Day 32: To Feel The Spray On Your Feet By Graham Franciose Published Issue 097, January 2022 Watercolor and gouache painting on tan Rives BFK cotton paper. 7” x 9” Graham Franciose grew up in the forests of Massachusetts. His work reaches back to those times of exploration and imagination, where anything was possible. His […]
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Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 097, January 2022 Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder (2021) “Not iron deficiency or episode. Nothing ‘wrong’ with her. Just one night. One night of violence was what she needed. One night to not care what anyone thought, to shit where she pleased, to not be needed by any living
The Old Guitarist By Julia McClurg Published Issue 097, January 2022 Julia McClurg (b 1967) is a contemporary Artist from the United States living in Costa Rica. Her artistic journey started at an early age after graduating from The Colorado Institute of Art. McClurg spent 20+ years painting commissions after playing in punk bands as
Eamon Ore-Giron: Competing with Lightning / Rivalizando con el relampágo and Dyani White Hawk: Speaking to Relatives. Two exhibitions unpacking the broader history of abstraction and complexity of identity coming to MCA Denver February 2022 By Courtney Law Published Issue 097, January 2022 The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is mounting two major solo presentations
She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Kitty by Matt McCarthy By Matt McCarthy Published Issue 097, January 2022 Matt McCarthy lives and works in Chapel Hill, NC. His collage artwork contrasts domestic felines with various scenes and objects to create humorous surreal compositions. The utilization of existing cat images reinforces the timeless appeal of felines, and
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New Year? New you! That’s the plan, anyway. Though for even the most resolute these wishes tend to taper off as the year proceeds, carrying with it the endless baggage of daily suffering that Buddhists call “living.” And yet our collective whimsy lies with continuing human sentimentality; that the beginning of any new project
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Postcards For Democracy By Mark Mothersbaugh & Beatie Wolfe Published as the Centerfold of Issue 097, January 2022 Artistic visionaries Mark Mothersbaugh and Beatie Wolfe share a love of tangible artforms, in and amongst their futuristic explorations. In light of the threat to our 225yr old postal service, at a time that could jeopardize the
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Left Behind No. 4 By Nick Flook Published Issue 097, January 2022 Nick Flook aka Flooko is “the O.G astronaut painter” and takes his fans on adventures through original acrylic paintings and animations. This Toronto-based artist specializes in surrealism, space-themed work and impressionistic city and landscapes. See more of his work on his site and
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 097, January 2022 2021 marked cancer taking two of the most talented, kind and sincere musicians from the Denver music scene, Gared O’Donnell and Nate Marcy. I’d never heard of O’Donnell’s older emo band Dismiss, well-regarded in his hometown of Peoria, IL, which also included the late
NEAR HOLLYWOOD, 1948 By Mark J. Mitchell Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 097, January 2022 The outside man from poverty row never met his angels on time. So very bad movies remained unmade and spools of lovely, silver acetate stayed unexposed. There was a girl whose smile would have glittered in the dark and
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