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‘Inside Information’ Cutaway Diagrams by Dorothy Dig Into the Makings of Pop Culture Icons
by Aurelia Butler 16 June 2025, 13:39
“Inside Information: Boombox.” All images © Dorothy, shared with permission
‘Inside Information’ Cutaway Diagrams by Dorothy Dig Into the Makings of Pop Culture Icons
June 16, 2025
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Kate Mothes
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Taking diagrams to a new level, U.K.-based studio collective Dorothy creates prints that celebrate information—charts, maps, alphabets, color wheels, and blueprints. The team has also plunged into the world of cutaway drawings, which are popular for visualizing otherwise opaque, multilayered objects in the manufacturing world.
Cutaway diagrams have actually been around for centuries, with the form originating in the 15th-century notebooks of Italian Renaissance engineer Mariano “Taccola” de Jacopo. Dorothy’s twist on the 3D graphic form, a series titled Inside Information, is a celebration of pop culture and modern technology, from Apple computers and sneakers to boomboxes and theremins.
Detail of “Inside Information: Boombox”
Each object teems with figures and motifs that have been instrumental in the item’s history and culture, like trailblazing rappers and hip-hop artists who wander stereo box innards in “Inside Information: Boombox” as if it’s a building. The same goes for the Moog, which highlights flashpoints in its development and musical icons like David Byrne and Led Zeppelin who have contributed to its popularity—along with its namesake, of course, Robert Moog.
Prints are available for purchase on Dorothy’s website, and you can follow updates and releases on Instagram.
Detail of “Inside Information: Boombox”
Detail of “Inside Information: Boombox”
“Inside Information: Claravox – Special Edition for Moog Music”
Detail of “Inside Information: Claravox – Special Edition for Moog Music”
Detail of “Inside Information: Claravox – Special Edition for Moog Music”
Detail of “Inside Information: Claravox – Special Edition for Moog Music”
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Punctured Photographs by Yael Martínez Illuminate the Daily Ruptures of Systemic Violence
by Aurelia Butler 13 June 2025, 19:26
“El Hombre y la Montaña” (December 31, 2020). All images courtesy of This Book Is True, shared with permission
Punctured Photographs by Yael Martínez Illuminate the Daily Ruptures of Systemic Violence
June 13, 2025
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Grace Ebert
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The Mexican state of Guerrero lies on the southern Pacific coast and is home to the popular tourist destination of Acapulco. It’s also one of the nation’s most violent areas due to drug trafficking and cartel presence, and is one of six states that account for nearly half of the country’s total homicides.
For artist and photographer Yael Martínez, the reality of organized crime became more pronounced when, in 2013, three of his family members disappeared. He began to speak with others in his community who had experienced similar traumas and to connect threads across the borders of Mexico to Honduras, Brazil, and the United States.
“Itzel at home,” Guerrero, Mexico
Luciérnagas, which translates to fireflies, comes from Martínez’s meditation on this extreme brutality that “infiltrates daily life and transforms the spirit of a place,” a statement says. Now published in a volume by This Book Is True, the poetic series punctures dark, nighttime photographs with minuscule holes. When backlit, the images bear a dazzling constellation of light that distorts the images in which violence isn’t depicted but rather felt.
In one work, for example, a man holding a firework stands in a poppy field, a perforated cloud of smoke enveloping his figure. He’s performing an annual ritual on the sacred hill of La Garza, and the setting exemplifies a poignant contradiction between ancestral cultures and a crop that has been subsumed by capitalism and is essential to cartel power. A statement elaborates:
We don’t see death in Luciérnaga, but its omnipresence is felt throughout, lingering in the shadows of each photograph. Each image painfully underwritten by the result of a calculated violence that visited unseen and undetected, leaving behind the immense void of a vanished loved one. And yet there is always a sense of hope that informs the making of this work.
Luciérnagas is available from This Book Is True. Find more from Martínez on Instagram.
