Black & White art

War is Over – John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s massive poster campaign

Installations / 11 minutes of reading

What was it? The War Is Over peace campaign has just marked its 50th years since it was conceived. In such a well-orchestrated move, the world woke up on the morning of December 15, 1969, to a worldwide propagation of a peace message. Deliberately intended to draw the crowds and reach as many people as …

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Frederik Buyckx’s almost mystical Kyrgyzstan photos

According to professional photographers, correct exposure is crucial to successful winter photography. While at it, they would also be quick to remind you of the challenges of this type of photography. These include the trickery of snow. Moreover, a good standby filter acts as a perfect polarizer. On top of that, the camera’s focus …

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Dawoud Bey’s somber Night Coming Tenderly, Black project

Photography / 8 minutes of reading

Night Coming Tenderly, Black is the work of photographer Dawoud Bey. It consists of large-scale portraits that dive into the literary history as it tries to re-create the practice of the slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. When Bey visited the outskirts of Cleveland in 2017, he realized that the landscape did not primarily …

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Mark Ruwedel in Ouarzazate – An artistic capture of ruins

Photography / 3 minutes of reading

Artists find inspiration for their creations from different places. Some find it in the unlikeliest of places. Others rely on ordinary subjects to get motivation for ideas that help them to create their works. Mark Ruwedel offers a perfect example of this. In his series Ouarzazate, Ruwedel gives the world a glimpse into a …

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Why Gordon Matta-Clark cut holes in buildings – Conical Intersect

Architecture, Performances / 5 minutes of reading

For the 1975 Paris Biennale, Gordon Matta-Clark made big cone-shaped holes in two buildings near the Centre Georges Pompidou. The action took place in Les Halles, a neighborhood that was being demolished. Matta-Clark aimed to permit passers-by to peek through to the Centre Pompidou while it had been under construction. Conical Intersect (1975) was …

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Martha Rosler invented the Semiotics of the Kitchen

Performances, Video Art / 5 minutes of reading

Semiotics of the Kitchen is a work by Martha Rosler. She produced it in 1975 by using an alphabet worth of kitchen tools to participate in a feminist critique of the traditional role of gender. Her acts in the 6 minutes recording are characterized by frustration and anger at the patriarchal role of women. …

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Photographer Walker Evans in the Subway – Many Are Called

Documentary photography, Photography / 4 minutes of reading

When we take the subway, we might be astounded by the vast number of people there. Each of them has a different persona and thoughts. At some point, we might observe them and want to dive into their heads. In 1938, Walker Evans collected pictures of the subway riders of New York City and …

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Lewis Baltz’s Park City – Criticism of 1970s real estate growth

Photography / 2 minutes of reading

Who was Lewis Baltz? Lewis Baltz had his unique way of photography and art presentation. Most of his works focused on bringing out the beauty of scenes where destruction and desolation vibrated. His images reflected power, influence, and human beings’ control over their subjects. Park City In one of his popular works, the Industrial Park …

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Why was Sally Mann’s Immediate Family so controversial?

Photography / 10 minutes of reading

Immediate Family is a photography book produced in 1992 by Sally Mann. The groundbreaking and controversial book was published by the international quarterly journal Aperture and is made of 65 duotone portraits. The book features exclusively Mann’s three children, Virginia, Jessie, and Emmett, who are also on the book’s front cover. Thirteen of the …

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Why did Yves Klein take a Leap into the Void?

