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2 days ago

Pedro Friedeberg, key figure in Mexican art renowned for hand-shaped chair, has died at age 90

Pedro Friedeberg, the Mexican artist renowned for his hand-shaped chair, died at 90, leaving behind a distinctive artistic legacy that blended surrealism, geometric abstraction, and ornamental architecture.
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6 months ago

Against the Ornamental Backdrops of Claire Rosen's Photos, Birds Strut Their Stuff

For more than a decade, Rosen has sought out chattering macaws, cockatoos with fluffy, blush-colored plumage, and ornery owls, which she pairs with patterned papers and textiles. An African penguin, for example, stares curiously at its pink-and-white striped surroundings, while a Lady Amherst's pheasant trots across ornate brocade. The resulting portraits are meditations on notions of beauty and the relationship between nature and culture, particularly as we've reproduced imagery of the former throughout centuries of art and design.
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