“Toro” (2018), Guerrero, Mexico
“Abuelo-Estrella” (December 21, 2020), Cochoapa El Grande, Guerrero, Mexico
“Levantada de Cruz” (2021)
“El Río de la Memoria y Mis Hijas” (2022)
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Piped Like Cake Icing, Ebony Russell’s Luscious Vessels Evoke Emotional Celebrations
by Aurelia Butler 12 June 2025, 17:48
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Piped Like Cake Icing, Ebony Russell’s Luscious Vessels Evoke Emotional Celebrations
June 12, 2025
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Kate Mothes
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Piping clay with bakery tools, Ebony Russell creates a range of delectable vessels in a prism of colors.
Russell’s practice is founded in both the relationship between form and function and the nature of the vessel itself as a container for memory and gesture. “I’m interested in how material can carry emotion and presence,” she says. “A lot of what I make starts from personal experience, but I hope it opens space for others to reflect, too.”
Intrigued by the aesthetics and process of cakes, the Australian artist originally focused on sculptural motifs like bride-and-groom or ballerina toppers, but the icing itself gradually emerged as a focus. “I was searching for a way to build with clay that felt more fluid and intuitive,” she tells Colossal. “When I started using piping bags, I loved the immediacy and texture—it felt like drawing in space.”
Some of the works shown here are included in Russell’s current solo exhibition, Frivolous, at Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney, which continues through June 21. Find more on the artist’s website and Instagram. (via PAN)
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In ‘Pu$h Thru,’ Yvette Mayorga Examines Latinx Experience Through Rococo Maximalism
by Aurelia Butler 11 June 2025, 16:00
“She’s in the cake/Put out the fire, after Nicolas
Lancret” (2025), collage, glitter, buttons, textile, birthday candles,
pastel, cardboard, gold foil, silver foil, gold flakes, stickers, cake
toppers, acrylic marker, acrylic nails, nail charms, and acrylic piping on canvas, 60 x 120 inches. all images courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, shared with permission
In ‘Pu$h Thru,’ Yvette Mayorga Examines Latinx Experience Through Rococo Maximalism
June 11, 2025
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Kate Mothes
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Known for her delectable, frilly, occasionally ominous acrylic paintings made with bakery tools, Yvette Mayorga (previously) nods to memories of her mother working as a baker and references Baroque and Rococo art while critically examining family, community, and notions of prosperity.
Mayorga’s pieces are “dominated by shades of pink to critically examine the American Dream and the Latinx experience, often borrowing compositions from personal and family photos and art history,” says Monique Meloche Gallery, which presents a solo show of the artist’s work opening this weekend.
“W3 R TIR3D” (2025), collage, rhinestones, plastic butterflies, acrylic marker, pastel, silver foil, gold foil, pen, acrylic nails, car sticker, butterflies, glitter, gold flakes, silver flakes, textile, belt, rhinestones, nail charms and acrylic piping on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
Pu$h Thru, the artist’s first show with the gallery and the first in her hometown of Chicago since 2018, takes a semi-autobiographical approach by reflecting on her experiences during the last decade in the city. Beyond her characteristic confection-inspired works, she has created large-scale compositions incorporating found objects like lampshades, clothing, and jewelry, along with bits of ceramic, pastels, gold foil, acrylic nails, and more.
Many of these works draw on Mayorga’s personal memories, like snapshots of the artist as a child during a birthday party or sitting in her family’s living room. Converging with romantic Rococo aesthetics and style, like portraits modeled after Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun or Jean-Honoré Fragonard, the artist addresses the Euro-centric narrative of art history and its overarching omission of other identities. Mayorga has even coined a term to describe her approach, “Latinxoco,” which merges Latinx identity with Rococo aesthetics.
“Pink, a color that has a long history with Mayorga’s practice, is deployed as a conceptual strategy to destabilize Western ideals of skin tone, evoking questions of race, class, and gendered embodiment while also referencing cosmetic and domestic aesthetics—an ironic and radical reclamation of softness as strength,” the gallery says.
Pu$h Thru runs from June 14 to July 26. See more on the artist’s website and Instagram.
