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alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Works by American artist, writer, musician, and photographer Diana Davies, 1960s-70s, who documented many events related to social justice movements fighting for queer, women's, and workers' rights.

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Black and white photo showing a group of men marching under a big Gay Liberation Front banner
Black and white photo of a demonstration with Marsha P Johnson in the foreground and a person holding a sign saying "Come out of your ivory towers and into the street"
Black and white photo showing a group of GLF protesters standing in front of a banner calling for release of Black Panther political prisoners

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Paintings by London-based Indian artist Raqib Shaw, 2010s-20s, known for his complex depictions of fantasy worlds combining a range of influences - including decorative arts traditions and Western masters like Bosch and Holbein, as well as satirical elements.

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Painting of an Asian figure in a patterned kimono sitting on mossy rocks reading a book, holding a dog, near a serene pond. In the background is the London skyline
Painting of a large red and yellow tiled room with slender archways. On the floor is a model of a city and a group of snow leopard cubs, surrounded by books that are on fire blowing away into a smoldering, stormy red background
Painting of a seated blue figure holding a book and screaming int othe sky, surrounded by an assortment of skeletons, trees, and lizards, and masks, with the Temple of the Golden Pavilion visible in the background

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Paintings by Mexican artist Hilda Palafox, 2020s.

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Painting of a woman with long dark hair, yellow-tinged skin, and large legs and arms sitting on a chair looking out a window with her hand on the glass
Painting of a woman with red-brown skin and large legs and arms sitting cross-legged with her arms raised as she braids her long dark hair
Painting of large woman's head with green-tinged skin, dark hair pulled back, frowning lips and glowing white eyes. A small woman with long dark hair is climbing up a ladder leaning against her left eye

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Works by Inuk artist and illustrator Ningiukulu Teevee, 2000s-20s, known for her playful compositions incorporating imagery from both folklore and contemporary life.

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Stonecut and stencil piece of a mermaid with wearing a white coat and hood, curling underwater with their green tail rising above into the air
Lithograph of a close-up of a figure's face with brown skin, dark hair, and a zipper under their mouth, holding two white birds close against their forehead
Linocut of a seated figure with upper body of a penguin, and the hands and legs of a human, wearing warm winter boots

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Interiors by self-taught French architect Jacques Couëlle, 1960s, known for his experimental designs using organic forms and cave-like structures.

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Domestic interior with curving white walls, curving steps, and a large abstract mosaic wall decoration
Domestic interior with curving white walls and round windows, a dark abstract tiled floor, and white and brown furniture
Domestic interior with curving white walls, a grouping of small stained glass windows, and dark wooden furniture with white accents

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Mixed media works by American artist Ambrose Rhapsody Murray, 2020s, whose multidisciplinary practice "seeks to bring physical form to the ideas and theories they have been struck by from Black feminist writers and visionaries."

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Triangle pennant-shaped textile with printed images of a Black family overlaid with semi-sheer purple material
Hanging wall textile in blue and green with round cut outs throughout, and an image of a reclining Black woman in purple tones
Square wall piece with photo images of Black women obscured by abstract drips and swooping lines in purple and blue

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Prints by Spanish American artist and illustrator Federico Castellón, 1960s.

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Print in a green, yellow, and black palette of a skeletal figure with overlarge eyes wrapped in loose gauze, with a small man in the corner flanked by masked figures
Grayscale print of two white men standing behind a metal fence next to a stone wall, with a black cat in the foreground
Grayscale image of a group of women in a rowboat holding a large floating face, with a group of beaked creatures flying in from the left

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Works by French artist Geneviève Claisse, 1960s-70s.

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Geometric abstraction of a yellow, black, and white circles layered within each other, against a yellow background
Abstract work of a large circle bisected by a black jagged line. Half the circle is composed of white and red angled lines, the other red and white angled lines
Abstract composition of a four-section grid with different circle arrangements within each, in a palette of red, pink, blue, purple, and black

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Paintings by Thai artist Chayanin Kwangkaew, 2020s.

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Painting of a pink floral bouquet sitting on a table with a blue tablecloth against a blue wall background, with flat abstract shapes mixed in throughout the composition
Painting of a domestic interior with a fair purple floor and green wall, with a lamp and melon in the foreground and various abstract elements throughout
Painting of a grayscale floral bouquet with a larger, blurred-out deep green image of a leafy plant against a window

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Mixed media works by Palestinian artist Laila Shawa, 1980s-2010s, whose practice explored political and cultural themes drawn from her own experiences. In 1985 she founded the Rashad Shawa Cultural Center in her home city of Gaza, but it was targeted and destroyed by IDF bombing in 2023.

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Cluster of women in colorful patterned niqab, the four in front with their hands against their cheeks. One woman has her face uncovered and is rolling her eyes upward in an annoyed expression
Representation of the hand of Fatima in orange, purple, and red tones
A cluster of women wearing colorful niqab, each with eyes downcast looking at an ice cream cone in their hand

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Sculpture by Austrian artist Franz West, 1990s-2010s, known for his mixed media plaster and papier-mâché works.

