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In vanessa german’s New Exhibition, Freedom, Value, and Time Coalesce Through Elaborate Assemblages

vanessa german knows how to translate experiences. In her latest project with the Skinner Museum—Mount Holyoke's early 20th-century cabinet of curiosities—she explores what decolonization means by interacting with the institution's 7,000 precious historical objects. german finds past, present, and future in everything from Native American baskets to Samurai swords to pieces of the Great Pyramid of Giza. By touching these great American valuables, the artist explores ideas of rarity and protection…

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Jewelry Boxes Encase Curtis Talwst Santiago’s Elaborately Constructed Narratives of Nostalgia and Identity

Within the confines of a tiny jewelry box, Canadian-Trinidadian artist Curtis Talwst Santiago (previously) nestles miniature scenes imbued with in-depth narratives of home and intimacy, diasporic identity, and memory. The elaborately built dioramas are part of Santiago's ongoing Infinity Series, which he began in 2008 and has since expanded to include dozens of pieces replete with lush foliage, architectural features, and minuscule…

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Through Mystical Mixed–Media Narratives, Artist Rithika Merchant Explores Intrinsic Connection

"I’m drawn to works that are rich in symbolism and also have a strong element of storytelling," says Rithika Merchant. "I love seeing the artist's hand in the work—I have a huge appreciation for small details and works that draw from a multitude of references—literary, mythical, and visual." The Mumbai-born artist manifests these same qualities in her practice, creating works that expertly translate concepts and themes through her own idiosyncratic allusions. Beginning with hours…

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Invoking the Divine Feminine, Delita Martin’s Mixed–Media Portraits Embrace Self-Empowerment

"Duality is the idea that there are two realms within (the) spirit world," says Delita Martin, "one that is seen and one that is unseen." This coupling is a grounding force for the artist as she practices an alchemy of spirit and aesthetics, coaxing dynamic figures from a mélange of patterns, materials, and symbols. Through a vivid body of work titled Conjure, Martin explores what it means to be self-empowered as a Black woman…

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Order and Chaos Converge in Yool Kim’s Emotionally Charged Works

Yool Kim seizes the disarray of our inner emotional landscapes by trapping energetically impassioned characters in her color-blocked works. Contorted bodies, floating heads, and abstractly shaped cut-outs reveal a range of moods and feelings all compacted into the rectangular canvas. Centered on linework and simple shapes the Seoul-based artist scratches into the composition, the mixed-media works feature stylized figures who emphasize play, sadness, and malaise. Where pattern signals an underlying sense of order, the characters' facial expressions veer in the opposite direction. "I draw myself. I want to…

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Vintage Baubles and Foliage Encircle the Enchanting Glass Dioramas of Artist Amber Cowan

In her solo show Gathering the Sky, Mining the Milk, Amber Cowan emphasizes the legacy of color. Through intricately layered dioramas of pressed glass, the Philadelphia-based artist explores the histories of lavender, jade, and opaque white. Her assemblages meld custom and found pieces sourced from primarily defunct factories in the United States, many of which produced a specific palette of colors like the sky blue of "Ecco to the Bridesmaid:…

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