New art thread for 2024 starts here! This is a mostly daily thread with a different artist featured in each post, primarily modern and contemporary stuff since that's my thing.
Paintings from the "Great Visionary Transcendence" series by Chinese artist Zheng Guogu, 2010s, whose work combines Chinese and Western imagery, often commenting on the effects of digital technologies on cultural and religious traditions.
Assemblage sculptures with blown glass by British artist Gabriele Beveridge, 2010s-20s, who often incorporates commercial imagery and motifs associated with the beauty industry into her work.
Collage works from the "Earthly Treasures" series by Egyptian artist Mohamed Abla, 2020s, exploring the spiritual and healing aspects of plants, especially cacti.
Self-portraits by Filipina artist Wawi Navarroza, 2019-2023, in a series documenting and processing a period of changes in the artist's life - including a studio fire, becoming a mother, and moving from Manila to Istanbul.
Textile works by American artist Mary Tooley Parker, 2020s, who employs a rug hooking technique with new and recycled fibers for her scenes of everyday life.
Paintings by Botswanan artist Thebe Phetogo, 2020, whose "Blackbody Composites" series is inspired by the concept in physics of “a hypothetical perfect physical body that absorbs light and electromagnetic energy, with no reflecting power” and whose bright green palette references green screens.
Textile works by American artist Lia Cook, 2010s, whose woven portraits incorporate data visualizations as part of a neuroscience research project studying how viewers react emotionally and psychologically to looking at her work.
Installations by NY-based Canadian artist Lotus L Kang, 2020s, incorporating unfixed photographic film that develops over time when exposed to light and humidity in the gallery.
Works by Melbourne-based South Sudanese photographer Atong Atem, 2010s-20s, whose portraiture practice explores identity, migrant narratives, and postcolonial practices in the diaspora.