Performances, Photography / 10 minutes of reading

Who was Yves Klein? Yves Klein was born on April 28, 1928, in Nice, France. He was associated with the Parisian Nouveau Realisme movement, which was headed by Pierre Restany. Klein was the only painter in that group but was, at the time, one of the most influential artists in the game. Why was he …

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Shirin Neshat’s Turbulent forces you to take a side

Performances / 5 minutes of reading

What is Turbulent? Turbulent is a two-screen film installation by famous Iranian artist Shirin Neshat. It is among her most critically acclaimed works, having won her a Lion d’Or at the Venice Biennale back in 1999. It is also her first-ever venture into the world of video, an art medium that later played a significant …

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Dawoud Bey’s Birmingham project & this 1963 tragedy

Photography / 5 minutes of reading

Birmingham Project Dawoud Bey’s career focuses on portraying American youth as well as those from marginalized communities. He does so with an uncommon degree of sympathy and complexity. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing His Birmingham Project is a deeply felt and abstractly rich tribute to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing …

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Cindy Sherman’s Untitled film stills – Her groundbreaking self portraits

Photography / 10 minutes of reading

Who is Cindy Sherman? Cindy Sherman was born in 1954 in New Jersey. She grew up in Long Beach, immersed in the television and film culture of the era. This period was shaped by nuclear war worries, capitalism, and the growing blitz of images selling all sorts of commercial products, including cigarettes, washing machines, bras, …

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Sebastião Salgado in Kuwait & A desert on fire

Photography / 6 minutes of reading

Kuwait: A Desert on Fire In the early 1990s, Kuwait hit news reports worldwide for the war that different nations fought within its boundaries. In the years following that event, Kuwait and the effects of its war on citizens have inspired countless works of art worldwide. They have inspired movies, songs, and paintings. Sebastiao Salgado …

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Magdalena Jetelovà’s Iceland Project

Environmental Art, Installations, Light Installations / 2 minutes of reading

Who is Magdalena Jetelovà? Magdalena Jetelovà is perhaps best known the world over for her 1990s work Domestication of Pyramids. Light works In the 1990s, Magdalena Jetelovà transitioned to the artwork that uses light as a tool to define territories and uncover the secrets that our universe conceals. With a combination of laser use and …

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Zanele Muholi’s brave project Faces and phases

Photography / 5 minutes of reading

Who is Zanele Muholi? Zanele Muholi was born on 19 July 1972 in the South African city of Durban. Muholi is a self-proclaimed visual activist rather than an artist. She focuses on increasing the visibility of black lesbian, gay, transgender, and intersexual persons. Muholi researches and documents the stories of hate crimes against the LGBTQI …

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Gordon Matta-Clark – How to split a house in two?

Architecture, Performances / 4 minutes of reading

Who was Gordon Matta-Clark? Gordon Matta-Clark was a well-known artist who was primarily active in New York in the 1970s before his death at the age of 35. Even though he went to school to study architecture, he has never professionally practiced this career. Matta-Clark was one of the most persuasive American artists that set …

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Who is photographer Hai Bo?

Photography / 4 minutes of reading

Who is Hai Bo? Hai Bo, born in 1962, is a photographer with special interests in intangible photography. His works usually aim at documenting changes in the social and economic environments of society. The main characteristic that defines Hai’s aesthetic is the fact that he captures the everyday moment and, at the same time, tries …

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Richard Avedon’s famous beekeeper portrait – The story behind

Photography / 7 minutes of reading

Who was Richard Avedon? Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer born on May 15, 1923. According to an obituary published in the New York Times, “his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America’s image of style, beauty, and culture for the last half-century.” Richard Avedon was passionate about theater from his early …

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Stephen Dupont’s Afghanistan photos – Live In the warzone

Photography, War Photography / 4 minutes of reading

Australia has a couple of documentary photographers and Stephen Dupont is one of the most renowned and awarded. He’s also a photojournalist that has participated in several risky photographic scenes. He has an edge over the world, focusing on producing extraordinary photo essays from some of the most dangerous countries, such as Afghanistan. Dupont’s …

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Ragnar Axelsson: These might be the last days of the Arctic

Photography / 2 minutes of reading

Who is Ragnar Axelsson? Ragnar Axelsson is an Icelandic born photojournalist who has been a champion for preventive measures against global warming. Born in 1958 in Iceland, RAX, as he is commonly known, has been a vocal person about the effects that rapid climatic change has had on the Arctic region. Growing up passionate about …

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