I'm obsessed with watercolors these days. This video by San Francisco rapper Kool A.D. explains why. The song has all the chill vibes, and the visuals are beautifully rendered. Directed by Youth Experimental Studio and animated by Muriel Holguín, the piece is composed entirely of vibrant watercolor paintings – 24 per second to be exact. Check out the video for Hickory, featuring Talib Kweli and Boots Riley, below.
I'm currently obsessed with Pon Arsher . Her paintings are like a stylish cage fight between realism and abstraction, and every human figure seems to be nursing a perfectly haunting and beautiful existential hangover. On my computer, it's cool. But I want to see the real deal. The internet is probably the greatest gallery humanity has ever created. But sometimes, a piece of art leaps off the screen and refuses to be contained by your monitor. Anyway, when she was young, the self-taught Moldovan artist found drawing in silence more fulfilling than socializing. But she wasn't avoiding life; she was capturing it. Drawing wasn't an escape from friends, but an intense conversation with the most essential, silent part of her soul. Her art looks like an emotional x-ray, and it lulls me into a dream state. It's also a reminder, for herself and viewers, that our feelings—even the bad ones—are valid. Ms. Arsher proves that art only needs an authentic voice and the courage to ...
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