A selection of paintings by artist Camille Bernard. Bernard graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2016. Her work explores themes of community, care, transformation, and adaptability through representations of human forms that appear both reassuring and disquieting. Whether poised and unconcerned, humorous or emotive, Bernard’s characters evolve fluidly with the landscapes they inhabit: “Bounded together by gestures of […]
A mysterious ongoing series by Phoenix-based photographer Adam Riding. Influenced by documentary photographers such as August Sanders, Riding’s black and white work explores the metaphorical elements of light and dark, truth and falsity. Captured in the American Southwest, the series highlights the relationship between land, animals, and its human inhabitants through expressions of loss, brutality, and survival: “The project explores […]
New “Uninhibited” Art Scene in Allapattah, MiamiClara Vanessa Avalo and her Uninhibited Urban Art Magazine mounted their own celebratory event full of artists and fans this year in Allapattah, a gritty neighborhood adjacent to the glaring spotlight…
Oakland, California-based artist Kyle Austin Dunn explores the versatility of lines — the many ways in which they can be both used and interpreted — in his elaborate, colorful paintings. “One use is as a tool to turn an abstract thought or impulse into a concrete impression,” he explains. “In many cases, line work requires deliberate thought from the viewer […]
A selection of images by Toronto-based photographer Delali Cofie. While Cofie takes on a variety of editorial and commercial projects, his personal work aims to highlight beauty while also addressing sociopolitical themes. For example, his recent show (“A Place of Ours”) is both a love letter to his native country of Ghana as well as an exploration of broader ideas […]
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! Jesus it’s rough out there! Throwing a frisbee could cause a heart attack in this heat wave. This situation is like the polar opposite of a winter snowstorm that forces everyone to stay inside their apartments. Believe it or not, in this city we have such extremes. We gave you Trump and we […]
Christschurch in New Zealand has seen a boom in street art for the last decade, which many attributes to the devastating earthquake that killed nearly 200 people in 2011. Rising like a creative phoenix on painted walls, street artists’ flood of public works is credited for summoning a community strength and beauty here in Ōtautahi, the name given to this […]
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening:1. URBAN NATION 2022 – “Talking… & Other Banana Skins” – on FWTV2. Flower Punk”- Azuma Makoto3. JR: Can Art Change the World? In his first official visit back to Urban Nation since its opening in 2017, Fifth Wall host Doug Gillen finds a […]
Born and based in San José, Costa Rica, photographer Allan Salas describes his practice as a poetic exploration revolving around introspection and self-analysis through themes of mortality, the passage of time, and the relationship between nature and the self. Salas began his project, “The Rooted Heart Began to Change,” shortly after the death of his grandmother, and his father’s heart […]
July 21, 2022 Artists Mexican street artist Said Dokins clearly loves towers to create his work upon. And he adores covering them with all sorts of cryptic symbols and stylized letter forms. Now we find him doing a decidedly high-gloss version as inscrutable mirrored kinetic sculpture in the streets for people to study, peer into, contemplate, and pose in front […]