James Gulliver Hancock transforms iconic landmarks, residential buildings and lesser-known gems into colorful detailed drawings, showcasing the architectural diversity and energy of NYC while evoking feelings of nostalgia in New Yorkers and tourists alike.
1. Robot Drawing Machines Creating new forms of art by exploring new mediums including glow paint and coding, Chicago-based multimedia artist Harvey Moon is best known for his homemade robot drawing machines. The thought process behind which is particularly fascinating: favoring Arduino-powered, algorithm-reading machines over using the physical body to “extend our system beyond our own hands… and augment the physical world.” This video interview …
by LinYee Yuan Those familiar with the work of American artist Ellen Gallagher often view her delicate works on paper and canvas through the lens of racial and gender politics—Gallagher’s “DeLuxe” series famously abstracted African-American beauty and style advertisements from the ’50s with layers of yellow plasticine and carefully excised bits of paper. But in “Don’t Axe Me,” Ellen Gallagher’s first major museum exhibition in …