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“I can not see you but I know you are staring at me”Support this Artwork by E. Brooke LanierLanier’s “eye art” played a great role in helping her process the experience of an artist going blind. She characterizes her artistic method as “very laborious and methodical, qualities that lead to a meditative state of mind.Read More
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“We Put The Hospital In Hospitality”Support this Artwork by E. Brooke LanierLanier’s “eye art” played a great role in helping her process the experience of an artist going blind. She characterizes her artistic method as “very laborious and methodical, qualities that lead to a meditative state of mind.Read More
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Bird LadySupport this Artwork by Elizabeth ErnstThe “Bird Lady” is a part of “The G. E. Circus,” which combines Ernst’s skill at photographic storytelling with her love of sculpture.Read More
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BulldogSupport this Artwork by George ZunigaEven in a work as benign as this portrait of a bulldog, Zuniga’s work has a monumental scale and presence that ties it to his more difficult images (of war, struggle, and politics).Read More
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Citrine MRISupport this Artwork by Jessica KincaidYet some artists find the brilliant colors and mysterious shadows of radiology to have both meaning and aesthetic content. Kincaid was diagnosed with epilepsy in 1991...Read More
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COCOON (ROUND)Support this Artwork by Terrence KarpowiczKarpowicz’s work revolves around his ability to create effects through refined material knowledge. This knowledge has been intensified by his daily life with a prosthetic leg, a result of a traffic accident...Read More
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Cocoon (square)Support this Artwork by Terrence KarpowiczThe “Cocoons” are illusions—they look like bronze, caught halfway between pure geometry and mutating biology. In truth, they are made of cloth stretched over a wooden frame...Read More
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Elizabeth’s PsycheSupport this Artwork by Terrence KarpowiczKarpowicz works in the heaviest and lightest of materials. His interest in precision, balance, and fine craftsmanship underpins work as massive as “Elizabeth’s Psyche” and as light as the “Cocoons”...Read More
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GlennSupport this Artwork by Gordon SasakiAt first glance, Glenn resembles a movie monster with his stiff arms and dark-shadowed eyes, as he stands in the center of Saint John the Divine...Read More
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Lefty (Self Portrait)Support this Artwork by Anne WeitzeWeitze’s embroidery uses many of the colors and techniques of traditional domestic craftwork—but the sneaky, subversive humor is far from what one can find on a “Home Sweet Home” pillow.Read More
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My MasterSupport this Artwork by Katie DallamDallam’s paintings of demons, skeletons, and monsters explore her experience of her own brain. In “My Master” fear and alienation are made visible. The figure is constructed of multicolored snakes twining together to make the shape of a woman’s body...Read More
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Queen of LoveSupport this Artwork by Hollis Sigler“The Queen of Love” shows a goddess flying above her wheelchair. The queen unfolds into an endless sky as a butterfly from a chrysalis.Read More
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Reclining Figure with Visible SkeletonSupport this Artwork by Laura FergusonReclining Figure with Visible Skeleton.” Thinned oil paints, blended with bronze powders, are sprinkled onto the water’s surface, where they spread out into patterns. The floating image is transferred to paper, and the process is repeated as many as 20 or 30 times...Read More
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RevealedSupport this Artwork by Jon WosIn “Revealed” Wos lies in bed in a full-body cast. He holds an X-ray over the site of the break in his leg, showing the injury that is the reason for his immobility...Read More
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Revival of the DeerSupport this Artwork by Susan DuporIn “Revival of the Deer” a woman crouches in a winter wood, amid bare brown trees that mimic the form of antlers—and hands...Read More
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Royal Gem MRISupport this Artwork by Jessica KincaidThe lesions of epilepsy show up as bright islands or small stars in the sky. Kincaid depicts her brain as full of luscious waves of color and light—jewel-like portraits of an individual mind.Read More
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Self Portrait Support this Artwork by Blake LenoirIn Lenoir’s “Self Portrait,” animals from every continent play and sleep among undulating sweeps of river and forest. Each creature is a tiny portrait; many look back at the viewer as if pleading for recognition.Read More
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Self Portrait with Smoking MirrorSupport this Artwork by Marcos Raya“Self Portrait with Smoking Mirror” is constructed as an icon. The mirror’s reflection is a robotic, mask-like skull, behind which is a fiery night sky.Read More
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The Elephant ManSupport this Artwork by Elizabeth ErnstThe Elephant Man is a part of “The G. E. Circus,” which combines Ernst’s skill at photographic storytelling with her love of sculpture...Read More
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The First NestSupport this Artwork by William NewmanThe First Nest” was created after Newman installed a ship’s portal in his shower, in his rural Silver Springs home. Newman takes a long time to shower, and wanted something to look at while bathing. Birds eventually found this portal and built a nest in its shelter.Read More
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TigerSupport this Artwork by David BlaisdellThis tiger is so dense with color and energy that it’s barely contained on the paper. Its orange body arcs above a machine gun, under a large red heart and a black hand with its fingers spread...Read More
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Universal PatternSupport this Artwork by E. Brooke LanierLanier’s work has always alluded to medicine and science. However, it was not until her own retinal detachment at age 22 that her work began to directly refer to her disability.Read More
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ZazelSupport this Artwork by Gordon SasakiZazel is an actress, dancer, and model. She is photographed while rehearsing in the studio, leaning backward to face us with a direct but upside-down stare...Read More
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