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Good Pain: The Broken Skate Deck Sculptures of Haroshi

Discussing Haroshi's work is impossible without having a conversation about skateboarding. The Japanese artist's wood sculptures—objects composed of skate decks that look as if they have been melted into new forms through an obscure alchemy—balance loud, in-your-face subject matter with painstakingly laborious craft. Read all about the artist by clicking above!

“Turn The Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose” Exhibition Will Tour to Ohio

Virginia MOCA is pleased to announce "Turn The Page: The First Ten Tears of Hi-Fructose", a ten-year retrospective celebrating the artists from the pages of Hi-Fructose Magazine, will travel to the Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio and will be on view from February to May 2017. This unprecedented exhibition of the 50 foremost contemporary artists of our time will open at Virginia MOCA this spring, May 2016, featuring a variety of media including sculpture, installation, painting, ceramics as well as interactive community outreach and satellite exhibitions. A wide selection of educational programming, film screenings, panel discussions, master classes and events will provide the public an opportunity to interact with the art and artists in exciting new ways.

Kate MccGwire’s Writhing, Absorbing Feather Sculptures Remix the Natural World

Kate MccGwire’s anthropomorphic pieces exude a naturally sourced beauty as they writhe and loom in place. Much of her sculptural and installation work uses materials from the animal world, like pheasant and crow feathers, to create something new entirely. The British sculptor uses a dozen verbs to describe what she does: "I gather, collate, re-use, layer, peel, burn, reveal, locate, question, duplicate, play and photograph."

Kate MccGwire: Powerfully Quiet

Kate MccGwire creates spellbinding, darkly sensual sculptures by layering feathers over serpentine structures. Read Kirsten Anderson's full article on the artist by clicking above, with photos courtesy of Tessa Angus 

Subtle: The Graphite Drawings of Ozabu

Based in Japan’s western countryside, Ozabu merges reality and fantasy with impeccably precise and highly detailed narrative drawings. Read Liz Ohanesian's full article on the artist by clicking above.

Amy Sherald’s American Sublime

Once scheduled to be on view at the Smithsonian's National Portrait gallery, Amy Sherald's American Sublime is now on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art after the artist pulled the exhibit, asserting that she could not 'comply with a culture of censorship" Read the full article on the exhibition from our recent issue, after it premiered at the SFMOMA by clicking above!

Grip Face Mirrors Modern Digital Anxiety With Fresh & Furry Artworks

Okuda: Full Color Chaos

In galleries, churches, museums, on walls, and the streets, Okuda San Miguel lights up spaces with his faceted surrealism. Read the full article on the artist by James Charisma by clicking above.

Amandine Urruty: Wunderkammers & The Monocromatic Dream State

Building a wunderkammer is a surrealist exercise, in a way,” Paris-based Amandine Urruty explains of the cabinet of curiosities motif that appears in her work. “I tend to gather objects I like, ‘90's toys, luxury vases, miniature chairs and a bunch of skulls. The cabinet of curiosity is a decor, and each case of it is a decor inside the decor, where small characters play small sketches.” Read Liz ohanesian's full article on the artist by clicking above.

Murray Bowles Documented The Bay Area Punk Scene of the 90s, From The Inside

Murray Bowles was, by all accounts, the very best kind of artist. For more than forty years, he was in regular attendance at punk shows billing up-and-coming bands in ramshackle and makeshift venues throughout Northern California (particularly in the East Bay). Read Jessica Tagami's full article by clicking above.

One Second After: The Art of Lola Dupre

With a two-headed, dozen-eyed Mona Lisa, a disjointed Frida Kahlo exploding like tiny little pieces of glass, and a tiny Napoleon in Egypt sitting on a gargantuan, long-limbed horse, collage artist and illustrator Lola Dupre proves that there’s art to be done after art is… well… done. Click above to read the full article by Liana Aghajanian.
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