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Hand coloured linocuts and paintings - Liz Somerville.

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Watercolor Landscapes Embodied by South African Wildlife

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The art of Aykut Aydoğdu

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Making everything a mystery, Dan-ah Kim

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Paintings by Lauren Brevner

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Research: Design in Nature

Today we are featuring insect plates from Research: Design in Nature, edited by John Gilbert Wilkins, published by the Field Museum of Natural History and the School of the Art Institute Chicago in 1924. The portfolio features over 200 leaves of plates that were printed in the Field Museum pressroom. The drawings featured in the plates were created by many different artists, including some of Wilkins’ students. The plates are photogravures, and Wilkins notes that “it is possibly the best method of reproducing the soft pleasing effects of the pencil renderings.”

Research: Design in Nature includes a wide variety of plant and animal drawings, highlighting the design elements that can be found in nature. Today we are focusing on insects because they show both the horrifying and beautiful aspects of the natural world.

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–Sarah, Special Collections Graduate Assistant

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Illustrations des années 1920 et 1930.

Au cours des années 1920 et 1930, à la croisée des ères Taishō jidai 大正時代 (1912-1926) & Shōwa jidai 昭和時代 (1926-1989) , le japon adopte de nouvelles formes de graphisme en guise de réponse au changement social qui déferle sur la nation.  

Une collection de posters, de couvertures de magazines et d’affiches publicitaires qui confèrent un aperçu de certaines des tendances prédominantes dans une société transformée par la percée de l’industrie et des technologies contemporaines.
Le graphisme et les couleurs employés des affiches nous renvoient à une époque ou les idéologies communiste et fasciste se répandent et séduisent l’Asie grâce à leurs propagandes. Les avancées artistiques et picturales européennes touchent aussi le sol nippon, donnant naissance à un syncrétisme fabuleux.

Les affiches frappent par leur qualité d’exécution. Elles sont si contemporaines qu’on en choisirait bien une pour l’afficher dans notre salon.

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Expressionist portraits by Victor Tkachenko

Victor Tkachenko received professional art training beginning at age ten and was one of few graduates to complete the extensive and rigorous program from the well-renowned Art School in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine. Working primarily with acrylic on board Victor displays a mastery of line and color through purposeful brushwork and a palette dominated by rich earth tones thickly applied to the ground. The physicality of his work is enhanced with accents of ink and, intermittently, the addition of industrial materials such as varnish and plaster. Throughout the various stages of his work, Victor’s figurative forms are drafted with elongated lines, exaggerated features and geometric patterns that recall the hand of Amedeo Modigliani and Gustav Klimt accented with a subtle cubist aesthetic.

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Morimura Ray

Unnatural Perspectives

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All images © Morimura Ray

Born in Tokyo in 1948, painter Morimura Ray graduated from Tokyo Gakugei University and began his career as a painter using abstract, geometric forms, later turning to woodblock printmaking.

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Paintings by Yis Goodwin (@nosego)

Yis “NoseGo” Goodwin is a Philadelphia-based artist with a passion for illustration and media arts. His work is inspired by what surrounds him and how elements of the environment are connected. Yis mixes fine art with a contemporary style to deliver highly energetic work. His designs feature an assemblage of patterns, vibrant colors, and characters derived from his imagination and his surrounding environment. His Facebook.

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