Erika Alonso

Entropy

2021

Charles Arnoldi, is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker. He was born April 10, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio. Charles Arnoldi has been described as an artist who “draws in space” to...

Vine Flower 950.00 Acrylic on Canvas 23.5” x 23.5” 60cm x 60cm Acrylic, charcoal, cold wax on canvas. Original painting on stretched canvas. All of my paintings take me on a jou...

An original, fine art, abstract expressionist painting, "Withering on the Vine" combines abstracted floral motifs with gestural markings. Created in 2021 by a...

Acrylic on canvas Diptych 2 x (80 x 40 cm) Hochstrasser Cinzia born in 1979 is a Swiss artist who lives and works in Lugano, Switzerland. She is a self-taught artist who started pa...

Acrylic & charcoal on canvas Hochstrasser Cinzia born in 1979 is a Swiss artist who lives and works in Lugano, Switzerland. She is a self-taught artist who started painting and dra...

Contemplating Cultural Restoration, 2021. Mixed media: charcoal and acrylic paint on Fabriano Fillipus Sheehama's latest large-scale sculptural textiles have grown out of an exploration of recycled materials and their link to overconsumption. The materials are sourced from under-maintained and largely impoverished areas of Namibia. His artistic process has evolved to incorporate organic waste materials. Indigenous makalani fruits are often used as a food source and to brew alcohol. In these works the discarded makalani piths are cut in half and hand-stitched together alongside flattened metal bottle caps and shards of animal bone. The use of these discarded materials also points to the agricultural processes that sustain subsistence farmers. Sheehama highlights issues of land (re)distribution as years of Apartheid and colonialism carved up and cut off access to much of the arable land in Namibia, leaving the majority of the population scrambling for resources. The patchwork of different materials and textures speaks to the segregation of land and people, and the need to use our natural resources and knowledge to unify for a more just and fair society. Each artwork is both a reflection of society as well as a critique of contemporary living. He is preoccupied with ideas of wholeness, thinking about the relationship between individual and collective identity. The materials he chooses to use en masse- discarded bottle tops, plastics, old school desks...