How much can you learn about a person just by looking at a silhouette of their face? Is it all in the eyes? Why does this obscured and distorted image of a face feel so alone?
These are the kinds of questions you might ask yourself while taking in some of the abstract portraitures of Kai Samuels Davis.
Throughout the history of humankind, people have been marking their skin with ink tattoos, and for thousands of years, these pieces of art on human canvases have served many different purposes. At the Atlanta tattoo festival, I learned that tattoos are a beautiful means of community and connection.As someone without tattoos, I dove “skin first” into an unknown territory.
Even if classic art has always been an integral part of her life, Nicolle Cure initially took a more pragmatic path. The young woman was born and grew up in Barranquilla, Colombia before coming to the states and settling in Florida for her academic education which could not have been more successful.
When Rebecca Mock began her first year at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore studying Fine Arts, she had no idea where her artistic journey would take her, but she always knew, even as an adolescent, that she lives and breathes art.
Installation art has been described as a three-dimensional mixed-media construction where an artist will use a space to create a series of ideas instead of individual pieces. These are often large-scale exhibits that are designed specifically for a particular location. This artform is made to challenge us to use our mind and requires us to engage with the artwork.
