Art is an integral component of what we consider living a well-curated life. It’s what we wear, what we eat (and post our aesthetically-pleasing plates on Instagram), it’s the music we stream, the package design of the Bottega Veneta shoes we just ordered, the Roly Poly chair we place in the corner of our living room — but not for seating, naturally, just for art’s sake — and it’s most definitely in the commissioned portrait you have on the wall. We’re constantly consuming art in all its forms whether that means getting lost flipping through art monographs, frequenting local art galleries or museums, saving artwork to your dream house board on Pinterest, visiting online art platforms or scrolling IG or finding new emerging talent. At GRAZIA, we love art — and not only for its aesthetic value but also for the power and emotions the works bring to mind. Art challenges us, brings to mind joy and nostalgia, allows us to see ourselves represented large on canvas while allowing us to dare, dream (big!) and be surrounded by beauty.
Below we’ve gathered up some works of art that we can’t stop thinking about this week below:
Erin Armstrong—‘Teeter’
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 40 in
Toyin Ojih Odutola—‘Pictured: At the Bath House’
Colored pencil and graphite on dura-lar
11 x 14 in
Wanying Jin—’No comment’
Oil, fabric and paper on canvas
31 1/2 × 23 3/5 in
Marilyn Minter—’Soda Pop’
Dye sublimation print
60 x 48 in
alejandro cardenas—‘atacamite hall 4’
Oil, fabric and paper on canvas
31 1/2 × 23 3/5 in
Kennedi Carter—‘Black pride’
Danielle McKinney—‘silence’
Acrylic on canvas on canvas
12 x 16 in
Shabez Jamal—‘Kinloch Collage no. 6’
Digital Collage
Precious Braswell—’Family Portrait II’
Archival pigment print
19 x 13 in
genieve figgis—‘pink stage’
Acrylic on canvas
31 x 39 in
That’s it for this week. Check back in next week for another curated selection of works we’re currently loving.
