Graphite drawings by Bristol-based artist and illustrator Owen Gent (previously featured here). Gent works primarily on commissioned projects such as book cover design, editorial illustration and children’s book illustration. He also works on self-authored projects such as this. Started in 2018, Gent’s ongoing series presents reactions to the work of Archaic Greek poet Sappho, born in Lesbos around 620BC. Much […]
We are skillful in avoiding discussing the elephant in the room: our relationship with the Earth and its natural elements, which are negatively impacted by our actions. This is perhaps the biggest issue that polluting industries and war-makers try to ignore, even as they steal the future from all of our children. Swiss duo Nevercrew masterfully depicts this metaphor in […]
A collection of photographs about finding the strange beauty in the decay of the ordinary by artist and filmmaker Dorian Tocker. Born in Brooklyn and currently based in Los Angeles, Tocker holds an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute, where he studied with Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi. His work reveals the poetry hiding in plain sight. “I’m good, […]
Parees Festival Brings Asturias’ Past and Future to Life In its seventh year, the Parees Festival continues to enrich Oviedo’s urban landscape, adding three new murals and bringing its collection to a remarkable total of forty works. Local, national, and international artists have left their mark on the city through this contextual muralism festival, each piece echoing the rich cultural […]