Category Archives: People

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, unwittingly sustainable

To manifest their respect for the environment, many artists today use recycled materials to make art. However, there are those artists who use recycled materials simply because they can’t afford to buy ex-novo. Take, for example, many Outsider artists. And … Continue reading →

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Photographer Graciela Iturbide: Capturing the Spirit

Originally posted on Broad Strokes: The National Museum of Women in the Arts' Blog:
Mexican artist Graciela Iturbide is considered on of the most important and influential Latin American photographers of the past four decades. Her oeuvre is rich in…

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Exvotos Parte II: Una mirada al folklore mexicano

Originally posted on The Unfabulous Mr. Badgerous:
Bueno debido a las confuciones que creo el post anterior, aqui van los detalles: Si el 95% de los exvotos de la entrada anterior son reales(la unica que es digamos a proposito es…

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Leonardo Da Vilchis, pintor de exvotos

>> Hace unos años estuvimos en México presentando la exposición Me gustas mucho tú y de paso por el DF tuvimos la suerte de conocer a Giovanni Tronconi, artista y editor experto en la cultural visual mexicana (no por casualidad es…

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Thread and Thrift and Mandy Pattullo

Mandy Pattullo is a British textile artist who’s work is delightfully yummy!  Her blog,  Thread and Thrift, features her art. Above are examples of her sample books.  A few years ago she bagan cutting up domestic hand embroidery and sewed them … Continue reading →

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