“La Ursupadora Not 4 Me” (2025), collage, textile, glitter, lamp shade, pen, electrical outlet, hoop earrings, shoes, jeans, marker, pastel, drawer handles, lampshade, ceramic, belt, felt, pastel, clock, stickers, gold flakes, gold foil, mirror, acrylic nails, textile, nail charms, TV control, and acrylic piping on canvas, 60 x 120 inches
“What’s Hidden Beneath (Remnant Series)” (2025), found objects, nail charms, and acrylic piping on canvas, 16 x 12 inches
“Hot and Ready” (2025), collage, rhinestones, acrylic marker, silver foil, gold foil, pen, pastel, mirror, acrylic nails, stickers, rhinestones, gold flakes, nail charms, collage, glitter and acrylic piping on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
“Self Portrait of the Artist After Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun” (2025), textile, collage, stickers, gold flakes, silver flakes, pen, lace, buttons, acrylic nails, nail charms, and acrylic piping on canvas, 72 x 60 inches
“The Portal (Remnant Series)” (2025), found objects and acrylic piping on canvas, 16 x 12 inches
“Rhinestone Vaquero After Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun” (2025), textile, rhinestones, buttons, belt buckle, gold flakes, silver flakes, glitter, and acrylic piping on canvas, 72 x 60 inches
“Taffy Taffy (Remnant Series)” (2025), found objects and acrylic piping on canvas, 16 x 12 inches
“PU$$H PU$$H THRU” (2025), collage, rhinestones, glitter, acrylic marker, silver foil, gold foil, pen, toy boat, mirror, marker, acrylic nails, stickers, textile, leather, nail charms, and acrylic piping on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
“La Serpiente (Remnant Series)” (2024), found objects and acrylic piping on canvas, 16 x 12 inches
Installation view of ‘Pu$h Thru’ at Monique Meloche Gallery
“Party Favor (Remnant Series)” (2025), found objects, nail charms, party favor, and acrylic piping on canvas, 16 x 12 inches
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Dara Schuman’s Rhythmic Tiered Vessels Embrace Intuition
by Aurelia Butler 11 June 2025, 13:18
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Dara Schuman’s Rhythmic Tiered Vessels Embrace Intuition
June 11, 2025
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Jackie Andres
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Experimentation is a driving force in Dara Schuman’s ceramic practice. Out of her Chicago studio, the artist conjures striking geometric forms that appear stacked, ribbed, and almost architectonic. With an air of retro-futurism informed by mid-century modern style, her jewel-toned volumetric vessels don earthy yet bold glazes in deep reds, ochre, and smokey blue.
“Over time, I’ve found that my best pieces come from exploration rather than control,” the artist explains. Sitting before the pottery wheel, Schuman allows her thoughts to melt away before permitting her subconscious take charge. “Letting the clay guide me is what I enjoy most about the medium,” she shares.
When Schuman discovers methods and motions that stick, she uses those processes as momentum to see how far she can push both the clay and her skills. Often, this approach naturally leads to bodies of work in which the iterative pieces feel and look inherently harmonious.
Schuman is currently excited about lighting and has been experimenting with pendant lights and sculptural lamps. She is also working on a series of mugs for a shop update in the next month. Find much more from the artist on her website and Instagram.
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Hew Locke’s ‘Odyssey’ Flotilla Sails Through Global Colonial History and Current Affairs
by Aurelia Butler 10 June 2025, 20:46
Installation view of ‘Hew Locke: Here’s the Thing’ (2019), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Photo by Stuart Whipps, courtesy of Ikon Gallery. All images © Hew Locke, courtesy of P·P·O·W, shared with permission
Hew Locke’s ‘Odyssey’ Flotilla Sails Through Global Colonial History and Current Affairs
June 10, 2025
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Kate Mothes
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Through a multidisciplinary approach spanning painting, photography, sculpture, and installation, British artist Hew Locke OBE RA interrogates “the languages of colonial and post-colonial power, and the symbols through which different cultures assume and assert identity,” says P·P·O·W, which will present a series of the artists’ boat sculptures at Art Basel this month.
