James Joyce

'HALF JOKING' & 'HALF SERIOUS' EDITION PAIR (Ed. 10/30)

2023

Fanakapan is an internationally-renowned street artist known for such mind-bending recreations of balloons he’s been dubbed, ‘the pioneer of balloon graffiti’. Fanakapan has created Party Heads especially for his 2022 solo show at Enter Gallery, ‘Pulling Faces.’ In Party Heads, Fanakapan depicts two smiling mirror balls...

"Many of the most common flowers sold in flower shops around the world are grown in equatorial countries. Unfortunately, many of these countries have loose to no regulations on the synthetic pesticides and fertilizers used to grow the flowers. These pesticides and fertilizers find their way into waterways, and rivers and eventually make their way into our oceans, causing environmental havoc along the way. Fertilizer runoff can trigger sudden explosions of marine algae capable of disrupting ocean ecosystems and even producing "dead zones" in the sea. Pesticides can affect coral reproduction, growth, and other physiological processes. Herbicides, in particular, can affect the symbiotic algae (plants). This can damage their partnership with coral and result in bleaching. This image contemplates the connection between the flowers we buy, and the effect commercial flowers have on the majestic and fragile reef systems around the world. In keeping with one of PangeaSeed Foundation’s mottos, “As Above, So Below”, this image imagines Clownfish, an iconic reef dweller living within the flowers we consume. Their home is being threatened and altered by pesticide runoff, pictured here as a band of bleached out flowers. You can make a difference by the choices you make on a daily basis. This Valentine’s Day, consider buying local organically grown flowers. Consider picking your own wildflowers. Consider giving flower paintings and drawings…. ( i Might know a guy). Consider doing this every time you think about gifting flowers or decorating your home. The consumption choices we make have direct effects on our planet. Next time you buy flowers, think about our Mother Nature." - Jet Martinez

Almo wonders about his identity, the countries he has lived in, his daily routine and how he creates himself. An outsider who has made the world his home, skin, and citizenship, and ...

Artist : Kory Twaddle Title : Alphabetical by Author Cell Mitosis Library Materials : Acrylic, paper book shelf label, and mixed media on foam core Date : 2019 Dimensions : 38 x 24 ...