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Cool art/artists almost every day, mostly modern and contemporary stuff since that's my thing. No AI/NFT's. Not a bot, all posts manually made and monitored by @alexxkittle.bsky.social, so please don't be weird or mean thank youuuuu

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · Nov 19

hey hey everyone just wanted to say hello and thank you to new followers! I started doing this on the other place after the 2016 election as a way to fill my mornings with art and hopefully give a little break or creative inspiration to others in the process. Now here we are again.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 20h

Paintings by Venezuelan artist Elsa Gramcko, 1950s.

Abstract painting of several rectangles, squares, and other geometric shapes in brown, green, and gray tones moving vertically over a black background.

Abstract painting on a square canvas of a dark purple curving shape along side a small red square with rounded corners, floating over a yellow and white background.

Abstract painting on a thin vertical canvas with two connected white open shapes over a dark purple background, and two small portions in red and green.

Abstract painting with various flat colorful shapes connected by dark lines, floating over a pale blue-green background.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 1d

Works by Belgian artist Jean Delville, 1890s-1910s, who was associated with the Symbolist movement, whose imagery drew from philosophical, mythological, esoteric, and occult subjects.

Painting depicting a man and woman sitting on a rocky surface staring up at a blue-green sky dotted with stars.

Mixed media work depicting Medusa in closeup surrounded by curving smoke, her hands holding up two trays with black liquid that her snakes are feeding from.

Painting depicting Satan posing over a horde of human bodies in a red-orange hellscape.

Painting depicting an angel with a winged headdress and blue wings, right arm raised up, floating above a white male figure whose lower body is engulfed by snakes and vines. The background is a soft pink mountainscape with yellow sky.

Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 2d

Tapestries by American artist Erin M Riley, 2020s.

Woven pictorial tapestry depicting a woman with long dark hair reflected in a mirror, kneeling down and taking a photo of her back which is covered in colorful tattoos.

Woven pictorial tapestry depicting several repeating, intersecting images of a woman's torso and hand, with various tattoos visible on her back, stomach, and thigh. A banner with the text "happy birthday" repeated is curving along the bottom, and a small insert image of a forest of bare trees is placed over the figures.

Woven pictorial tapestry depicting a computer screen which shows a paused video of a white woman with tattoos lying down on her back with her knees up. Other elements of a computer desktop are visible including browser tabs and part of a text message.

Woven pictorial tapestry depicting a woman lying down on her side, her torso and left arm visible and with tattoos on her arm and stomach. The foreground is a paved highway and there is a white outline overlay of a car with a smashed-in front .

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 3d

Works by Senegalese artist Omar Victor Diop, 2010s-20s, whose performative photography practice engages with European colonialist history and cross-cultural experiences within the African diaspora.

Photo of a young Black man wearing a long dark tunic and orange head wrap, holding a dodo bird, with an assortment of fruits and gourds around his feet. A large gold circle floats behind him over a black background.

Photo of a young Black man repeated three times, all wearing a purple cloak and blue head wraps, posing in a cluster with brightly colored birds perched on their hands and flying around them, along with tropical flowers at their sides.

Photo depicting the same Black man repeated several times, all wearing different suits and hats, standing together with serious expressions and hands in their pockets amongst green grasses and loose papers, against a black background.

Photo of a young Black man wearing a pink tunic and colorful patterned over cloth and yellow head wrap, standing in a straight-backed pose with his hands up to his chest holding a yellow and orange running sneaker. He is set within a green oval, surrounded by an intricate floral pattern frame.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 4d

No art post today so here's a throwback

Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · May 28

Ceramic sculpture by Mexican artist Andrés Anza, 2020s.

Abstract sculpture of a red biomorphic shape covered in prickly points, sitting atop a concrete block

Abstract sculpture of a black biomorphic shape covered in prickly points, sitting atop a wooden block

Abstract sculpture of a bright blue biomorphic shape covered in prickly points, sitting atop a concrete block

Abstract sculpture of a dusty rose-colored biomorphic shape covered in prickly points, sitting atop a table

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 5d

Paintings by gender-nonconforming Czech artist and illustrator Toyen, 1930s-60s, a member of the Czech and French Surrealist groups whose work often explored eroticism, gender, and poetry.

Surrealist painting depicting a figure with orange hair seen from the back, wearing a light dress with a wide skirt, and an open back revealing emptiness instead of a body. They hold a green butterfly net. The landscape is a brown empty ground with a dark grey sky.

Painting in a dark palette of a large plant-like figure with fabric textures in red and green, sitting in a black and green room with a grid floor and white door, and an image of white classical sculptures embracing in the background.

Surrealist painting of a large textured brown and cream-colored orb with a large green eyeball in the center. It sits on a rocky beach with blue-green water in the background.

