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James Brown RIP (1933-2006)

James Brown was undeniably one of the most influential and internationally respected musicians of all time. Unfortunately, many people’s exposure doesn’t go much deeper than bad covers of “I Got You (I …

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John Currin

"The more love you show, the more you destroy it," says John Currin explaining his use of a palette knife in his 1997 painting called The Bra Shop. With the more than …

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Same Place Different Face

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Melbourne's St. Kilda is one of those iconic places that attracts an eclectic bunch of people, many of whom liberally skirt the conventional parameters of life. The beachside community is renowned for …

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Ramon Vega: Bomb Scare

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Appropriated images become pop kaleidoscopic spectacles in Ramon Vega's work. By isolating figures from the barrage of pop culture, the RISD grad creates snowflake-like patterns—the repeated symmetry has the meditative feel of …