Can you share a little context or a story about this specific artwork? ‘Protecting a Small and Steady Flame’ is one of the more personal paintings that I’ve done. I often start off my work, meditatively putting down angular lines and layering textures and washes, until images start to form and I lean into the direction that the painting is […]
Ella & Pitr on Utsira Island, Norway with NuartFor the ninth straight year, BSA will bring Nuart to our readers – artists, academics, collectors, instructors, curators, fanboys/girls, photographers, organizers, all. Not sure who else has been cove…
Photographer Cleo Goossens has fond memories of her annual family vacation along France’s Route du Soleil—a nostalgic destination for her parents, who spent their first holiday together there in 1981. The Route du Soleil became the starting point for her series and subsequent photobook by the same name, eventually branching out to include other meaningful locations. With her camera, she […]
50 Years From Selma, Jetsonorama and Equality in BrooklynFrom Selma to Ferguson, Birmingham to Charleston, Jimmie Lee Jackson to Michael Brown, Street Artist Jetsonorama is crossing the country from Arizona to New York and a half-century of America’s strugg…
It is a long way to start considering yourself the artist. While some of us have it in blood, others need to work very hard for success. Francisco Fonseca has it all – a true talent and the ability to create dozens of illustrations only to make himself better. Living his artistic life in Porto, he seems very happy about his […]
Welcome to BSA Images of the Week. Colors wash over the city again, the greys now fading to the background. Even now, we stand in the shadow of war and all those who profit from it. Nevertheless, thanks to artists the streets are popping with promises, warnings, aspirations, exhortations, codes, and proclamation. Here’s our weekly interview with the street, this […]
Memory in a Mexican Supermax: Said Dokins Pours Humanity into a MuralNo matter the person’s path to get here, few people inside or outside are convinced that the system is just or constructive for the greater good. Here in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, artist Said Dokin…
Photos Of BSA 2021: #4: Stylish, Tenacious, New York Pigeon for MayorWe’re celebrating the end of one year and the beginning of the next by thanking BSA Readers, Friends, and Family for your support in 2021. We have selected some of our favorite shots from the yea…
New paintings by Montreal-based artist Dan Climan (previously featured here). An exploration into the act of looking, Climan’s latest series charts the differences between ‘looking at’ and ‘looking in,’ as well as the related tension of being apart from something and a part of something: “[These are] feelings that have been intensified by the isolation of recent years and the […]
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