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Brooklyn Artifacts with Georgina Arroyo

An extended interview with Brooklyn artist Georgina Arroyo and artist and writer Hanna Brody. H.B.: Let’s get started by you introducing yourself. Where are you currently?  G.A.: I’m Georgina Arroyo and I am currently in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in my combination home/studio.  H.B.: And you’re from New York, correct?  G.A.: Yes, I am from New York. […]

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Monoprinting as therapy in the portraits of Hanna Brody

The first thought I had when looking at Hanna Brody’s recent watercolour portraits was that they require something not always credited in the act of representation: a deep, sustained generosity. To conjure such ephemeral emotional states with this level of clarity suggests a rare kind of observational intimacy. Already an assured portraitist, Brody’s recent works […]

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Confront, Heal, Repeat: The Art of Iván Sikic

To address greed and oppression tactfully through art even once is no small feat. Greed and oppression are entwined within an enormous and elusive intersectional system of power structures, perpetuated daily by kings and pawns alike. Even the most voracious learner will struggle to fully absorb the magnitude of injustice that one greed-driven choice propagates […]