Painting in a dark color palette depicting a feminine figure wearing green gloves and a leopard print dress with a human-cat face on it. Two dark shadows stand on either side of the figure against a folding screen, and two large light brown moths perch near the top.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 6d

Mixed media works by multidisciplinary American artist Tishan Hsu, 2020s, whose practice explores intersections between biology and technology.

Semi-abstract rectangular work with rounded corners with undulating blue and white lines moving across, an x-ray image on the lower right, and a CGI-style blue face in the middle left.

Abstract sculpture of a rounded form with purple, white, and brown curving lines and a fleshy handle in its center, sitting in a gallery with a wall behind it decorated with brown and white wallpaper and some sculptural forms resembling open mouths and abstract body parts.

Large wallpaper piece on a gallery wall, made of undulating red, blue, and white lines creating optical effects, and various sculptural fleshy forms.

Square with rounded corners, with one section of dark green lines and some bulbous elements and oval orifices, connecting with a mint green backwards "C" shape along the right side with a dotted texture.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 7d

Sculpture by Chicago-based Danish artist Marie Herwald Hermann, 2020s, who creates still life tableaux with stoneware, shelving, and other objects.

Arrangement of pink and blue stoneware sitting on a green shelf on a white wall, with a blue textured clay circle hanging above.

Arrangement of yellow and pink stoneware sitting on a yellow shelf on a yellow wall.

Arrangement of blue stoneware sitting on a blue shelf on a red wall, with a red rectangle hanging above.

Arrangement of tan and yellow stoneware sitting on a circular stand on a white setting, with a textured clay open circle hanging off the tallest vessel.

Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 8d

Paintings by Minnesota Chippewa artist David Paul Bradley, 1980s-2010s.

Painting in bold colors depicting a Native woman wearing a dark turquoise shall and beaded headdress, as well as a yellow sash with the text "MISS INDIAN U..." (presumably "Universe"). The background shows red clay buildings, a highway with cars and trucks, and a mountain range.

Painting depicting a Native man and woman standing beside each other and facing the viewer, reminiscent of "American Gothic". They wear beaded jewelry and patterned textile belts. The woman wears a tall turquoise headdress resembling a building wall, and the man holds a round tan object in his hand and wears armbands holding herbs. Behind them is a landscape with wheat and a paved road, as well as a casino building and a blue mountain range.

Painting depicting a Native woman sitting at a blue table in a yellow room, holding a large round clay vessel with white carvings in her hands. A smaller clay vase holding orchids sits beside her. Through the window behind her we see red clay buildings and a dark mountain.

Painting in bold colors depicting a Native figure wearing a blue and black dance costume and metal jewelry, sitting in a lawn chair and smiling at the viewer. Behind them is a cactus, red clay buildings, and a figure decorated in black and white striped body paint and holding watermelon slices.

Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 9d

Paintings by self-taught American artist Nate Ethington, 2020s.

Abstract painting with gestural strokes and drips on the right side of the canvas in yellow, green, black, and pink, with a soft grey field covering the rest of the canvas and some hazy script partially visible.

Two framed abstract paintings in a diptych, forming a landscape-like composition of gestural paintstrokes in pink, green, and grey over a hazy white background.

Abstract painting with gestural strokes in black, mustard, and white within larger painterly areas in white, blue, and grey.

Abstract painting with gestural strokes in black, mustard, and pink over a soft green-grey field with faint squiggles or script.

Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 10d

No art post today so here’s a throwback

Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · May 28

Drawings by self-taught American artist Timothy Wehrle, 2010s-20s, whose dense, intricate compositions pull from a range of visual sources including Persian miniatures, comic books, mandalas, quilting, and the works of Adolph Wölfli.

Drawing in a detailed, complex style, showing a kneeling figure under a large bed, playing on a patterned rug with a basketball, toy car, and board game. A man's foot is seen just outside the bed. The kneeling figure is opening up their face to reveal a brick room holding a glass of water.

Drawing in a detailed, complex style, showing a large head in the lower half filled with colorful patterns and a tree-filled landscape. A white track moves up and around the head, holding several figures sitting in small seats like a rollercoaster. The background is made up of vertical dotted lines against a white field.

Drawing in a sepia palette in a detailed, complex style, showing a large head with hair and sin beaded with sweat, with an outline of a blue sky with clouds behind it, and another outline of red brick behind that. A smaller figure outline is in the foreground, their body filled with human hands and other imagery.

Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 11d

Paintings by Indian artist Keerthana S Kumar, 2020s.

Painting in a bright, bold color palette depicting two women wearing large blue wigs and wearing patterned dresses, standing closely together with one holding a mask and the other an hourglass. The background is half blue, half black and white striped.

