We explore ten evocative artworks that echo distinct visual languages and enhance the dialogue about a place called 'home'. We journey through art inspired by domestic life over the centuries; lavish interiors, familial drama and moments of the everyday life. Prattfolio showcases recent works by four Pratt alumni artists whose work speaks to notions of home and belonging.
Home is all of these things and more, an inexhaustible subject central to humanism, immigration, identity politics and feminism, among others. This impossibly complex net of connotations and denotations is the focal point for three exhibitions in Atlanta at South River Art Studios, the Avondale Arts Center and Haugabrooks Gallery. Each new submission does not simply add another artwork to a digital wall it deepens the collective narrative of what it means to find, lose, or long for home.
Five Painters Who Let Their Art Speak of Home Among the wide and inspiring range of submissions, five painters in particular caught our attention. The humble home has fascinated artists for hundreds of years. But what, exactly, is the appeal? Artists including Andrew Cranston, Cece Philips and Do Ho Suh on magic in the mundane.
Peter Salwen First off, "home" means safety and security, and comfort. And companionship, since I'm lucky enough to share my home with the companion of my heart. Beyond that, home is a work of art and craft, a constantly evolving nest with its own personality, reflecting back whatever you happen to bring to it.
After 42 years, our Upper West Side apartment is still a work-in-progress, an. In her paintings of houses, Cary Reeder employs custom colors and a minimal approach to capture the untold stories of a single neighborhood. Welcome to week 4 of Word of the Week, an article series which introduces new art and artists to myself and you, the reader, centred around a particular theme.
I have found the following artworks. Susanne Ebbinghaus and Joachim Homann asked their fellow curators at the museums to share examples of works of art.
