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The Respect He So Richly Deserves: The Art of Wayne White

Wayne White’s pictures start with thrift store paintings... White seizes on a startup surface that was a middle class decorator staple in the ‘50s and ‘60s.. read Mat Gleason's article on the artist by clicking above!

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Roller Derby “Kisses”: The Beautifully Bruised Paintings of Riikka Hyvonen

rom the elbowing to the knee-shoving, there’s no denying that the full-contact, female-dominated sport of roller derby is a
badass one. And so are the women who play it. Their ability to take a hard hit and get back up again is the epitome of girl
power—and has inspired Finnish artist Riikka Hyvönen to make their unapologetically bruised butts the stars of her artworks.. Read Caro's full article on the artist by clicking above!

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Matthew Hansel’s Hidden Demons

“What I am advocating for is a type of grace,” says Matthew Hansel. “Both in the way we see ourselves and in the way we see others. I am celebrating the impossible mix of contradictory things that make us human, including the parts of ourselves we hide from the world.” Hansel’s tour of our hidden […]

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Accepting Their Strangeness: the Sculptures of Clementine Bal

With works that simultaneously convey the awe of nature and the whimsy of fairy tales, Clémentine Bal sculpts a world full of wonder and imagination. Read Liz Ohanesian's full article on the Hf 63 cover artist by clicking above.

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Pedro Pedro transforms The Everyday into Vibrant Inanimate Portraits

With dye-like paints on raw linen, Pedro Pedro creates vivid still lifes. He depicts bounties of fruit, large
bouquets of flowers in full bloom, piles of clothes, and tables overflowing with art supplies—juxtaposing
both tidy and disheveled scenes of abundance throughout his body of work... Read the full article by clicking above!

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The Drawings of Femke Hiemestra Depict Fairy Tales with Looming Consequences

In a world not so unlike our own, during a time not that long ago, a mother wolf sits comfortably upon an abandoned tree stump in a clearing in the woods. Surrounded by carefully rendered flora and fauna, the creature is positioned upright with impeccable posture and human-like mannerisms. Her hind legs are crossed at […]

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Happy 80th Birthday to The Pope of Trash: An Interview With John Waters

To celebrate the cult movie director’s 80th birthday, we bring you our interview with John Waters from Hi-Fructose Isssue 69. You can still get a copy in print of this issue here. Happy Birthday to The King of Puke! ABOVE: Portrait of John Waters, photo by Greg Gorman, © Academy Museum Foundation Early on in the […]

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Deciphering the “Gibberish Drawings” of Ori Toor

“I'm not even sure I have an imagination anymore,” Toor says. “Or maybe my process of imagining became fully visual: I need to draw and see things in order to imagine new things. Things happen on the canvas and not in my head so much. It's really important for me to stay surprised. I don't see much point in making anything that I can predict..." Read the full article on Ori Tor by clicking above.

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Baroque-style Painter Nieves González distorts trappings of traditional portraiture to exalt modern-day women

At some point, I realized I didn’t want to choose between the past and the present. I was interested in allowing them to coexist,” says baroque-style painter Nieves González, who distorts trappings of traditional portraiture to exalt modern day women. Her recent portrait of British pop star Lily Allen, for example, places contemporary attitude—and fashion—within […]

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