks off on July 6.

Christian Edler’s Self Portraits Show the Artist At Odds with Himself

Christian Edler, painting

March 20, 2015

Christian Edler's self-portraits hint at an inner conflict brewing within the artist's psyche. Edler uses his own likeness for surrealist visual experiments, painting himself with various mutations that explore the battles we have with ourselves. In one work, Edler's face multiplies over and over, creating a web of mouths, fingers, and eye sockets that seems bent on destroying itself. In another piece, he collapses face down in resignation, his face cracking like a ceramic vase. Other works are more hopeful, however, like the one where he cuts himself loose from puppet strings and heads towards a new destiny.

Ellen de Meijer’s Painted Characters Reflect Periled Planet in ‘#CO2’

Ellen de Meijer, figurative, painting

April 8, 2019

Ellen de Meijer’s new paintings show how contemporary norms and social mobility has come at the cost of our planet’s health. "#CO2," a show opening at UNIX Gallery on April 11, shows characters at times taking small measures to protect themselves from the elements, while the greater threat to all looms. The gallery says that in this show, viewers can find “a collection of stoic, uncomfortable characters unabashedly displaying their wealth.”

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

Jade Rivera’s Murals Explore Spiritual Connections Between People and Animals

Brett Crawford’s Painted Narratives Come to 111 Minna Gallery

Christian Edler’s Self Portraits Show the Artist At Odds with Himself

Ellen de Meijer’s Painted Characters Reflect Periled Planet in ‘#CO2’

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