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      Gradients and Everyday Objects Reinterpret the Day’s Events by Concealing the Cover of The New York Times

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      #COVID-19
      #newspapers
      #painting
      #sun

      June 2, 2021
      Grace Ebert

      “DAFT PUNK,” Monday, February 22, 2021. All images © Sho Shibuya, shared with permission
      Last summer, Sho Shibuya began a visual archive of the day’s sunrise by painting vibrant gradients in their likeness over the cover of The New York Times. The smooth, colorful transitions literally masked the daily headlines, offering a reprieve from the news and establishing a morning ritual that the Brooklyn-based artist, who’s also behind the design studio Placeholder, continues today.
      Alongside those subtle sunrises, though, Shibuya also has started interpreting some of the day’s events through mixed-media works that similarly block out the articles. Two bandaids adhere to a peach cover, for example, marking widespread COVID-19 vaccinations. Bands of silver and gold splice another piece, which is also overlaid with a shattered mirror that reflects on Daft Punk breaking up after 28 years. No matter how heavy the topic, each of the pieces, Shibuya says, is intended as a visual aid that inspires hope and optimism. “I want to create peace through my work sharing my sympathy and emotion,” he tells Colossal, explaining:
      I believed simple color and shape have power to influence emotions, and emotions influence actions. It is important to get the facts and understand the news, but I think my work is meant to make people feel the impact of the world beyond just facts and figures. It is similar to the way The New York Times printed all 100,000 names of the people who died from COVID; art can be a more impactful way of communicating the significance of the news.
      Shibuya’s newspapers are on view through January 23, 2022, as part of E/MOTION, a group show at MoMu in Antwerp, and you can keep up with his daily practice on Instagram.

      “CALIFORNIA,” Wednesday, September 9, 2020
      Left: “EVERGREEN,” Monday, March 29, 2021. Right: “SUPER BLOOD MOON,” Wednesday, May 26, 2021
      Friday, May 7, 2021
      “MARIJUANA,” Wednesday, March 31, 2021
      “MARS,” Thursday, February 18, 2021
      Friday, February 12, 2021
      “BIDEN BEATS TRUMP,” Sunday, November 8, 2020

      #COVID-19
      #newspapers
      #painting
      #sun

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      Painted on Front Pages, Lisa Törner’s Evocative Animals Astutely Comment on Major News Stories

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      Lisa Törner repurposes the front pages of The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the French weekly Le Canard Enchainé into inky canvases for her expressive creatures. For each edition, the Stockholm-based artist offers insightful commentary on the day’s events: a pensive monkey masks an article about bankers on Wall Street, a turquoise peacock adorns the coverage of Karl Lagerfield’s death, and a slinking leopard is rendered alongside a heartwrenching story about a mother and child, who were separated more than 50 years ago. More More

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      Organic, Sunrise Gradients Mask Front Pages of The New York Times by Artist Sho Shibuya

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       All images © Sho Shibuya, shared with permission For many people, blocking out the news has meant logging off of Twitter and resisting the urge to check every breaking update. But Sho Shibuya has taken a more literal approach to the stress-reducing action. The Brooklyn-based artist and founder of the design studio Placeholder has taken […] More

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      Nevermore Park Manifests the Fictional Universe of Hebru Brantley’s Flyboy and Lil Mama

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       All images © Amy Lombard, shared with permission Packed within a 6,000-square-foot space on Chicago’s south side is a fictional universe teeming with pinned up newspaper clippings, towers of retro electronics, and tons of vintage advertising from McDonald’s to Vienna Hot Dogs. It’s the world of Hebru Brantley’s iconic characters, Lil Mama and Flyboy, […] More