Category Archives: Art

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun evokes a spectrum of emotions with ‘Unceded Territories’ — Warrior Publications

Aboriginal artist’s new Museum of Anthropology exhibition grapples with Canada’s colonial past By Matt Meuse, CBC News, May 10, 2016 Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun has been an artist since he was five years old, living in a residential school. When the law was finally changed to allow him to leave the school, he encountered the work of […]

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By Artist: Strøk via— STREET ART RAT

Recent piece by Norwegian stencil artist Strøk that can be found on Rue De La Glaciere in Paris, France. Strøk is known for his multi-layered stencils that create a very realistic image. This impressive mural is no exception, it is very detailed and thanks to the shadows it seems very real. More info about Strøk and his work tomorrow! […]

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Buddhist Treasures From Gobi Desert Cave — Buddhist Art News

Wall Street Journal Beginning May 7, the Getty Research Institute will show Buddhist artwork in the show ‘Cave Temples of Dunhuang’ By Alexandra Wolfe For six centuries, nearly 500 caves filled with troves of art sat practically untouched along China’s Silk Road. Little known outside China, they contained thousands of Buddhist sculptures and manuscripts and […]

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Suiko. Hiroshima, Japan. Graffiti Artist. — Frankie Beane

Suiko is Hiroshima. Japan-based. He discovered graffiti when he went on an exchange program in the final semester of university. The year was 1999. His name means a variation ot things–even according to Suiko himself. As near as I can tell it boils down to: be crazy and do what you want because you can. […]

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