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Abstract, textured sculpture with drippy orange, peach, and white colors
Abstract, textured sculpture with drippy pink, turquoise, and grey colors, balanced atop a white bucket
Abstract, textured sculpture with drippy grey, red, mint, and yellow colors atop a wooden plinth

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Photos from the "East Los Angeles Urban Portrait Portfolio" by American artist John Valadez, 1978-80, known for his murals and paintings exploring Chicano identity and culture.

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Photo of a young Latino man wearing a soft purple outfit and looking at the viewer, with a dress shop window behind him
Photo of two Latino men standing on the street and wearing matching outfits - brown wide-leg pants and white and brown long sleeve button down shirts with large collars and naval insignias
Photo of a young Latina woman standing against a sandy brick wall looking at the viewer, wearing waist-high khaki pants and a cream tube top, brushing her long hair out of her eyes with her right hand

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Paintings by Spanish artist Sara Bonache, 2020s.

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Semi-abstract painting of biomorphic floral forms in golden yellow, white, and teal
Semi-abstract painting of a large fruit in close-up with drips of moisture throughout, with a deep purple interior and white skin
Semi-abstract painting of two pointed floral forms in white and pink lying against a soft peachy-pink background

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Paintings by American artist Doris Lee, 1940s, who worked as a muralist as well as an illustrator for Life Magazine.

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Painting of a woman in a pink dress lying in rest on a bed with a checkered quilt and metal bed frame, placed in a green field with a rooster, tree stump, and trees
Painting in a flat, simplified style of a woman in a burnt orange dress sitting in a park gesturing towards a display of jewelry for sale, underneath a canopy of trees
Painting in a flat, simplified style of wooden bureau decorated with animal and floral designs, with a large glass fruit bowl on its top and a green hill and cloudy sky in the background

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Paintings by Cameroonian American artist Ludovic Nkoth, 2020s.

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Expressionist style painting of a Black man sitting in a field with a fence in the background, wearing a red button down shirt and blue jeans
Expressionist style painting of two shirtless Black figures standing on a beach, staring directly at the viewer, with bits of rainbow paint details
Expressionist style painting of a Black figure wearing a loose yellow suit sitting on a brown patterned couch in a room with a shaggy carpet and pale blue-green wall

alexxkittle, 5 months ago

Works by Lebanese American artist, writer, and philosopher Kahlil Gibran, 1910s, most known for his hugely popular 1924 book of prose poetry, The Prophet.

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Drawing of a nude brown figure with a raised knee and arms holding a small child figure, both their faces obscured
Drawing of a hand with an eye in the palm, floating in clouds made up of wings and nude figures swirling around
Painting of a woman with dark hair wearing a loose robe, her eyes closed and hands crossed over her chest, leaning against a wall with a carving of a panther

alexxkittle, 5 months ago

Paintings by London-based Chinese artist Li Hei Di, 2020s, known for their fluid, layered, and sensuous works that combine abstract and figurative elements.

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Painting in a palette of green and white with layered floral shapes mixed with half-obscured white nude figures
Painting in a palette of soft coral, green, and blue with curving and crosshatched lines and rounded drooping forms reminiscent of sea creatures or vegetation
Painting of abstract biomorphic shapes in orange, purple, and green

alexxkittle, 5 months ago

Sculpture by Danish artist Eva Steen Christensen, 2000s-2020s.

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Large sculpture of an unbroken white picket fence swirling up and down in large rounded curves
Sculpture of a group of white umbrellas spread open above a vertical arrangement of metal rods
Soft pink sculpture of several large rounded forms reminiscent of Grecian columns, curling open and dropping like floral petals or leaves

alexxkittle, 5 months ago

Posters by Russian artist brothers Vladimir and Georgii Stenberg, 1920s. Associated with the Constructivist movement, they worked in sculpture, theater, architecture, and graphic design, and today are especially known for their inventive movie posters.

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Poster with a large man's profile in deep red across the top, and two male figures in a boxing ring along the bottom
Poster with horizontal stripes running from top to bottom with a gradient of pink and grey, with a grayscale man running towards the viewer and an angled image of a brutalist tower with figures scaling the walls
Poster with several rectangular segments, including a pair of wide-open eyes in a green palette, a man in a top hat and tails hanging from a rope against a yellow background, and a close up of a man's face in an orange palette

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Paintings by UK/Brazil-based Nigerian artist Abe Odedina, 2020s, whose works on board blend classical and folk motifs.

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Painting of a Black figure in a suit looking up at a Black woman in a sheer pink dress floating off the ground with her body arched back, a white picket fence and trees behind them
Painting of a Black woman in a sheer yellow top juggling 7 black balls in an arc above her head, framed by red and white circus tent flaps with other tents seen behind her
Painting of a Black man in a white t shirt clipping the hair of a boy with a flat top, seated in a red chair in a barber shop, with the tail and hind legs of a black panther seen moving out of frame

alexxkittle, 4 months ago

Dresses by pioneering Black fashion designer Ann Lowe, 1950s-60s, who often went uncredited for her work but today is remembered for designing Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress along with numerous highly detailed couture gowns for high society women and debutantes.

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form-fitting dress in blue silk with a floral pattern, and a wide color over short sleeves
Collection of gowns on display in a gallery - floor-length dresses with embroidered detailing and/or ruffles/pleating
Soft pink gown with silk floral details moving asymmetrically across the skirt and upper bodice