Portals to the Future
Afrofuturism is a movement combining science fiction, history and fantasy. Amongst today’s artists working with its legacy is Darryl DeAngelo Terrell.
Afrofuturism is a movement combining science fiction, history and fantasy. Amongst today’s artists working with its legacy is Darryl DeAngelo Terrell.
Dina Furrer is a Dutch photographer and visual artist based in Tilburg. Her varied portfolio largely comprises still lifes and landscapes; richly detailed works show bold experimentation with colour. Inspiration comes from within the artist herself as well as nature and everyday life.
Gao Hong is an established artist based in China. He started painting using oil and in recent years his focus is the use of ink, in which traditional Chinese materials are combined with modern techniques. City and rural life, development and tradition, and survival and death are key themes.
BIENALSUR – the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of the South – creates a network of associative collaboration around the globe.
How does style equate to a sense of belonging? What are the semantics of fashion? These are some of the questions asked by Casey Orr.
What does it mean to be engaged? What does it mean to be bold? What does it mean to be different? These questions underpin Issue 103.
A painter whose primary medium is oil, Monica Vanzant explores how pattern and texture interrelate to help tell a story. Ideas spring forth through a variety of subject matter, including portraits, landscapes and still lifes.
Scarlett Hope-Gates is a contemporary mixed media artist working with exciting sculpture, drawings, screen prints and paper cutouts.
Specialising in kiln-formed glass, Kate Courtney-Taylor’s work explores the inherent properties of the material, focusing on how to freeze it in time.
Millie Whitehead’s works offer a new take on the crossover between male and female style and challenges dominant conceptions of gender.
Lucy Martin’s sculptural objects are a meditation on the beauty and serenity of nature, married with a sense of nostalgia and family.
Jaime Dunlop’s graduate work explores both the presence of a singular object and the power of the collective group. The result is circular layers of clay.
Made from recycled materials, Charlotte’s Keiller’s Think Outside the Sink and is based upon how our actions have affected marine life in our oceans.
Georgie Pike’s collection comprises embroidered vintage dresses. The embroidery is influenced by pattern and shape, with embellished florals.
Weave is a jewellery collection inspired by textiles – Li Tzu Hung’s aim is to create work that provides tactile stimulation and experiences.
Jemma Young is a photographer working with constructed portraiture, stylised image compositions and digital manipulation.
Priyanka Pattni is a portrait photographer who utilises analogue and digital to convey the reclamation of space for minority groups.
Sian Maple’s project Untitled: House is layered with narratives of personal trauma. The sculpture is combined with Untitled: Book 1.
Jodie Bateman’s series challenges UK society to view Muslim women differently, by inviting the viewer into their private spaces.
