Abstract artists tell their parents what their work is about
by Lenert Engleberts is a Dutch multi-media artist who writes and directs short films that make one ponder things such as procrastination, beauty, art and life. They are presented in an oddly humorous and artistic way. Even the commercial and print work he does is quite satisfying. This film is titled How To Explain It To My Parents.
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New online store sells Abel Macias designed fashion
I created a new shop recently that features artsy things: some limited edition prints, some t-shirts, and some bags. I consider the tees to be more like wearable art, all silkscreened and hand-dyed in my studio in Brooklyn. Read more
Zebra Katz (featuring Njena Reddd Foxxx)
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Cambridge artist Alan Warburton collaborated with a non-art audience to produce this series of work in which he asked volunteers to use fruit to explain politics: ‘In Caracas, Venezuela, volunteers explained the complex and lively political scene using melons, and in Cambridge, diverse residents used locally picked apples to explain the issues that affect the city’, he says of how the series unfolded. Read more
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