Locke has long been interested in the time-honored traditions and spectrum of histories associated with watercraft. For Those in Peril on the Sea (2011), for example, incorporated 70 model boats that, when suspended from the ceiling, appeared to float in a colorful, eclectic flotilla. The artist combined customized models along with vessels made from scratch, representing different styles used around the world. “No crew are visible—the boats themselves are a symbol of the crew and passengers,” a statement says.
“Odyssey 17” (2024), mixed media, 26 x 14 5/8 x 39 3/8 inches. Photos by Damian Griffiths
Eight new vessels in Locke’s Odyssey series will sail through P·P·O·W’s booth at the art fair opening June 19. Representing a range of styles, from wooden gun ships and dreadnoughts to fishing boats and yachts, Locke adds colorful details like flags, painted patterns, patchwork sails, and onboard equipment.
He invites us to consider the myriad associations with boats as fishing vessels, commuter ferries, military fleets, leisure cruises, and symbols of power, exploration, colonization, global conflict, and migration. As people continue to struggle across open seas in search of better lives, crowding onto ships and embarking on dangerous, or even deadly, voyages, maritime history converges with present-day events and global socio-political realities.
“Fusing historical source material with a keen interest in current affairs, often through the juxtaposition or modification of existing artifacts, Locke focuses attention especially on the U.K., the monarchy, and his childhood home, Guyana,” P·P·O·W says.
Sailors have also historically been famously superstitious, based on the inherent risks of their occupation, and they put a great deal of stock in omens. In “Odyssey 30,” for example, Locke illustrates the vessel’s sails with images of men being haunted by skeletons, an instance of memento mori that infuses the piece with a sense of foreboding.
“Odyssey 30” (2024), mixed media, 21 5/8 x 35 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches
Art Basel runs from June 19 to 22 in Basel, Switzerland. From September 2025, an installation titled Cargoes in King Edward Memorial Park, London, will take inspiration from the history of the site’s mercantile and dock communities. And the largest solo survey of the artist’s work to date, Hew Locke: Passages, continues at the Yale Center for British Art through January 11, 2026. See more on the artist’s website and Instagram.
Installation view of ‘Hew Locke: Here’s the Thing’ (2019), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Photo by Stuart Whipps, courtesy of Ikon Gallery
Detail of “Odyssey 30”
“Odyssey 10” (2024), mixed media, 24 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches
“Odyssey 22” (2024), mixed media, 15 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 28 3/4 inches
Installation view of ‘Hew Locke: Here’s the Thing’ (2019), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Photo by Stuart Whipps, courtesy of Ikon Gallery
“Odyssey 13” (2024), mixed media, 29 7/8 x 15 3/4 x 38 1/4 inches
Detail of “Odyssey 30”
“Odyssey 15” (2024), mixed media, 10 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches
Detail of “Odyssey 15”
“Odyssey 25” (2024), mixed media, 26 3/4 x 20 7/8 x 14 5/8 inches
Detail of “Odyssey 10”
Installation view of ‘Hew Locke: Here’s the Thing’ (2019), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Photo by Stuart Whipps, courtesy of Ikon Gallery
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Paper-Thin Porcelain Works by Mark Goudy Balance on Folds Inspired by Origami
by Aurelia Butler 10 June 2025, 13:16
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Paper-Thin Porcelain Works by Mark Goudy Balance on Folds Inspired by Origami
June 10, 2025
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From delicately folded paper, Berkeley-based ceramicist Mark Goudy draws inspiration for an ongoing series, Origami. He describes his work as “minimal forms with hidden complexity,” building on a love for simple yet elegant forms that reflect nature’s inherent geometries.
In meticulous sculptures that merge form and function, Goudy pulls from his experience as a 3D graphics hardware design engineer. Using algorithmic 3D software, he creates objects that nod to the art of Japanese paper folding. “Many of these forms are designed to balance on the folds—when set on a flat surface, they rock back and forth, naturally settling into their inherent point of equilibrium,” he says.
