clare rojas

clare rojas, is folk art with a deviant twist. paintings that look like frida kahlo took up quilting, if she was a quaker. check out her more recent work (colorful geometrics) over at kaki gupta gallery (kavigupta.com/artist/clarerojas) 

odili donald odita

color, color, color. my living room needs one of these pieces. so does my bathroom and hallway and bedroom... odita explains his work far better than i can. #21centuryFrankStella

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWWXSMfGLt8

mcqueen

its been a while on this one but i never got the chance to see the alexander mcqueen savage beauty exhibit at the met but heard it was pretty gorgeous. the staging of the show looks like it was spot on. not really your kathy ireland collection at kmart but actual fine art.

tarsila do amaral

 abaoru (1928)

 self-portrait

brazilian artist tarsila do amaral, like mexican great frida kahlo was a women before her time and a leading figure in the brazilian modernist movement. considered one of the primer brazilian artists of the 20th century, her art was come to be considered a representation of her nation's national character. plus its just awesome.   

el anatsui

the brooklyn museum, home to ghanaian astist el anatsui's frist solo us exhibition, describes his pieces as "monumental", which would certainly be an apt word for their painstaking construction. made of wood, metal and found objects, they're the love child of an african sculpture and tapestry. my wall wants one.

peter han - pardon my dust

Pardon My Dust from SnowGlobe Studios on Vimeo.

pardon my dust, a video by adriel de la torre, is a wonderful introduction to the "dynamic illustration" of peter han. i'm dynamically adoring his short lived chalkboard creations.

totalitarian chic

communism might not be so sweet, but those totalitarians knew how to make a monument. brutalist? severe? maybe, but i'm kind of liking these in the former yugoslavia. i stumbled across them in the daily mail of all places. speaking of liking stuff, i'm also liking that i'm posting again after over a year. so for the two people that might see this, go get your hammer and sickle.