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Karina Akopyan, artist research.

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/33983/1/when-art-blurs-the-lines-between-religion-and-fetishism http://karina-akopyan.com/ I can relate to this, Karina’s work explores religious and trivial,demotic,folksy, people’s subjects. Coming from a country where as a woman being raised your are being told that your main priority is to bare children and cook. Where the church hypocrisy is just ridiculous. This is common to be christened purely to be…

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Combatting Conservatism with Photographer Ren Hang.

http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/9317/combatting-conservatism-with-photographer-ren-hang I absolutely love Ren Hang’s work. The simplicity of it.  The bare minimum in these staged photos. The vibrant colors with nudes. One important moment, even tho mostly Ren’s models are in nude the photographs are not sexual. And if they are then only in a good way. I have shown his photos to…

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Works on show in an abandoned hospital.

https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/jenny-holzer-and-robert-mapplethorpe-works-on-show-in-an-abandoned-hospital?utm_source=idfbus&utm_campaign=global   This reminded me of the Reading prion exhibition. Except this is giving me a strange feeling instead of claustrophobic. An example where the work fits so well in the environment/space that it becomes an installation.  I feel brave enough to say so, as it seems to me that the work just emerges from…

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James Turrell

Type http://uk.complex.com/style/2013/06/everything-you-need-to-know-about-james-turrells-light-art-installations-through-his-greatest-works/open-field

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“A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow” Reflection.

http://www.marcinryczek.com/ I like this image for it’s contrast and limited color. How the image is separated in half with different environments. White snow with a lonely figure reaching out to feed the swans. Busy water with loads of birds and white swans that stand out. The contact between the lonely figure and a group of…

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YOU’VE NEVER SEEN SOUTH AFRICA LIKE THIS BEFORE article.

http://www.hungertv.com/feature/youve-never-seen-south-africa-like-this-before/ These images are so good to look at. They give me a feeling of a mystery. I want to be there in these neon landscapes. I picture a life other to mine, the colors seem so bright, they promise me a happier place and a more exciting temporary utopian shelter from my reality. They…

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