Painting in a bright, bold color palette depicting a woman with orange skin and poofy purple and green hair wearing a green patterned dress. She sits in a frontal position holding up a piece of sushi between two chopsticks close to her face. A plate of sushi is floating near her chest and a green hand reaches over from the edge to take piece with their own chopsticks. The background is a curving black and white line pattern above a pink field.

Painting in a bright, bold color palette depicting a woman with green skin and a patterned dress, sitting looking at the viewer holding a pink tiger head and leaning on a black and white checker textile. Two red hands reach out from the edges to hold her face. The background is yellow and black horizontal stripes.

Painting in a bright, bold color palette depicting two women with blue hair and wearing blue and white drapery, with four arms each. They are sitting across from each other in a curving striped booth with a small table between them holding drinkware and looked on by a cat and a green bird. A counter in the background is decorated with blue/black/grey/white tiles and some metallic objects.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 12d

Paintings by Polish French artist, designer, and theorist Henryk Berlewi, 1950s, who developed a theory of abstract art called "MECHANO-FACTURE", reducing his compositions to circles, lines, and rectangles in red, white, and black, anticipating the Op Art movement.

Abstract composition with horizontal rows of black lines in the center, and horizontal rows of black and red squares above and below, floating over a white background.

Abstract composition with groupings of red and black circles, squares, and thick lines, floating over a white background.

Abstract composition with a cluster of red and black squares and rectangles placed around a white partial circle, floating over a white background.

Abstract composition with groupings of red and black dots, half circles, and stacked horizontal lines, floating over a white background.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 13d

Sculpture by Berkeley-based Japanese artist Masako Miki, 2010s-20s, whose felt forms are inspired by shape-shifting spirits from Japanese folklore.

Grouping of three abstract felt sculptures in bright colors- one all bright yellow, one with pink dots, and one with a variety of colored dots, their rounded forms placed on wooden stilt supports.

Grouping of three abstract felt sculptures in bright colors - one is green with round green and white shapes, one is white with round green shapes, and one is purple with round blue shapes - their rounded forms placed on wooden stilt supports.

A single rounded abstract sculpture in light orange and purple, with a rounded shape that's thinner on top and opens up to four small stubby feet on the bottom.

Grouping of two abstract felt sculptures in bright colors- one is a small round shape colored mustard with two small mint-green wings, the other is tall and oblong with a white field covered in colorful dots - their rounded forms placed on wooden stilt supports.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 14d

lol I knew they looked familiar

Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 14d

Paintings by American artist Al Held, 1970s-2000s, who said he wanted "to give abstract expressionism structure" with his Hard-Edge style.

Abstract painting in a yellow and pink palette with bits of blue, depicting a floating walkway surrounded by thin beams and curving lines.

Abstract painting in a blue, green, and pink palette depicting construction beams and overlapping curving paths.

Abstract painting in a yellow, orange, and pink palette depicting a large triangular structure surrounded by curving lines and gridded beams.

Abstract painting depicting a curving blue checkerboard background with various colorful shapes with lined and checkerboard patterns floating in the foreground.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 15d

Paintings by Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch, 1700s-40s, whose floral still lifes often incorporated new plant specimens brought to the Netherlands through global trade. She worked as a court painter and was one of the most successful female artists of her time.

Realistic painting of a diverse grouping of flowers perched on a marble countertop next to an ear of corn.

Realistic painting of a diverse grouping of fruits and leaves jumbled together on a brown surface with some insects and a small lizard moving around the foreground.

Realistic painting of a large diverse grouping of flowers perched on a marble countertop.

Realistic painting of a diverse grouping of flowers perched on a marble countertop with some fruit and insects near its container base.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 16d

Collage works by Iranian Austrian artist Sissi Farassat, 2020s, whose "Revelation" series works with anonymous vintage glamour photographs.

White field with a cut-out keyhole shape revealing a partial grayscale image of a smiling woman's lower face and upper body, leaning on an arm wearing a gemstone bracelet.

White field with a cut-out square shape revealing a partial grayscale image of a white woman's face, showing only her curled hair, ear, and upper forehead, as well as a separate cut out showing her left eye.

White field with three square cut-outs placed at the points of a triangle, revealing a partial grayscale image of a white woman's face in the upper center, and her splayed hands in the lower left and right, wearing bracelets on both wrists.

White field with two rectangle cutouts revealing a partial black and white image of arms stretched forward on a table on the left, and lower legs wearing white pants and white oxford shoes with feet pointed on the right.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 17d

Works on paper by self-taught Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine, 1940s-90s, whose work was exhibited in Paris in the 40s, inspiring artists like Breton and Picasso.

Watercolor composition in a flat, decorative style depicting a woman wearing a black and green patterned dress and a large blue bird with a curving patterned tail.

Watercolor composition in a flat, decorative style depicting fish and floral forms swirling around on a light tan background, in bright colors with playful pattern elements.

