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In a New Stop-Motion Film, Swoon Explores Trauma, Memory, and the Body
Caledonia Curry, aka Swoon, is known for her street art utilizing paper that’s pasted onto building walls, but the Brooklyn-based artist has made a recent pivot that transfers her mythical style to...
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Domestic Ceramics by Mechelle Bounpraseuth Infused with Culinary Life and...
All images © Mechelle Bounpraseuth, shared with permission Sydney-based artist Mechelle Bounpraseuth crafts life-sized ceramics that explore her identity as a first-generation daughter of Laotian...
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No Memory Is Ever Alone: A Photographer Reimagines Family Moments Using Her...
All images © Catherine Panebianco, shared with permission Jamestown, New York-based photographer Catherine Panebianco compresses the space between family memories and her life at present through her...
View ArticleListening to Swan Lake Awakens the Memory of a Former Ballerina with Alzheimer’s
We’re not crying, you’re crying. Music’s ability to improve the mood and boost cognitive skills in people with dementia has long been documented. “Music is no luxury to them, but a necessity,” wrote...
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Plants Embedded in Wax Sprout from Fragile Hands in Memory-Infused Works by...
All images © Valerie Hammond, shared with permission In Valerie Hammond’s series of wax drawings, protection is two-fold: the artist (previously) encases dried flowers and ferns in a thin layer of wax,...
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Impasto Layers Blur Portraits and Landscapes in Li Songsong’s Fragmented Oil...
“I Am What I Am” (2020), 120 x 100 centimeters. All images © Li Songsong, shared with permission Chinese artist Li Songsong (previously) obscures portraits and wider landscapes with thick dabs of oil...
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A House of Crimson Steel Vines Harbors Memory and Mourning in Wuhan...
All images by Jin Weiqi Rambling, weathered ivy constructs the walls of a home placed among the quiet, serene cemetery of Wuhan Shimenfeng Memorial Park. The project of designer Hu Quanchun of Field...
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Solitude and Nature’s Ephemerality Emanates from the Illuminated Forms in...
“Untitled” (2022), soft pastels and acrylic on paper, 12 x 9 inches. All images © Sung Hwa Kim, shared with permission A sense of solitude and the finitude of time pervade the quiet, introspective...
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Enigmatic Sketchbooks Record Visual Stories in Colored Pencil and Ink by...
All images © Katherine Akmulun, shared with permission One way to approach the cinematic sketchbook drawings by Katherine Akmulun is to think about literature. “When we read a book, not only do we look...
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Memory and Knowledge Intertwine in Chiharu Shiota’s Immersive String...
All images by Charles Roussel, courtesy of Galerie Templon, shared with permission In Signs of Life, a dense installation of knotted and wound string fills much of Galerie Templon’s New York space. The...
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Jeff Rubio Chains Ceramic Beads and Childhood Memory in Giant Lizard Sculptures
All Images © Jeff Rubio, shared with permission Anyone who grew up crafting with pony beads and cord will recognize the iconic beaded lizard. Dangling from backpacks traveling to and from grade school,...
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Stephanie Shih Wedges Mass Culture Against Loss in ‘American Gothic’
All photos by Robert Bredvad, courtesy of Harkawik, shared with permission In a world saturated with logos, branding, and advertisements, is it possible to find comfort in commercial objects? By...
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In Danym Kwon’s Vibrant Paintings, Domestic Objects Transform Into Portals to...
“Lean On Me” (2023), acrylic, acrylic gouache on canvas, 35.75 x 25.5 inches. All images © Danym Kwon, shared with permission, courtesy of Hashimoto Contemporary Circling the surfaces of vessels or...
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Working from Memory, Peter Uka Paints Vibrant Portraits of 1970s Nigeria
“First Ride” (2023). Photo by Fabrice Gousset. All images courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim, shared with permission “I see painting as a process, the finished work merely resembling the...
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Thibaut Derien Immortalizes the Aging Facades of France’s Shuttered Shops in...
All images © Thibaut Derien, shared with permission Shuttered blinds, peeling paint, and aging doors don’t usually indicate an invitation, but for French photographer Thibaut Derien, the fading facades...
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Akea Brionne’s Uncanny Rhinestone Tapestries Unsettle Memory and the Familiar
“Yakemein.” All images © Akea Brionne, shared with permission Woven into Akea Brionne’s glimmery Afro-surrealist tapestries is an impulse toward sustainability. With a degree in the subject and a...
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Saad Qureshi’s Elaborate Sculptures Play with Scale to Create Remembered and...
“Convocation” (2023), mixed media including wood, Idenden, sand, and paint, 640 x 200 x 200 centimeters. All images © Saad Qureshi, shared with permission Saad Qureshi’s Something About Paradise...
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Step Into Beguiling Bygone Eras in Jeff Bartels’s ‘Urban Glitch’ Series
Around the time he turned 50, Jeff Bartels (previously) found himself thinking more and more about memory and nostalgia. “It occurred to me that I could remember certain things from my past exactly,...
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Titus Kaphar Paints Memories, Family, and Grief into ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’
From a makeshift bike ramp to an uphill struggle with a lawn mower, the scenes in Titus Kaphar’s oil paintings are simultaneously familiar and personal. Drawing on memories, he contemplates the...
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