Perhaps the earliest of Brazilian folklore to be documented are tales of the Curupira, a fantastic entity that lived in the forest and fiercely protected its plants and animals. The Curupira had many powers and distinctive attributes, including red hair and feet turned backward to confuse hunters who might be tracking it. For Paulo Campos, the Curupira proved an irresistible subject when he set … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from the Phillipines, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in California? A: I was born in the Philippines and moved to Los Angeles when I was three; I've lived in or around LA ever since. I love living in here because there are so many things to do and so many different kinds of food to eat. Also, … Read the full Story >>
The work of Peru-born, New York City based illustrator Ronny Barrera was selected for the Latin American Ilustracion 1 and 2 competitions, and he was named a winner of LAI 3 as well. Barrera's latest winning work, a portrait of his nephew titled simply "Boy," began as a drawing and later developed into an illustration. "He has multi-cultural heritage, and I wanted to express … Read the full Story >>
Art on Paper, this week at Pier 36Talks / Art Fairs / Book Events / Screenings / and Beyond Wednesday, March 6 Art Talks, Stonewall 50: Love and Resistance | Photographs from the Stonewall Era, 6:30 pm. New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Auditorium, Fifth Avenue at 42ndStreet, NY, NY Register Friday, March 8-Sunday, March 10 How We See: Photobooks … Read the full Story >>
In the pre-digital age storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were hand-lettered with brush and paint. City neighborhoods, towns and villages had unique identities which were, in part, shaped by the painted word. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers … Read the full Story >>
The 2017 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbook, in which artists show their personal work and open a window onto their creative process, continues with Matt Rota, who lives and works in Brooklyn, and enjoys drawing in the city parks. I usually have a number of sketchbooks I’m working in at any given moment. I have one or two that are for anything, working … Read the full Story >>
Everyone is streaming now, including Time Inc.: Last week the company officially launched the People/Entertainment Weekly Network, a new ad-supported long-form video-on-demand (AVOD) network that purports to be the first solely pop culture- and celebrity-focused entry in the category. Is this the future of magazine journalism? "If you look at the subscription business, there are a lot of niche brands that have recently launched, … Read the full Story >>
The long wait is finally over. This week Forecast: Nozone X hits stores just in time for the last few weeks of summer reading. How long a wait? Four years, to be precise. Said by Wired to be "a perfect palate cleanser for a night of Fox News," Nozone skewers, gaffes, garrotes and otherwise thwacks conventional thought in ways that will have Johathan Swift … Read the full Story >>
Kyle T. Webster is a graphic force of nature, with a delightful and intelligent visual presence across a wide variety of mediums and platforms. "I try to get my paws into everything," says Webster, and he's been doing his best to make sure that happens. Webster is a frequent editorial illustrator for The New York Times and many other magazines and newspapers, a teacher, … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [your current locale]? A. I grew up in northern California, in a small rural town about an hour from Sacramento. I now live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, about half an hour from the city of Santa Cruz. It’s a beautiful area with lots of redwoods, … Read the full Story >>
With a new president only days away from assuming power, Oaxaca, Mexico, where I spent two years living between 2006 and 2008, has been on my mind. Given the perspective the president-elect has put forward that Mexicans are mostly rapist and murders, it seemed like a good time to counter that fearful black and white snapshot with a palette of color. Oaxaca isn’t only … Read the full Story >>
Milton Glaser (1929-2020), grandee of them all in art and design, is the subject of a new volume in Moleskin Books’ Inspiration and Process in Design series. In his introduction to Milton Glaser | Inspiration and Process in Design, Steven Heller recounts the designer’s reply to the question of being an enormous, and longtime influence, on other designers. Glaser replied, “I’ve always seen … Read the full Story >>
You aren't self-quarantined. You're staying busy, flexing new creative muscles, researching grants, backing up your work, creativng on a new YouTube channel, and maybe even taking on some do-it-yourself projects. Since the coronavirus outbreak put us in lockdown, photo websites have been filled with tips for creatives who want to stay productive. Yesterday we offered one suggestion: Work on your website to optimize your … Read the full Story >>
As a run-up to the forthcoming exhibition at the Jewish Museum, Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television, DART offers a glimpse into the legendary identity design of CBS Television. The exhibition, opening on May 1, looks at television’s facility as a promotional platform for modern artists, designers, and critics; its role as a committed patron of the … Read the full Story >>
December 16, Mthatha, South Africa The dramatic clouds from the Eastern Cape rolled through the hills this evening, bringing rain to the sparsely-populated village of Qunu, the boyhood home of Nelson Mandela and the place where his body was buried yesterday. Just a day after the service, when thousands arrived in buses, fighter jets flew, and hundreds of journalists filed stories from satellite trucks … Read the full Story >>
For anyone born after 1996, or new to New York City, prepare yourself for the kind of resourcefulness that rose to the front after 9/11. The kindness and reaching out that seemed to come out of nowhere has become habit, so following is a sample of how people and businesses are carrying on—big time—in the age of COVID-19. Above: Jacob Lawrence, from The … Read the full Story >>
Continuing with our series featuring winners of the first annual International Motion Art Awards, we spotlight an astonishing animated cri de coeur from illustrator Louisa Bertman. Her 31-second piece graphically immortalizes the real-life moment from March 26, 2011, when a Libyan woman, Iman al-Obeidi, burst into the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli to tell members of the foreign press that she had been raped and … Read the full Story >>
Now that Hurricane Season has officially moved into action, the DART Summer Invitational, Pimp Your Sketchbook, concludes with Craig Frazier. Your first sketchbooks. I started keeping a sketchbook several years into my design career—around 1990. It was the first time that I realized you could gather a complete idea in a thumbnail sketch. I designed a lot of posters and annual reports between … Read the full Story >>
American illustrator and comics artist Peter Kuper is best known for his autobiographical, political and social observations, all of which were on display in his 2015 book "Ruins," a graphic novel about a married couple living in Mexico. The plot mirrors Kuper's own life - he lived in Oaxaca, Mexico, with his wife and daughter from 2006 to 2008. During that time, Kuper and … Read the full Story >>
Performing for the camera has become integral to social media self-marketing, having arrived at the smart phone/Facebook/Instagram nexus. But dramatic portraits go back as far as the arrival of photography itself in the 19th century. With her costume box and props closet, Julia Margaret Cameron is perhaps the best known of Victorian-era photographers for costuming and directing her subjects, who include relatives and the … Read the full Story >>