Goudy’s thin, translucent, slipcast pieces are made from black or white porcelain, which he occasionally colors by painting metallic salt watercolors directly onto the surface after they have been bisque fired. Salt soaks up and redistributes the pigment, which is further influenced by the texture and permeability of the material.
“As the metal salts soak into the porous clay body, they move and interact with each other,” the artist says. “And during the drying process, they naturally gradate and concentrate on the edges, highlighting the folds and ridges of my forms.”
Using only three metal salt pigments: gold, cobalt, and chromium, Goudy achieves various shades of red, blue, and green. “I am especially drawn to cobalt blue, a reference to the ineffable blue of water and distance,” he says. “I think of these objects as containers for light and atmosphere.”
Goudy’s work will be on view in the 63rd Faenza Prize for the International Biennial of Contemporary Ceramic Art in Faenza, Italy, from June 28 to November 30. See more of the artist’s work on his website and Instagram.
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At Joy Machine, Five Artists Bring a Gust of Fresh Air for a Joint Exhibition with The Jaunt
by Aurelia Butler 9 June 2025, 21:27
Stevie Shao, “Thistle Butterfly sheltering from rain,” acrylic gouache and latex paint on paper, 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
At Joy Machine, Five Artists Bring a Gust of Fresh Air for a Joint Exhibition with The Jaunt
June 9, 2025
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Joy Machine is excited to announce a joint exhibition with The Jaunt. Opening this week in Chicago, Ventus features paintings, sculptures, and prints by Cody Hudson, Seonna Hong (previously), Seth Pimentel, Stevie Shao, and Scott Sueme.
Founded and curated by Jeroen Smeets, The Jaunt (previously) is a travel project that sends artists around the world to experience new locations and cultures. Once they return home, artists create a limited-edition silkscreen print inspired by their journeys.
Seonna Hong, “Summer Swimmers” (2025), acrylic on linen, 30 x 24 inches, framed
Being outside our comfort zones heightens our senses and opens us up to new experiences and inspiration. The Jaunt is a gust of new perspective and energy that flows through artists’ creative processes, allowing them to reorient and establish a new current.
For Ventus, Smeets gathered a group of artists who have each participated in the project, traveling to places like Shanghai, Mexico City, and Jeju Island, along with the towns of Shelton, Washington, and Joseph, Oregon. Each lets their experiences and observations lead as they create new artworks.
Chicago has always been somewhat of a home away from home for The Jaunt. The very first exhibition was in the city, and over the years, amazing artists living and working in Chicago–including Cody Hudson, David Heo, Liz Flores, and others–have participated. The Jaunt and Joy Machine are excited to partner and present these five artists, many of whom are showing here for the first time.
Ventus runs from June 13 to August 2. RSVP to the opening reception here.
Stevie Shao, “Swallows,” acrylic gouache and latex paint on shaped wood
Seonna Hong, “Bigfoot,” hand-finished print
Scott Sueme, “Self-Schema, Pillar One” (2025), acrylic, flashe, and pastel on wood, 69 x 5.5 inches
Cody Hudson, “Self-Sufficiency, Tangerine Variant”
Cody Hudson, “Alternative Education, Tangerine Variant”
Seth Pimentel, silkscreen print, 50 x 70 centimeters, edition of 50, signed and numbered by the artist
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‘Inside Information’ Cutaway Diagrams by Dorothy Dig Into the Makings of Pop Culture Icons

Piped Like Cake Icing, Ebony Russell’s Luscious Vessels Evoke Emotional Celebrations

In ‘Pu$h Thru,’ Yvette Mayorga Examines Latinx Experience Through Rococo Maximalism

Dara Schuman’s Rhythmic Tiered Vessels Embrace Intuition

Hew Locke’s ‘Odyssey’ Flotilla Sails Through Global Colonial History and Current Affairs

Paper-Thin Porcelain Works by Mark Goudy Balance on Folds Inspired by Origami

At Joy Machine, Five Artists Bring a Gust of Fresh Air for a Joint Exhibition with The Jaunt

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