ColumnThe artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a sc…
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heARTbeat: Judith Braun Takes Finger Painting to a New Level
ColumnHow many times did your mother tell you not to draw on the walls? Carrying out the most rudimentary of artistic en…
heARTbeat: Victoria Garcia’s Surrealist Vision of Patterns
ColumnSurrealism had a great effect on me because then I realized that the imagery in my mind wasn’t insanity. Sur…
heARTbeat: Annie Voight Cuts Words From Paper
ColumnPoets don’t draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently. -Jean Cocteau Oakland,…
heARTbeat: Motoi Yamamoto’s Salt Installations Lead Us On a Journey
ColumnDrawing a labyrinth with salt is like following a trace of my memory. ~ Motoi Yamamoto An art installation, by def…
heARTbeat: Anna Utopia Giordano Brings Contemporary Body Images to Classic Nudes
ColumnWhat would Botticelli say? Do you believe what media tells us is beautiful? By modern standards, Italian artist An…
heARTbeat: Jean Paul Gaultier Exhibition at San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum
ColumnFrom the Sidewalk to the Catwalk: Step into his world, and he might just sweep you off your feet. In the scheme of…
heARTbeat: Ali Golzad Recycles Cardboard to Capture Empathy
ColumnHow civilized are we, really? When artist, Ali Golzad was ten years old, he was forced to flee his native Iran, an…