Stunning murals flourish across buildings, and dazzling canvas prints hang proudly throughout the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The artist responsible for these outstanding works of art is Theopolis Smith III, who is more typically known by the alias “Phresh Laundry.”
Not originally from Indiana, the artist was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but frequently jumped from city to city due to his dad’s business affairs. He eventually landed in Fort Wayne, through his father’s travels and instantly fell in love with the city and its people. Before long, Smith was being commissioned to curate extraordinary pieces for the city to marvel at.
When you walk along S Tryon street in Charlotte, North Carolina the neon sign of Whitney Austin’s Gallery of Art greets you along with window displays of stunning, afrocentric paintings, drawing you in to further explore the eccentric, bioluminescent-like artwork created by Whitney Austin.
Austin didn’t always trust her intuition while on her journey to become a professional painter, but luckily for us, she landed in the soil which she could best grow and flourish, after trying many different terrains first.
Several journalists, writers, art collectors, and media experts gathered at The High Museum of Art on Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 for the preview of the world-renowned, multifaceted artist KAWS’ new exhibition. The bunch stirred with anticipation to see the unique collection of prints and relish the first-hand experience and listen to the background story of how the elusive, divinely intoxicating prints came to be. I am one of the writers who was mesmerized by KAWS' art and took advantage of the opportunity.
Can a portrait of a person provoke a connection to the viewer without the viewer ever having met them? Is it possible to capture someone’s essence using brushstrokes and a blank canvas? UK artist Jane Frenchhas created a unique style that accomplishes this as she has portrayed the expressions of human connection through her breathtaking paintings.
Large portraits varying between uses of acrylic paintings and graphite brushstrokes can be seen at the DePaul Museum of Art. The artist responsible is Chicago’s very own Regin Igloria, who finds beauty in the urban landscapes of nature and an assortment of objects which encapsulate his childhood home. For Igloria, repurposing pieces together to form intricate sculptures brings him back to his days as a kid while also symbolizing the complex relationship between past and present.
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