Watercolor composition in a flat, decorative style depicting two women wearing blue patterned dresses standing on either side of a table filled with fruit and a large patterned vase holding fruit and leaves.

Watercolor composition in a flat, decorative style depicting a woman wearing a yellow patterned dress, against a dark background with leafy branches on either side of her.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 18d

Works by Ivorian photographer and poet Nuits Balnéaires, 2020s, whose practice "explores territories and exile, the passage of time and nostalgia, the social structures and mechanisms that underpin the multiculturalism existing along the current Gulf of Guinea region."

Photo of 3 Black women sitting in the grass, wearing red and black dresses with their faces covered in black lace, arranged in a dynamically cropped composition so their bodies are partly cut off.

Photo of a Black man wearing a white shirt and standing against a cloudy dark purple sky, holding a stack of large yellow bowls on his head.

Photo of a Black man wearing a striped tunic, sunglasses, and gold head scarf, sitting cross-legged on a sandy ground against a cloudy but bright sky. The entire image has a gold and sepia tone.

Photo of a group of Black figures wearing long yellow dresses, standing within a green grass clearing surrounded by trees. Some figures are standing on the branches of a tree in the center of the scene. The figure in the foreground wears a spiked mask and holds their hands up with palms together.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 19d

Works by Vietnamese American artist Kenny Nguyen, 2020s, who pulls from his background in fashion design to create textile hangings made of painted silk.

Hanging textile work with undulating, interwoven strips of silk, in pink and green colors with some overlaid lines of bright red.

Hanging textile work with undulating, interwoven strips of silk, in pink and grey colors.

Hanging textile work with undulating, interwoven strips of silk, with primarily blue and green colors with some hints of orange.

Hanging textile work with undulating, interwoven strips of silk, in grey, blue, and green colors.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 20d

Watercolor works by self-taught American artist Kelly Beeman, 2010s.

Watercolor in a flat, graphic style depicting two women with long dark hair wearing patterned dresses, one is sitting in a green chair holding a black cat and the other is sitting on the ground leaning on the arm of the chair.

Watercolor in a flat, graphic style depicting two white women with red hair sitting on a green lawn with small yellow house in the background. One woman leans her head against the other's shoulder, who is smoking, and they both look at the viewer with small smiles.

Watercolor in a flat, graphic style depicting a group of women with long dark hair wearing flowy dresses, with two in the foreground sitting at a curved table leaning with their chins in their hands, and others gathered in the background along with a tv showing two more women in close-up.

Watercolor in a flat, graphic style depicting a white woman with long dark hair wearing a black dress, smiling while holding clippers up to the stem of a long green-leafed plant, against a bright green background.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 21d

Works by German artist Gerd Winner, 1970s, who combined photographic and digital techniques in his architectural prints. He worked in London when making these pieces.

Photorealistic print in sepia tones depicting the side of a city building with fire escape staircases casting shadows on a white brick wall.

Photorealistic print in red and green tones depicting the side of a city building with cranes casting shadows on the wall and wooden dock supports along the bottom. The text "METROPOLITAN WHARF" is visible in red letters near the upper section of the building.

Photorealistic print in green and red tones depicting the side of a city building with arched windows and a crane near the top, and the text "CRANE WHA" visible along the upper wall.

Photorealistic print in sepia tones depicting the side of a city building, showing a brown door with a big X spray-painted on it and the text "TO 234"

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 22d

Paintings by Warlpiri Aboriginal artist Rosie Nangala Fleming, 1990s-2000s, whose Dreaming works depict ancestral stories. In the 70s she established the Warlpiri Women’s Museum at Yuendumu to hold ceremonial objects and serve as a meeting place for women.

Abstract painting in a palette of pink, purple, maroon, and orange, with horizontal rows of circles and wavy lines forming an all-over pattern.

Abstract painting in a palette of blue, orange, red, and purple, with horizontal movements of wavy lines and curving C shapes.

Abstract painting in a palette of pink, purple, blue, and yellow, with various dots, "U" shapes, and curving lines merging together in an all-over composition.

Abstract painting in a palette of orange, yellow, coral, and green, with various lines, curves, and pictogram shapes forming a kind of map composition.

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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · 23d

Mixed media sculpture by Korean American artist Cathy Della Lucia, 2020s, whose work "explores modularity and the relationship between the body and objects such as tools, toys, and weapons."

Abstract hanging sculpture composed of painted wood, metal, and plastic shapes in blue, brown, white, and silver shades.

Abstract freestanding sculpture composed of wood and stoneware shapes in white, pink, and brown shades.

Abstract freestanding sculpture composed of wood, plastic, and metal shapes in white, pink, and silver shades.

Abstract hanging sculpture composed of painted wood and porcelain shapes in blue, brown, white, and red shades.

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