#contemporary artists

[davewatt]

"Poor Things" poster by David Watt

[antoniettabrandeisova]

Athalia (detail), Annie Stegg Gerard

[thefugitivesaint]

A brief retrospective on the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and “her hallucinogenic vision of the world” which is, in part, a manifestation of her own mental illness. “Art has always been a method of healing for Kusama, who has spoken openly about her mental health and has chosen to live in a psychiatric facility in Japan. ‘I fight pain, anxiety, and fear every day, and the only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art. Painting helps me to keep away thoughts of death for myself. That is the power of art,’ she said.” (Source)

[oliviaalexandraamores]

Art by Katie Daisy 💐

[alifeoffairytales]

Jungsuk Lee

[paperback-ghost]

“Out of Egypt” (2021) by Malgorzata Mirga-Tas

“Caravan Under Two Cypress Trees” (2001) by Gabi Jimenez

“Untitled" (1995) by Ceija Stojka

[mezimraky]

TREE-HUGGERS, by Michalina W. Klasik

DEFORESTATION IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE MASSIVE EXTINCTION OF SPECIES; IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS LEADING US TOWARDS A CLIMATE CATASTROPHE. POLAND LEADS AMONG EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN THE RANKING OF LOGGING INTENSITY. THE OLDEST AND MOST VALUABLE FOREST ARE SYSTEMATICALLY CUT DOWN. 

— I can also see it in ”my” forest. Every wander there is imprinted with bright orange spots — the paint, marking the trees to be cut, „glows” from the next and next trunks. Too many. The orange spots stay under my eyelids when I return from the forest. Along with this image comes a fear of the future. At the same time, I find the internet full of photos of people taking pictures of themselves while hugging trees. They embrace them tenderly, with care.  I save these photos and process them so that facial features and clothing details are blurred, colors faded. The figures begin to emanate an inner light, to resemble each other, to connect — as if they belong to a single, mysterious tribe — global, great, good. The term "Tree-huggers” in English means not only people who like to hug trees and draw energy from them, but also ecologists\ those who stand up for nature. A few years ago Polish activists chained themselves to trees in defense of Bialowieza Forest, the oldest forest in Europe. It is said that the first "tree-huggers” were 294 men and 69 women belonging to the Hindu tribe of Bishnois, who in 1730 died trying to protect the forest in their village from being turned into raw material to build a palace. In dying, they held the trees in their embrace until the end.

Their\ours struggle continues. Here, now, still.

[florjus]

Basquiat Globe

[cieuxgris]

André Aciman

Art by: Reza Amrullah

[michaelmathewsart]

“Tipping Points

[Fragments series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on canvas

11x14 inches

2024

www.michaelmathewsart.com

[sarahvansloten]

Dried petals and leaves garland (2023), acrylic paint on cut paper with cotton cord

[davewatt]

David Watt - X-Men #25 watercolor, 2024

[the-cricket-chirps]

Okamoto Ryusei

Sayaka (B) - First Love No. 19

2001

[uncannyarchive]

Nobuyoshi Araki

[oliviaalexandraamores]

Art by Christina Glihahttps 💄

[hokeoutsider]

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